Hitting hard

[Vincent Gary]

Hi guy's & gal's

I've only been playing golf a few months " twice a week " and at first i stood on the tee trying to smash the cover of the ball and i had so many issues , cutting left , topping the ball you name it. The guy's i've been playing with told me to slow the swing down and straight away i've seen a MASSIVE difference resulting in straighter shots and lower scores consistently BUT now i find myself on a par 5 looking at the flag and again wanting to smash the ball to reach again resulting in a shocking shot.

I'm wondering how you compose yourself and talk yourselves out of doing risky stupid shots?

Thanks.

 

[HawkeyeMS]

Read the quote in my signature: it's all you need to know

 

[Which tree did that hit]

I'm by no means good enough to start giving others tips..........but!! I reason that I'm never going to get it there in two anyway but I stand a hell of a better chance of getting it there in three if my drive is in the fairway

 

[Mungoscorner]

Play within yourself.
Be honest about your ability.
If you hit a particular shape of shot most of the time, then play with it.
Have some idea how far you hit each club, and work out how far you need to hit each shot.
And most importantly, take your medicine when you find trouble.
Voila !!!
It might not be everybodies method, but it worked for me.

 

[lyden]

If your hitting hard then your doing it wrong if you want to hit it further you should be swinging faster. As long as everything is in sync there is nothing wrong with giving it all you've got, I find i square the face a lot easier when im swinging fast but thats probably contrary to most people.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Have a game plan and use your shots. My advice though would be to talk to your club pro and book a playing lesson so he can see you out on the course and advise you on the best approach and see your technique under pressure. That or book some lessons and get the swing fixed so you can take the shots on with more confidence

 

[Pin-seeker]

I'm by no means good enough to start giving others tips..........but!! I reason that I'm never going to get it there in two anyway but I stand a hell of a better chance of getting it there in three if my drive is in the fairway

Like this :thup:

 

[Foxholer]

My thoughts are -

For an Adult.....

A rhythmic, flowing swing works best.

There will be a natural tempo (speed of swing) and that will be the one that works best.

For a Junior.....

Swing as hard as your flexibility will allow - in practice! Control will come, but very difficult to increase swing speed after a certain age. Throttle back slightly for competitions though - unless a 100% swing is required.

 

[Khamelion]

Go to the driving range where there is no pressure, set aside 20 balls, take 10 and tee them up, try to smack them as hard as you possibly can, really give it all you can, flex those muscles tense yourself up and let rip.

Now take the remaining ten and just relax, let a calm serenity wash over you become one with the ball in a zen like manner and just swing through the ball, caress the ball off the tee.

After each shot give you self a mark, imagine where teh OOB is, the deep stuff, the semi rough and the fairway, 0 points for OOB, 1 point for the deep stuff, 2 points for hte semi rough and 5 points for the fairway. total up after each lot of ten and see what you get.

 

[JustOne]

Swing as hard as you like.... as long as you can remain balanced.

As soon as you're slashing at the ball and you don't have your rhythm spot on, you're dead.

 

[Darlophil]

I'm another of those types that as soon as soon as I get a driver in my hands I try to hit it as hard as possible.

But on my last round I tried to focus more on a more controlled swing and smooth follow through, and with great results of finding more fairways off the tee. The surprising thing is that when I leather it I beleive I can nudge towards 300, but with a controlled swing I was still getting 265-275 (mind you with baked fairways).

I guess it comes down to a simple equation really - lose 30-40 yards but get it on the fairway 80-90% of the time, or 290+ yards OOB and 3 off the tee

 

[Sid Rixon IV]

Hi guy's & gal's

I've only been playing golf a few months " twice a week " and at first i stood on the tee trying to smash the cover of the ball and i had so many issues , cutting left , topping the ball you name it. The guy's i've been playing with told me to slow the swing down and straight away i've seen a MASSIVE difference resulting in straighter shots and lower scores consistently BUT now i find myself on a par 5 looking at the flag and again wanting to smash the ball to reach again resulting in a shocking shot.

I'm wondering how you compose yourself and talk yourselves out of doing risky stupid shots?

Thanks.

Hi Vincent,
its great isn't it, smashing 'em!
For ages I ignored the "slow down" advice and then the penny dropped one day when I adopted it and hit a beauty.
i still screw up but I've had several comments recently about my swing with the driver, when it comes off, looking "effortless".
It's hard to ditch old habits.

 

[Vincent Gary]

Thank you all for your feed back and recommendations also good to see i'm not alone and others can relate.

cheers

 

[Spark.]

One word, Discipline.

 

[Rooter]

Go to the driving range where there is no pressure, set aside 20 balls, take 10 and tee them up, try to smack them as hard as you possibly can, really give it all you can, flex those muscles tense yourself up and let rip.

Now take the remaining ten and just relax, let a calm serenity wash over you become one with the ball in a zen like manner and just swing through the ball, caress the ball off the tee.

After each shot give you self a mark, imagine where teh OOB is, the deep stuff, the semi rough and the fairway, 0 points for OOB, 1 point for the deep stuff, 2 points for hte semi rough and 5 points for the fairway. total up after each lot of ten and see what you get.

0 points?!

 

[Pin-seeker]

Just back from a quick 9 holes,didn't hit a shot at more than 80% & I was hitting the ball better than ever. If anything I was getting more distance due to better contact.

 

[Ethan]

Nothing wrong with giving it some stick so long as you can control it. A lot of players who try to smash one end up snatching from the top and losing their swing. Jack Nicklaus and Retief Goosen both said that when they wanted to give it a bit extra they started their downswing ever slower than usual. This reduces the tendency to get too quick at the wrong place in the swing.

 

[SocketRocket]

It's OK to hit with speed but it's not sensible to apply the speed throughout the swing. From the top let the clubhead progressively speed up so that it is reaching it's full speed a little after impact, think about the train on a roller coaster starting down from the top of the slope, slowly to start then gathering speed as it comes down.

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

John Jacobs many moons ago "you hit it farther by hitting it better not harder"

 

[Deleted Member 1156]

John Jacobs many moons ago "you hit it farther by hitting it better not harder"

This is the correct way to do it :thup: