He or she did not have the requisite box of band-aids. Without that, scores can balloon well past what they should have been. We all react to the flight of the golf ball. Slicers swing left, those who hook swing right right-handers , and so on. Swinging away from your trouble shot is a very natural impulse, and cannot be corrected unless the undesired ball flight goes away.
The list is long, and every teacher has a bag of tricks to stop certain poor outcomes. You as the player need to access your own list. Habitual slicers invariably swing over the top. Here are just a few examples one might try to instantly get rid of a slice: stronger grip, a good amount of release supination, pronation , be sure the grip is very light pressure, well into the fingers of your hand, never the palm, etc. I have never seen anyone who could not turn the golf ball over. In my experience, I have seldom seen a swing change effectuated if the ball flight or outcome does not change.
This is why I take time to give my students an education in impact — what causes what! Without that knowledge, the best we can hope for flying by the seat of the pants is to get lucky.
But if in any given round or practice session, one knows what caused what, it can be stopped in a hurry. You do not need Tiger-level talent to own your swing. More knowledge of what causes what will help. Another advantage of being able to apply a tourniquet to stop the bleeding is staying present in your round.
There is nothing more frustrating or distracting than continuing to make the same mistake over and over. The same applies to situations where a player cannot, under any circumstances, hit the ball into a certain area. The classic example is water bordering one side and a wide open area on the other. The only way to make a big number in this case is to hit the ball in the water.
Just knowing how to hit the ball deliberately away from trouble is a great advantage — but again, it takes knowledge of impact, what causes what in your swing. I have seen more rounds ruined by players hitting the ball out of bounds, when they had an airport on the other side of the hole.
Sure, you may hit it in the rough on the left — or even over to the next fairway — but you can save a score from there. You cannot do it from the bottom of the lake!
When you are working on your game or with your coach, take time to learn what causes what in your swing. We all make poor swings, sometimes at inopportune moments, but you do not have to do it all the time if you can be more aware of how to correct an issue right on the spot.
Sometimes, the biggest difference between an 80 and a 90 is missing the ball in better spots and knowing how to do it. The potentially disastrous round can be saved by playing away from trouble and having the presence of mind to do it. If you think your grip might be weak, go excessively strong and see if the ball flight changes.
You can always modify it later. If you are hitting fat or thin shots, try an extreme adjustment in your posture. Connect with us. Share Tweet. Your Reaction? Related Topics:. Up Next Mitchell: The value of a team in golf instruction.
Don't Miss Turn your weak fade into a power fade. Dennis Clark. Joe D Jul 13, at am. Reply Report comment. At that point you've lost control of the face and the club head will start ascending. Give them a tray for a while and let me know how things go. Toggle navigation. Get free daily golf tips. Golf Instruction.
With your years of experience teaching, what are the most common things your students do wrong? What is harder to fix, a slice or hook? Hey Beat, as I am also more of a picker I have really been working on my weight placement, and it really helps I had to get used to this Shawn describes it in a video I think it may be the predicting contact video where he goes from whiffing, to topping, to thinning, to crisp contact Hope that helps! Originally posted by Fore-player View Post.
Fore-player commented. Totally agree Greg I think your absolutely spot on with this whole post! To me, lack of a divot means lack of compression too. With the grass and ground in the way. Couple big causes behind this I usually see. You should feel the weight of your body helping to compress that golf ball to the target.
Think squeezing it into the door frame videos. This is how I got over not creating a divot. There is going to be a collision with the golf ball and ground. You will need a strong grip and your hands leveraging each other to get through this collision when you allow the club to release you. Don't allow one hand to hitch a ride on the other as you swing. Having a swing that is too flat can cause some nasty shots, like hooks, pushes and a lot of thin shots. A flat swing plane is where you swing more around your body, like a baseball swing, which shallows your angle of attack and gives a more sweeping motion than a downward blow, making it difficult to take a divot.
A quick fix would be to stand slightly closer to the ball and more upright, then take the club straight back on the takeaway, this will make you feel like your swing is more up and down instead of around. This will steepen your angle of attack, helping you hit down on the ball by taking a divot.
When you strike the ball you should be in a similar position to your address, not exactly the same, as your weight should be further in front moving to your front foot, but your lead arm should be fully extended at a similar length to that in address, with your rear arm slightly bent.
This lead arm should be extending down and through the ball after impact, creating a small shallow divot just after the ball.
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