1.Keep the Head Down – This is bad for both your body and game. One of big keys in striking the golf ball well is to rotate thru the shot. If you try to concentrate on “staying down”, it will be impossible to clear all the way thru the shot. Also, if the body is trying to rotate while your eyes are stuck to the ground, you are putting a very large torque on the neck.
2. Keeping the Left Arm Straight – If you concentrate on keeping the arm unbent, you’ll make too much strain in the arms and it will be difficult to release the club correctly. You should keep your left arm extended but relaxed. With the extension, it will give you the maximum arc, and with the relaxed muscle, it will allow you to go faster, equating to more distance.
3. Ball position – So many golfers play the ball to far forward with the driver and too far back with the short irons. Ball position is dictated by the triangle formed by your hands/arms/shoulders + the location of the clubface relative to the shaft + a small adjustment to allow for the proper angle of descend or ascend. The irons are slightly on the downswing so the ball is slightly back and the drive is slightly on the up swing so it is a bit forward. But for the entire set the ball only moves about 4 inches. That is from Sand wedge all the way to the Driver.
4. Swing the Club Down the Line – The swing is a circle, more like an ellipse. In order to swing down the line, the club needs to travel in a straight line. This cuts the centrifugal force of the swing, robbing you of distance. It also affects the ability to square the clubface. Straight lines in the swing blocks the ball to the right. Think about swing the club around you then down the line.
5. Hitting Down makes the Ball Go Up – Hitting the ball upward will make the ball go up and hitting the ball downward will make the ball go down. If there is a tree in front of you and you need to go over it, you’ll be hoping for a good lie so that you can lean back and swing up to make the ball go over the tree. Remember not to hit the ball down. The fact is all clubs except the driver are made to strike the ball on a descending blow, but it is actually the loft that will make the ball go up and not the angle of striking. A good example to make the ball go up is to pinch the ball between the clubface and the ground. This will give you a clean contact that will help you on making the ball go up.
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