Stop Hitting to Much Ground With Your Golf Club
In today’s video Rick explains why you may be hitting to much ground with your golf club and more importantly what you can do to fix this.
Rick covers some simple set up points and some swing ideas that can help you take your ball striking to the next level.
Footwork Pressure in the Golf Swing
The footwork of some of the greatest golfers of all time and a distinct similarity in the way their right foot resisted and moved throughout the swing. Here is why it happens.
When is a ground force not really a ground force?…find out here. Done properly this sets up EVERYTHING for the body to move correctly and the pivot to function effectively.
Trail Arm & Sidearm Throw Release Drill
This is a great way to combine several tour inspired release drills into one playable “feel”.
As a starting point, improving the patterns related to the trail arm will often mitigate issues with contact and inconsistency. Movements such as the motorcycle, wipe, and unhinge are variations that can be quickly incorporated into some of the 9-to-3/10-to-2 release drills.
With these fundamentals, players can then progress to the sidearm throw pattern, which helps train both rotation and side bend through impact; this is a useful concept for players looking to maintain their posture and avoid “early-extension”.
Ultimately, these concepts can provide a sense for how both the big and small muscles coordinate during the swing. When trained together, they should create a consolidated feel that can easily transfer from the range to the course.
Right Shoulder in the Golf Swing
You are currently watching a video about a right shoulder move that will change your ball striking.
Stop Casting Your Golf Club
In this video, Titleist member Dave Phillips explores casting. This common fault gets its name from fishing and those who suffer from it release the club early, resembling an angler who snaps the tip of his fishing rod to launch the lure out onto open water.
If you’re casting the golf club, you’re losing speed and power, because you’re losing the angle between your wrists and the club shaft prematurely. In golf, when you lose your angles early, you dump all the stored energy you’ve generated in your backswing before you need it – at impact.
The key to curing a casting motion is learning to use your lower body properly. When you can separate the turning of your hips from the uncoiling of your upper body, you maintain lag and swing in an efficient sequence that allows you to lean the club shaft forward, de-loft the club face and deliver maximum force into the back of the golf ball.
Develop this skill as described by Dave and you’ll start hitting crisper, more powerful shots with a lot less effort.
