Many golfers imagine the downswing is simply a mirror image of the backswing… but when we actually compare the 2 we will see that is not the case at all!
In reality, the arms, legs, and club should be in a very different position going back and coming down.
Understanding this dynamic will help your golf swing in a number of ways: – encourage more rotation through the ball – help deliver the club from the inside – lead to more solid contact – shallow the club in transition
In today’s video Zach will show you a great drill to help you feel the proper positions.
Simple Golf Drills to Stop Hitting Behind the Ball
First, I want to explain why you’re hitting behind the golf ball, what you need to do to correct it, and then how you can practice it with a couple simple feedback drills.
In terms of hitting behind the ball, let’s first define what we want to do, and then we’ll talk about the things you can do to stop that from happening, and I’ll give you some drills to do.
Now, I’m going to pull a simple alignment rod. Now, we’re on a mat here, on which an alignment rod here will work fine. If you’re on the grass, you can spray-paint a line or just have a line as a reference. A piece of tape or something like that would work fine.
I’m going to put this alignment rod straight in line with the golf ball on the ground. (Watch the video to see what I mean.) So, the point is, when we’re hitting too far behind the ball, that compromises our contact, compression, and distance that the golf ball goes.
We want to fix that. If I were to take a normal setup here, if we watch good golfers, their club will come down, will strike the ball first, and hit the ground second.
So, if I remove this golf ball, and that’s the line where it normally is on, what we want to be able to train to do is have the club head hit in front of the line where our golf ball would be.
That’s the first piece of this.
So, when someone would come in to train this in person, if we have solidness of contact issues, I will put a line on the ground, we’ll set up as if the golf ball’s right on it, and we’ll start with little short swings, just chip length, and get you getting that club head to hit the ground in front of it.
Hitting the ball with a fairway wood off the deck can be tough but with the right tips and drills you can hit the golf ball with great accuracy and consistency.
Blair O’Neal and Martin Hall go over several drills to improve your game with Fairway Woods!
Touring Pro Ryan Carter, talks about the best putting lesson he ever had. Ryan is the holder of 6 course records and has played golf on tours all over the world for the last 12 years.
Basically you set 3 balls up in a perfectly straight line and you get over one on the end and adjust your stance until the line looks straight to you. Ryan painted a 16 foot straight line in his garage and used to stand over it every night just getting the feel of where he had to be to feel like the line was straight.
Ryan also told me that Ben Crane used to stand over balls in this straight line arrangement for LONG periods every day and would not go play until the line looked straight. Ben is one of the best putters on tour.
Hitting the driver both further and straighter is something most golfer would welcome. In this video Adam Bazalgette shows you some great tips to help you hit your driver longer, straighter and more consistently every single time.
