Draw the Ball with Proper Hip Turn and Wrist Hinge
GOLFTEC’s Director of Instruction and Personal Coach, Nathan Morris analyzes his student, Anna, who was struggling with loss of distance and control.
With help from our SwingTRU Motion Study, Nathan shows the proper wrist hinge and hip turn needed to play a high, drawing golf shot, and provides a drill to help promote proper form.
LEARN WEIGHT SHIFT IN THE DOWNSWING WITH THIS TRICK
In this tip I show you a simple trick to help your weight shift in the downswing and into the follow through. This is for both irons and woods.
The golf weight shift is vital to hitting long and straight shots yet few golfers I see do it right. Most golfers are flat footed at impact. Some move sideways and some spin out on this back foot.
This is a precise move but this trick shows you exactly how to do the weight shift so you are in perfect position through impact and into your full follow through. I would suggest working on this in practice swings first so you learn how to do it. Once you do then try it with irons first. Get it with irons and slowly graduate up to the longer clubs.
This is going to take a little understanding, new feelings and a bit of practice but once you master the weight shift you will hit the ball longer and straighter than ever before.
GOLF DRILL FOR SHOULDER TILT
Do you hit the ball low and struggle to draw the golf ball?
Nick Taylor GOLFTEC instructor explains the importance of shoulder tilt in the golf swing to play better golf.
This video includes real data from GOLFTEC’s Swing Tru motion study which has collected data from thousands of golf swings.
In this video Nick explains the hip sway, shares a real life lesson example to improve ball speed and contact and shares a drill to help you reduce your hip sway and play better golf.
To be Good at Golf You Need to Do THIS in the Golf Swing
If you want to be good at golf then you need to do this. All of the best golf ball strikers do this to hit the golf ball consistently good. You are going to learn this move that you need to do in the golf swing (and how to analyze your swing to make sure that you do this correctly).
In 5 minutes, your swing will be transformed into a powerful and repeating motion that creates a beautifully consistent golf ball flight.
Shaft Flex What’s Right For Your Golf Swing!
The flex in the shaft can have a significant effect with your ball striking, we all know this, and flexing the shaft can also have an effect on what type of swing you have.
There’s more to consider than, what is the right flex for your swing profile? You should also take into consideration, what is the right flex for your acceleration profile.
If you have an early release or cast the club, even if you have a faster swing speed, you can most likely get away with a softer flex. If you create and hold significant lag, even with a slower swing speed, you can most likely fit yourself with a stiffer flex.
Taking these points into consideration your shaft flex will be critical in helping maximize your consistency.
How To Feel Your Club Shallow In Transition
A study from well known golf biomechanist, Dr. Sasho MacKenzie, showed that 39 out of 40 touring professionals had some amount of club shallowing in transition. As we know many amateurs are too steep at this point, it is safe to assume that this is a differentiator between low and elite level players.
To get a better feel for this pattern, players should get to the top of their swing, drop the club, and then catch it, while pulling in the direction of the target and rotating to a full finish. You will probably want to do this with a split-grip and avoid hitting any balls at first, but you should get a good sense for how the shallowing of the club relates to the movement of the body.
Once you have completed a few repetitions of this, you can then move to the next progression, which involves a normal grip and a simple decrease in grip pressure as you again feel the club falling or shallowing in transition. From here, you can go ahead and hit some full shots, while being aware of any tendencies that may overly steepen the club. Overall, this is a great drill that has helped a number of my students quickly pick up on the unique feel of what it takes to properly shallow in transition.
The Truth About Early Extension in the Golf Swing
Early extension is not a swing fault. It’s actually a solution to some other problem. You don’t fix early extension by trying to stay in your posture.
Watch this video for a full explanation of this problem.
HOW TO STOP TOPPING THE GOLF BALL
Would you like to rid your game of the dreaded topped shot? It can be frustrating and will almost certainly increase your score, but it can be fixed!
Chris Ryan shows you how to stop topping the golf ball with 5 easy tips that are delivered in under 5 minutes.
