A lot has been written about weight shift, spine angle, and hip
motion but what about just simply how to hit the ball.
A lot has been written about weight shift, spine angle, and hip motion but what about just simply how to hit the ball.
Answering the question of what are my hands and arms doing as they impact the ball will be a big help to a lot of players.
Most players make the mistake of trying to flip their hands upwards into the ball to try to get it airborn. This causes the club to strike the ball above the equator and top the ball 9 out of 10 times. This flipping action causes the left wrist and forearm, and right wrist and foreams to look like “L’s” after impact.
If this is you, then you have a little work to do.
Fight the urge to use your hands and wrists and flip them into the shot. Use your arms and shoulders and roll your wrists over keeping your forearms and back of your left hand flat through impact. There should be no bowing or cupping of the wrists and forearms.
If the left arm and forearm is straight and your hands are slightly ahead of the ball, you are in a great impact position. If your wrists have cupped, then you aren’t.
If you remember your alphabet and penmanship, then your arms should look like the “lower case” y at impact not the upper or capital Y.
Remember when all else fails take a lesson. You’ll be surprised how much we can help.
To schedule a lesson with PGA-certified instructor Don DeLorenzo, call Gilroy GC at 848-0490.
