When you look at the high -level players struck with their cuffs, you will notice that they usually take a piece of land with them. That’s because when they are striking the ball, they are also hitting the ground, creating divis – ie., compressing the ball.
Taking divots is not just for display – serves a specific purpose. When good players are hitting their handcuffs, they are first hitting the ball and then the land, the term “first contact of the ball”. This type of contact is essential for striking the solid ball.
When you create a first contact of the ball, you are tearing the club in the influence while generating rotating tones as well. These are essential ingredients for fresh iron shots and those that allow the best players in the world to hit those high and high access.
So how can you Create compression yours? Golftec Teaching Quality Director Josh Troyer explains in the video below.
How to compress the golf ball
When the weekend fighters try to hit their handcuffs, many times they will add attic to the Clubface to try to get the ball into the air. But doing so, they robbed themselves by solid contact and cannot generate any rotation.
If you want to hit it as the best, you need to create compression, which you can achieve by focusing on three simple keys:
1. Keep the club’s glove forward of ball in influence
2. Keep the shaft by bowing forward, which de-lofts at the club club
3. The club descending while affecting the ball
So how can you teach yourself to do these things? Troyer suggests the little start.
“Make a spine until the shaft is parallel to the ground,” Troyer says. “(Then) move your hand more over the golf ball. This will help you push your buttocks ahead. And then from here you will just try to swing and hit the ground in front of the ball.”
Don’t be afraid to do this exercise slowly as you start. Just focus on nailing those positions and the feeling of taking the club hit on the ball and creating a divot in front of it. As you start hanging it, you can start making longer your backs and adding speed. Before you know, you will make full swing and hit it as the good do.
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