Your driver’s attitude makes or breaks any shot. Find the wrong, and you will wait, hit and hit those embarrassing pop-ups that barely clean the Tee box. Get it right, and you will start pressing the drives down the road.
Most players think that standing is exactly where you put your feet. Actually actually four things that work together: the position of the ball, the width of the stand, the angle of the spine and the alignment. Nail these bases and you will hit longer, narrower discs.
Ball position: tee it ahead
Put the ball just inside your left heel if you are right. It allows you to hit the ball, so you get the maximum distance.
Here’s where most mess players: They play the ball too far away, as if they’re hitting an iron. It makes you hit the ball, creating weak shots that go nowhere. When the ball is ahead, your club naturally swings on it.
Think this way: cuffs go DOWN the ball. Your driver goes up to That ball position makes this happen automatically.
Stay Width: Stay as an athlete
Your feet should be slightly wider than your shoulders. This gives you the steady base you need to swing tightly without falling up.
Too tight? You will lose power and balance. Too wide? You can’t turn your hips properly. Find that sweet place where you feel balanced and athletic, as if you were ready to jump.
Put about 60 percent of your weight on your back foot in configuration. It helps you to shift your weight properly and hit the ball.
Spine Corner: Get off the target
Your back should bend a little away from the target, with your right shoulder lower than the left (right leaders of the FPR). It happens naturally when you catch the club, but many players fight it.
Don’t fight it. This slope puts you to hit the ball on the road up which is exactly what you want with a driver. It also holds you behind the ball through influence.
Hold your head behind the ball from start to finish. You need to be able to see the back of the ball clearly to the address.
Lining: Target in parallel with, not target
Here is something that travels almost everyone: your body should not target the target. Your legs, thighs and shoulders should aim in parallel where you want the ball to go.
Picture Rail Tracks. The ball and target sit on a path. Your body aims along the other trail. Most players target their body directly on the target, which actually shows them to the right where they want to hit it (for the right).
Practice with sticks or stretch clubs on the ground. Put one along your target line and another where your fingers should be. This trains your eye to see the right stretch.
Why does it matter
Your attitude is everything. When you put it properly, good oscillations occur naturally. When you make a mistake, even the perfect technique can not save you.
Good leaders know that power starts from the ground up. Your attitude creates the foundation that allows you to transfer energy from your feet through your body to the club. Transfer these bases and are leaving distance and accuracy on the table.
Get your right attitude and driving becomes easier, more powerful and more fun.
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