SocketRocket
Ryder Cup Winner
Didnt notice this one had been opened up again.
I find the easiest way to understand the way it works is like this:
Imagine you have one of those big blowup beach balls. You are going to strike it with the palm of your hand to move it forward.
If you want it to go straight you will strike it with your palm square and hit the ball in the middle.
If you want to create anti-clockwaise spin to make it take off right then turn back left. You would hit the ball with your palm pointing to the right and cut across the ball from in to out.
If you want to create clockwise spin to make it take off left then turn back right. You would hit the ball with your palm pointing left and cut it across the ball from out to in.
So. Dont get hooked up too much on open or closed shoulders and feet or clubface, just try to understand the basics of what curves the ball and what creates the initial ball direction.
1) Initial ball direction is created by the clubface direction at impact.
2) The way the ball curves right or left is caused by the direction the clubface cuts across the ball at impact.
If it cuts across right to left then the ball will turn to the right. If it cuts across left to right the ball will turn to the left.
3) The amount of curve the ball makes will be decided by the amount the clubface cuts across the ball.
For example:
A Slice - clubface pointing straight and cutting across the ball sharply from right to left.
A Fade: - The clubface points slightly left and cuts across slightly right to left.
A Hook: - The clubface points straight and cuts across the ball sharply right to left.
A Draw: - The clubface points a little right and cuts across slightly from right to left.
Using this method you can easily work out how to hit a push slice, a pull hook, a pull fade, a push hook etc etc.
I hope this helps you to understand the way it works.
I find the easiest way to understand the way it works is like this:
Imagine you have one of those big blowup beach balls. You are going to strike it with the palm of your hand to move it forward.
If you want it to go straight you will strike it with your palm square and hit the ball in the middle.
If you want to create anti-clockwaise spin to make it take off right then turn back left. You would hit the ball with your palm pointing to the right and cut across the ball from in to out.
If you want to create clockwise spin to make it take off left then turn back right. You would hit the ball with your palm pointing left and cut it across the ball from out to in.
So. Dont get hooked up too much on open or closed shoulders and feet or clubface, just try to understand the basics of what curves the ball and what creates the initial ball direction.
1) Initial ball direction is created by the clubface direction at impact.
2) The way the ball curves right or left is caused by the direction the clubface cuts across the ball at impact.
If it cuts across right to left then the ball will turn to the right. If it cuts across left to right the ball will turn to the left.
3) The amount of curve the ball makes will be decided by the amount the clubface cuts across the ball.
For example:
A Slice - clubface pointing straight and cutting across the ball sharply from right to left.
A Fade: - The clubface points slightly left and cuts across slightly right to left.
A Hook: - The clubface points straight and cuts across the ball sharply right to left.
A Draw: - The clubface points a little right and cuts across slightly from right to left.
Using this method you can easily work out how to hit a push slice, a pull hook, a pull fade, a push hook etc etc.
I hope this helps you to understand the way it works.
) and imagine a bunker out to the right a few yards to the right, not miles!.... but keep the image of the picture above in your mind, aim the clubface at your bunker and swing from the inside.. if it fades to the right of the bunker then it's not enough... if it goes straight over it you're getting there... and if it draws then voila!
