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When you look at the good and other high -level players hit the ball, you will notice that they take a piece of ground from the ground when they swing. This is because they are making contact with the soil while shaking. However, importantly, they are making contact with the ball first.
If you were around golf for any significant time, you are likely to have heard the term “ball-The first contact. “This term is not just a few clichés that jump around. Strong Ball hit.
When you are contacting the first ball, you are creating compression and putting a rotation on the ball. This helps the ball get up in the air and then stop in green after it goes down. Just say, if you want to be a proper ball striker, you need to know how to generate first ball contacts.
If you are someone who has historically fought with the creation of the first ball contact, don’t worry. It may be that you are making some essential mistakes that make it difficult to create the right conditions for the first ball contact. Instructor Kelan McDonagh explains more in the video below.
Why do you fight with the first ball contact
In order to appreciate why you may be struggling to create first ball contacts, it is important to first see how you catch the club. If you have a poor check, you will decide yourself for failure before you get the club again.
“If I find that their control (lead hand) is running in their palm, or is a little weak, there will be a general gift very soon from the club,” McDonagh says. “So it’s hard to maintain those angles in influence.”
When you have a poor lead hand check, your curves will turn more towards the target to the address. And when you have a control like this, it can create conditions that lead to more “scratches” in influence.
Another reason you can fight to generate first ball contacts is not getting weight on your lead side of the lead. If you go back and move your weight away from the target, but do not take it back to your lead side, your arms and hands will take over, and you will get “flippy” through influence.
“That lower body will continue to return to generate correct angles,” McDonagh says.
If you struggle to keep your body lower by moving while landing down, try lighting your toe just a touch. Making this will open your hips a little more and help you get your weight on the lead side.
“Flashing the lead leg allows the lead hip to continue to rotate, which in turn will help you create better impact conditions,” McDonagh says.
If you are someone who fights by generating first contact with the ball, take a moment to control these two things. The chances are, if you correct them, you will be well on your way to hit more fresh iron shots.
