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Tips to improve your back swing?
The key to a natural back swing is to focus on your shoulders turning back and letting your arms go back naturally. You shouldn’t worry about your arms in a back swing too much. The arms and hands job is to only hold onto the club and the body does the rest. Something to keep in mind while approaching the ball is: turn the shoulders, swing the arms, and cock the wrists. Then swing down and through the swing, turn the hips, swing the arms down and un-cock the wrists. You want the arms and golf club to start their movement back before the shoulders start turning. The club head has a much longer distance to travel to the top of the back swing then do the shoulders. If you start turning the shoulders with the club, hands and arms you won't have anywhere for them to go once the shoulders have reached their max turn. Once the club, hands and arms reached your knees (or so) then it's time for the shoulders to catch up and start turning to the top. Keep the left arm straight (right handed players) during the backswing and go back as far as you can. Your tempo is dictated really by your personality, some people are naturally slow movers so will have a slower tempo while others tend to move faster. The important thing is to do what is most comfortable for you.
How to hit a draw?
A draw requires that the club be moving close to along the target line and strike the ball with the clubface slightly closed. You have to be sure that you're really closing the face relative to your hands, not just rotating your hands so the face is closed at address. Also make sure that you've adjusted your stance so that the ball takes off on the line you intended, not in a pull direction right into the tree that you're trying to draw around. A draw, or hook, shot starts right and then curves left. Use it when a direct shot at your target is blocked, for example on a dogleg hole or if you need to curve the shot around some trees that are in the way. The draw is more of a subtle curve than the hook, which is very strong and often end up in the rough unless you did it deliberately and calculated it into your aim. The draw starts off pretty straight and then starts to fall off to the left. A draw shot makes the ball roll further when it lands because it puts a forward spin on the ball. Note that these steps are intended for right-handers - reverse them if you're left-handed.
Set up your golf shot with your usual alignment and grip. Adjust your feet to aim to the right of your target. The angle of your feet depends on your individual swing and desired results, and can range from 5 to 45 degrees. Try 10 to 15 degrees to the right to start. Aim the club face directly at your target and use your normal grip. Swing normally. Resist the temptation to turn too soon and watch the ball's flight.
How to hit a fade?
Often when you’re playing a dog leg right hole you’d like your drive to start off fairly straight but end up right - this is when you’d like to hit a fade shot off the tee. To hit a fade, you need to follow a few simple steps at alignment that will help create the swing path that will put the proper spin on the ball to make it travel to the right. The following steps are for right handed golfers, if you’re a lefty, just reverse the directions. Address the ball on the tee with your standard alignment and grip. After you’ve setup as usual, you’ll want to aim your feet to the left of your target. You’ll want to adjust the aim of your feet about 10 to 15 degrees more than your traditional alignment. You can adjust this angle when you practice to get a feel for how different alignments affect the trajectory of the ball’s flight path. Now, aim an open club face directly at your target and maintain your regular grip. Take your normal swing and your ball should fade. Avoid the temptation of modifying your swing too much to ‘force’ a fade. Let your alignment and the club do the work. Make sure you practice this at the driving range before you attempt this on the course. When you are learning, an attempted fade can very easily turn into a severe slice and you can end up in unplayable territory. As with anything in golf, don’t get frustrated if you don’t master this shot immediately. Practice makes perfect!
What is the cause for hitting the ball off the toe of the club and what is a good drill to correct this?
One possible cause is you are standing too far away from ball. Every individual golfer has to find what distance is comfortable to them. Try moving closer to the ball little by little until you start making solid contact. You may also want to try addressing the call on the heel of the club. Coming over the top is also a potential cause of this problem. When the club approaches the ball from outside the ball-to-target line it will travel too much to the inside after impact. This is called an out-to-in swing path and is also at the same time very steep. The only part of the clubface that can contact the ball is the toe end. This happens all too often when a player uses tries to use their muscle strength and swings too hard at the ball causing an in-to-out path.
Here is one tip to correct this problem and shallow out your swing plane. Take a 7 iron and stand with your feet together and make shorter swings with mostly the arms. Make sure that you hinge your wrists in the back and through swings. This will give you a better feel for the club head and teach you how to swing the club head through the ball rather than hitting at it. You will be very surprised how far you can hit the ball with this drill and how much easier it is to hit the middle of the club. Effortless power is the secret.
How to better align yourself toward the target?
Alignment is a key element to an accurate golf swing. Here is a simple drill I use while at the practice range. Place two clubs down on the ground, one club will be for your swing path, the other for positioning your feet. Align the clubs parallel to the target. Never point one or the other directly at the target. If one is pointed at the target than the other is pointed off in the wrong direction. Practice for several minutes and you will start to get the hang of where to aim each time. Another thing to keep in mind is your shoulder alignment.
Before swinging, take your club and place the shaft across both shoulders so that it forms a line that you can use to align your shoulders to the target. It is also important that you have the same thought when it comes to your hips. If you can imagine these two lines when you are addressing the ball and keep both of them parallel to each other and on target it will help you a great deal. Most alignment problems stem from these two lines not being correctly aligned together. From that point you can open or close your stance to fit the shot you are trying to achieve.
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