JustOne
Ryder Cup Winner
There was a thread about swinging in-to-out and in-to-in and a whole lot of confusion about swinging in to out... you DONT have to take the club waaaayyyy back behind you to hit from the inside, on the contrary that actually causes the 'over the top' move more for most people,... you should actually take the club back STEEPER than you probably are....
Anyway..... the majority of golfers when they set up to the ball have something like this in their minds eye.... [click to enlarge....]
where the ball is approx in the middle and right at the 'peek' of the arc (so they think they can impact it correctly to send it down the target line).....
However.... because the hands arrive ahead of the ball, our weight shifts and we are rotating, the 'low point' that we envisage actually moves forward (in a proper swing) so it looks more like this and the club approaches from the INSIDE without having to TRY and make it do so.....
We haven't moved the ball backwards... we've moved our swing arc FORWARDS.
This impact will enable EVERYONE to hit a draw shape shot (provided the clubface isn't too open. Those that hang back (trying to emulate the impact position in the 1st picture) will generally a) be TRYING too hard to swing from the inside b) be taking the club back waaayyy too flat then chucking it over the top.
When hit correctly (from position 2) the club hits the ball first (from the inside) then enters the ground approximately at the NEW low point, the divot will then appear to go off to the LEFT slightly, following the curve of the arc, like this.............
Adivot pointing left is NOT necessarily from an OTT swing... people for some reason think that it is and then try to 'correct' something that's NOT BROKEN by swinging more flat or more 'out' than they need to... then they start fatting/shanking and the whole swing falls apart.
Reset back to basics, stand square, think about your swing plane, make sure your weight is moving forward and ATTEMPT to swing 'straight'. :thup:
Anyway..... the majority of golfers when they set up to the ball have something like this in their minds eye.... [click to enlarge....]
where the ball is approx in the middle and right at the 'peek' of the arc (so they think they can impact it correctly to send it down the target line).....
However.... because the hands arrive ahead of the ball, our weight shifts and we are rotating, the 'low point' that we envisage actually moves forward (in a proper swing) so it looks more like this and the club approaches from the INSIDE without having to TRY and make it do so.....
We haven't moved the ball backwards... we've moved our swing arc FORWARDS.
This impact will enable EVERYONE to hit a draw shape shot (provided the clubface isn't too open. Those that hang back (trying to emulate the impact position in the 1st picture) will generally a) be TRYING too hard to swing from the inside b) be taking the club back waaayyy too flat then chucking it over the top.
When hit correctly (from position 2) the club hits the ball first (from the inside) then enters the ground approximately at the NEW low point, the divot will then appear to go off to the LEFT slightly, following the curve of the arc, like this.............
Adivot pointing left is NOT necessarily from an OTT swing... people for some reason think that it is and then try to 'correct' something that's NOT BROKEN by swinging more flat or more 'out' than they need to... then they start fatting/shanking and the whole swing falls apart.
Reset back to basics, stand square, think about your swing plane, make sure your weight is moving forward and ATTEMPT to swing 'straight'. :thup:
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