While common advice is to focus either on the entire ball, a spot in front of the ball, a specific dimple on the ball or the back inside quarter of the golf ball there is no rule here and no proven method. Best training aid to force you to hit down on the ball, otherwise youll just roll the ball. In this article, i break down each of these problems to give you the tools to. How the world long drive champs hit a golf ball farther. How to hit the fairway when you absolutely need to golf. Swinging through the ball will promote a complete swing acceleration towards the moment of impact. How to hit down on the golf ball golf practice guides.
As a general rule, the equator of the golf ball should be directly inline with the top of the clubface at setup. Every golfer wants to know how to hit a driver farther, and were going to explore some actionable methods you can use in this article. The clubs you need to hit down on the ball are the irons. How i hit drives 56 yards farther with one adjustment golfwrx. Tips on hitting down with irons golf tips team titleist. Jan 08, 2020 if youre like most golfers and dont hit the ball longer 270 yards, thats good news in one way. If you choose the proper club to swing, you will see your ball land exactly where you want it. You are not sure where to look when hitting a golf ball.
Oct 19, 2019 whether youre new to golf, havent played in a while, or just looking to straighten your game out a bit, there are several steps to take in order to drive a golf ball well. In this video you ll learn what determines the bottom of your swing arc so that you can hit crisp iron shots every time and stop chunking the ball or topping it. Pay attention to where on the club face you are contacting the ball. You can almost always hit driver without a second thought, says fawcett. In this video youll learn what determines the bottom of your swing arc so that you can hit crisp iron shots every time and stop chunking the ball or. If you tee it up high, you need to raise your driver head above the ground to hit it on the sweet spot because if you just return your clubhaed to the address position, you will pop the ball up. If you hit it about 220260 yard with a driver and find your ball on nonfairway often, and 3w for 200220 on fairway most of time from the tee, why do amateur, most of us anyway, need a driver. The rest of the game is built on hitting down through the ball, but that is not ideal when talking about the driver. How to hit down on the golf ball the golf fix golf channel. How i hit drives 56 yards farther with one adjustment. When to hit driver off the tee, according to a golf. Golf lessons available with chris at hit golf academy, forest of arden, contact chris for further.
If you can bomb your current driver 250plus and slicefree, congratulations youre in select company. How to hit down on a golf ball video by peter finch in this video series were going to look about why you should hit down on golf shots. When you strike a golf ball with the driver, you hit the ball almost in the low point of your swing. If youre a beginning golfer, chances are youve learned to sweep under a ball in order to get it airborne. How to hit down on a golf ball, to get the ball up video by pete styles so, for many golfers, getting the ball airborne and up into the air is often a bit of a problem. Keep your lead arm firm as you hit through the ball, take a.
When you hit your driver, the arc should be much longer, in more of a sweeping manner. Hit down on the ball is a phrase that has been told to golfers struggling to improve their ball striking for decades. You wont always use a driver when driving a golf ball. Peter finch also made a fantastic video a couple years ago about hitting down with the driver, helped me.
If you impact the ball lower on the face the trajectory will come down a degree or so but unfortunately the spin will go up which will tend to give the ball more lift. How to lower the launch angle of my drive golfweek. Your primary goal when using a driver is to hit up on the golf ball and teeing the ball this height will encourage an upward strike. I do not like to give advice on how to swing but moving the ball back in your stance might also be worthwhile trying to lower trajectory.
If you want to hit the ball further and you are already optimized, there are only two ways to do. Irons are designed to contact the golf ball while still traveling down. It will also make sure your swing is full and that it wont stop shortly after impact but will rather proceed with a complete follow through. Why you should hit down on the golf ball video by pete. To hit it with a descending blow, you need to hit the ball before the clubhead reaches its lowest point of the swing arc. You want to take a shallow divot with a slight descending blow with all irons except. Instead, you want to hit the sand about three inches in back of the ball and have the sand explode into the ball to get it out of the hazard. In golf swings that are using a downward angle while hitting a driver, two outcomes are likely, and neither of them are positive the pop up. Apr 17, 2017 to see if you have enough loft to hit the ball over something, lay the club on the ground with the grip end pointing at the object youre hitting over. If you are wholly focused on hitting down on the golf ball, it can cause you to lead your swing with your upper body and come over the top of the golf ball. A good thought is to try to take a little divot after impact or to hit with the shaft leaning toward the target left. Michael breed, host of the golf fix, shows you a drill on how to hit down on the golf ball. If you are hitting lower that the sweet spot, tee it up higher. Every golfer wants to know how to hit a driver farther, and were going to explore.
