Stemming from the last post I wrote, I wanted to add a great drill to help you feel the difference between swing paths.
Shot Making
Tips on How to Get Out Of The Rough
Driving accuracy has now become just as important as distance on the pro tours. Course superintendents can only make their courses so long before it gets too ridiculous for the average player. Instead, they are making the courses tighter and really punishing shots that creep away from the fairway.
How to Create Backspin
For all of you who wish you could spin the ball like the professionals, I have one question for you…
How often do you actually land the ball past the hole?
How To Plum Bob Your Putts
What the hell is a plumb bob? It’s a tool used most commonly in carpentry to ensure something is vertical. In its basic form it’s just a weight attached to a string… when it comes to golf however, you see many players using their putter for this purpose. The plumb-bob technique has mixed feelings with golf professionals, some swear by it, some think it’s useless and others think it’s a joke. I’ll leave you be to make your own judgments… here’s how to do it properly:
How to Hit your Driver off the Deck
On those windy days on your long par 4 or when trying to reach that par 5 green in two, you often need a couple more yards than your fairway woods can muster. Learning how to hit your driver off the deck can give you a major advantage over your competitors. The lower trajectory and higher ball speed should give you those extra yards you need to reach the green.
How to Hit from an Uphill Lie
Some of the toughest shots to learn how to perform properly are those from sidehill lies. There are many compensations you must make to ensure you keep your ball on the proper line. Take a look below at the 5 essential steps needed to hit balls that lie above your feet, and learn the fundamentals that will help you on all sorts of lies out on the course.
How to Hit a Knockdown Shot
The knockdown is a very useful shot to have in your repertoire as it allows you to lower your ball trajectory without sacrificing control or distance. The knock-down shot is most commonly used in windy conditions, to help increase the distance a ball will travel into a head or cross wind. However, it can also be used in many different situations: to get under trees, to roll and run through a bunker or towards a green and even to skip across a pond. There are some specific fundamentals to this shot that will help your ball travel further and lower if preformed correctly… so I hope you enjoy this post!
Hit A Ball Above Your Feet
Mountain courses tend to challenge every club in a golfers bag. You are faced with trouble shots, knock downs, impossible lies and shots where you need to hook or slice the ball to keep it in play. Compared to these ‘tougher shots’, a ball sitting above your feet would seem rather simple. But the truth is, few golfers know how to play this shot properly. How should you play this shot?
The 5-Step Stack & Tilt Swing
The Stack & Tilt swing has been a popular new swing method as of late on tour. The stack & tilt swing’s identifying feature can be seen in the weight-shift. Stack & tilt swingers, don’t shift their weight back and forth on their backswing and downswing as much as a conventional swing. By keeping their weight centered or favouring their front leg throughout their swing, they can better control their impact position. With this in mind, here are five steps to a solid stack & tilt swing.
Step One: Centered Address
First – we need to get you stacked over the ball. To do this properly, you need align your spine so it is straight and upright. Imagine two points, one in the middle of both your shoulders, and the other between your hips. Align these points with your grip – and then your spine should be straight. Your body weight should be close to 50/50, if anything leaning slightly on your front leg (I apologize for the slightly off-center picture).
Step Two: Backswing: Lead Shoulder Down, Trailing Hip Back
The main goal is to keep your spine over the ball throughout the swing. This becomes difficult on the backswing, but there is a simple mental thought that will help: lead shoulder down, trailing hip back. When you swing back, your lead shoulder needs to drop down and point towards the ball – while doing this, your trailing hip must rotate back to create some torque. These two moves, will force your lead knee to bend, and your swing path to move (when compared to the conventional swing) quite inside. At the top your spine should be leaning slightly forward.
How to Blade Your Wedge… on Purpose
The bladed wedge is a little known short game shot that’s very effective from a difficult situation. When your ball comes to rest on the fringe and right up against the collar of the rough surrounding the green. This particular situation makes any type of normal chip shot a for-sure chunk, and any play with a putter usually ends of topped. This is where the bladed wedge comes in… the leading edge of the wedge can sift through the grass and make contact with the equator of the ball much more effectively then either of the other shots. Here’s how to do it.