Hovering the club at address.

[Beezerk]

I went up to the range earlier and after a few hits I thought I'd try is for a change, I ended up smoking my 6 and 5 iron which I usually don't. Differing results with hybrids and 5 wood but the irons were a reall eye opener, it was like I had to really concentrate on the takeaway.
Anyone else do this and what results have you found?

 

[ManinBlack]

Tried this. Worked for a while but I eventually reverted to the traditional method. I'm not actually conscious of when I changed back, just found myself doing it.

I have a habit of holding the club too tightly & tensing up. It seemed to help. The only club it didn't work with was the putter.

Now you mention it I may give it another try.

 

[SteveW86]

I tried it for a little bit with the driver, thought it would get me starting the take away correctly. I felt like it kinda worked.....however, as soon as I did it in a lesson my pro made me stop pretty quickly. It could be personal preference, but I trust my pro so don’t do it.

 

[Ross61]

I’ve not tried it, but I suppose to do it you need to be balanced properly and therefore might help you swing better.

 

[Foxholer]

Stop thinking so much!

But finding something that works - for you - IS important!

 

[jim8flog]

Built up too much tension in the swing for me.

 

[Beezerk]

Interesting comments, I get what you are saying about tension but the balance comment is bang on, it certainly helps in that respect. It's something I'm definitely going to work on at the range but I'll be leaving it well alone on the course...for now lol.

 

[Neilds]

Wait til you try it on the course, things are always different then - sadly

 

[casuk]

I have tried it with my driver a few times with mixed results, if I catch it correct it flies for miles but more often or not I catch it off the heal and it goes 20yards along the ground, I feel when I hover the club I losse stability of the club, grounding it keeps the head were I want it

 

[Sats]

I am a waggler but not a hoverer

 

[Swinglowandslow]

I’ve not tried it, but I suppose to do it you need to be balanced properly and therefore might help you swing better.

Now there's a thought. A few times I find myself not quite balanced at address.

 

[Orikoru]

I'm not fan. As said above I think it potentially just introduces more tension in the arms, I like my arms to be relaxed before I swing, which means resting the club on the ground.

 

[JGolfer]

Do it with driver and find it helps a lot. But don’t with anything else.

 

[larmen]

There was a ‘me and my golf’ video a couple of years ago discussing why it is better. It just didn’t work for me. The balls I hit were better, the balls I topped were plenty.

 

[Blue in Munich]

Only name that springs to mind for hovering the club at address is Jack Nicklaus, didn't seem to do him any harm...

 

[garyinderry]

This guy hovers all his clubs