Jan 30, 2020 kevin downey is a golf equipment professional. If you are serious about learning how to hit down on the ball then you need to do yourself a favor and get yourself a tour striker. Many golfers lose distance with their driver because they hit the ball with too high a launch angle. Butch harmons best driver tips will get you hitting it straight and long. Take a look at the following picture of tiger woods at impact. Take your driver out of the bag and launch a shot high and deep down the fairway and you will feel great about the prospects for your round and your foursome. Tips and drills to hit it with a descending blow golf tips.
The conventional wisdom has always been that better golfers will take a huge divot with their iron shots, and the key to compressing the golf ball is to produce an extremely steep club path towards impact. If you want to hit the ball further and you are already optimized, there are only two ways to do it unless you want to pull out the old callaway erc. This is best done at a driving range on grass, sprinkle talc powder on the ball, then hit it. A good thought is to try to take a little divot after impact or to hit with the shaft leaning toward the target top photo. If youre like most golfers and dont hit the ball longer 270 yards, thats good news in one way. If you are hitting golf driver too high on a regular basis, there is a good chance that you are swinging down into the ball. They swing an average of about 95 mph and hit up on the ball about 5 degrees. Why you shouldnt hit down on the golf ball adam young golf. By doing this, you are essentially making contact with the ball before your club hits the ground.
There can be various contributing factors that cause this so we have decided to look at 3 ways that can help you hit more up on the ball in order to maximize your distance of the tee. Sometimes they contradict themselves with the actions theyre trying to make and the results theyre trying to see. Would love to see a video about two plane swing vs one plane swing. We have the golf swing and your total game boiled down to the 5 most important keys.
Aug 14, 2016 martin hall shows you how to hit down on the ball. How to hit a driver 5 fundamentals golf podcast, news. The golf fixs michael breed debunks a common myth to hit down on the golf ball. The conventional wisdom has always been that better golfers will take a huge divot with their iron shots, and the key to compressing the golf ball is to. To cure your slices and pulls, hit down on the ball with your driver. Poor setup and swinging down on the ball can cause golfers to hit drives with a high launch angle. Now whilst this may sound ok we have found that this can actually be harmful to your golf swing.
How would you like to be able to hit up on your driver. This club is designed for players who need help in the distance department, struggle with the ol banana. To see if you have enough loft to hit the ball over something, lay the club on the ground with the grip end pointing at the object youre hitting over. The simple way to determine how high to tee your driver shots. Not only can it cause you to hit behind the ball, it is also robs you of power and distance. Mar 12, 2016 the golf fixs michael breed debunks a common myth to hit down on the golf ball. Jul 10, 2018 all these catchphrases relate to something about the design of golf irons and the proper way to use them to hit a golf ball. Can you do a video on different style putting grips left hand low, claw, regular, etc. Hitting down on the ball is the key to better iron shots. How to hit down on a golf ball, to get the ball up video by. Get more information on martins new training, build a better golf game, at. How the world long drive champs hit a golf ball farther than. If you tee the ball up real high when hitting your driver, it could be causing you the heel hits as well. If you hit the ball only, youll top it and if you hit the ground, then the ball youll hit it fat.
This is the main problem that we are trying to avoid. On top of that, did you know most oem drivers you buy in the store are an inch longer than what most tour players hit. In golf posture place your driver directly down against the front of your body so. When you hit down on the ball you produce a backspin. You hit the ball first and then take a shallow divot. Im proof that you dont need to be big to drive the ball far. Its a swing that takes practice to master, but the benefits can. A recent hotly debated topic has been, as golf instructors, should we encourage golfers to hit up or down on the ball with their driver. This is achievable for even the most casual golfers if you make small adjustments to move the low point of your swing forward. With irons, wedges, and woods you want to hit down on the ball creating a divot. When you should hit driver off the tee, according to a golf.
But you still must hit down on the ball in a attempt to take an air divot behind the ball. While you mostly use a driver off the tee for a par 4 or par 5, you have options of another wood or iron. A golf ball with a backspin flies higher in the air and will not roll as far. How to hit a golf ball higher with a driver golfweek. Hit down on the golf ball and take a huge divot its not.
If you have a pga swing speed of 110125 mph, you can get away with it. When you hit your irons, you take a much steeper swing arc, allowing you to get underneath the ball, take a divot, and get the loft desired for the specific club. Solid contact requires that you actually go down and through the golf ball. We were engaged in a friendly team match for a few bucks, and one of the guys in our group was a former. This causes the ball to float in the air and land with minimal roll.
But many amateur golfers have a misunderstanding of what hitting down on the golf ball actually is and they do it wrong. All these catchphrases relate to something about the design of golf irons and the proper way to use them to hit a golf ball. In order to get the ball in the air, you need to hit down on the golf ball, hitting the ball first and then the ground, in that order. The key to hitting the ball farther with the modern, 460cc driver and modern golf ball which spins much less off of a flat face than balls of the past is high launch angle combined with a low spin rate. If your ball striking is struggling, one of the most common tips youll hear instructors tell you is that you need to hit down on the ball more. The release point is where the swing hits it top speed and if it happens before the ball, the club will be slowing down when it gets to the ball. So maybe instructing golfers to hit down on the golf ball, is not the most. Allow your lead hand to control the swing of the club through impact, hitting down into the ball and then taking turf on the way back up into the followthrough. The flip or early release is a killer in the golf swing. Why you should hit down on the golf ball video by pete styles so generally speaking when we look at the golf with the irons weve established now that we should be striking down on the ball and thats going to create lift and thats going to hit the golf ball up in the air and theres enough backspin on the irons to fly the ball. If you hit the ball directly, you will sweep the ball out of the bunker and well past the green. Compressing the golf ball is the actual term that should be used. If getting the clubhead to move down at impact is what the pros do with shots from the turf, why is the article titled why you shouldnt hit down on the golf ball. How the world long drive champs hit a golf ball farther than anyone on the planet this week, we watched world long drive beasts send 430yard rockets off the tee.
Now hitting down on golf shots, lets kind of break that down first of all and actually explain what that. How to hit down on a golf ball video by peter finch. Dec 21, 2016 tee shots struck with your driver are unique in the game of golf as they are basically the only shots that you want to hit up on intentionally. Some holes will be set up so that you have to use a 3, 5, or even 7 wood, or one of your irons, say if you are on a par 3. You hear a lot about hitting up on the ball with your driver good advice but little about doing the opposite. This club is designed for players who need help in the distance department, struggle with the ol banana ball and make inconsistent contact from both tee and fairway. When you are in a bunker near the green, you do not want to hit the ball directly. Some golfers who hit a 10 or 11 degree driver loft may just have too much loft in. He is the founder of innovex golf and the author of the art and science of breaking 90. Oct, 2016 how the world long drive champs hit a golf ball farther than anyone on the planet this week, we watched world long drive beasts send 430yard rockets off the tee. You dont want to hit down on the ball with a steep angle of approach into the ball.
Indeed, the objective is to reach maximum club velocity at the moment of impact. How to hit down on the golf ball and why you should do it. Tips and drills to hit it with a descending blow golf. But if you frequently hit slices or pulls, this swing thought will likely make your problems go from bad to worse. Im only 5foot9, 150 pounds, but i averaged more than 300 yards off the tee in 2018. Well most of you will be aware that to do this there needs to be a slightly downward hit on the golf ball and we hear so often golfers say, im trying hit down on the golf ball. Hit down on the ball seems contrary to our instincts. Shots struck off the ground need to be hit with a descending blow and shots struck off an elevated tee are better when hit with an upward blow fact. This swing thought gets your mind to focus on making sure you continue your swing after impact. About seven or eight years ago i was playing a round down in florida with a few topnotch golfers. Keep your lead arm firm and allow your lead hand to be 2 to 3 inches past the club head when it makes contact with the ball.
The best drivers of the golf ball in the world swing fast and hit up on the ball. Essentially, you want to make impact just before hitting the low point of your swing. In golf posture place your driver directly down against the front of your body so that the driver head is between your knees. The secret to hitting your driver better the left rough. If you are too high on the driver, lower the tee a little, or choke down on the shaft a little to get the ball to the sweet spot. Learn whats correct based on the physics of the golf swing and your anatomy. Hitting your driver better does not take hours of learning a new swing. Hit down on the ball means your iron should contact the ball before it hits the ground. This will help you shift to your front side on the downswing and swing into impact from inside the target line. This is in contrast to stopping more or less as soon as the club makes contact with the ball.
Feel free to comment in the box below about this video or any other video you would like chris to do. Most recreational golfers are hitting down on the ball with their drivers for a. Almost all of them have hit down on the ball with their driver instead of up. Using a mid iron, you place the ball somewhere between your feet and behind the low point if your swing. Science proves traditional golf ball position is wrong. Oct, 2015 well most of you will be aware that to do this there needs to be a slightly downward hit on the golf ball and we hear so often golfers say, im trying hit down on the golf ball. For the rest of us, just look to the lpga averages. Hitting the ball off the heel with your driver golf tips. The angle in which the ball comes off the club face is called the launch angle.