![]() On the flip side, coming over the top (coming from the outside) on the downswing is probably the #1 most common fault that I see in my beginning students when they ask me why they aren’t getting distance on their drives. Not your wrists! This is known in golf as creating lag. Come from the InsideĪll of these tips I’ve mentioned are a complete waste if you don’t come from the inside on the downswing! Why? When you come from inside you are generating power from your lower body and are using “rotation” to make your swing speed. Remember, we want to be making contact slightly on the upswing, and that is only possible when the golf ball is higher in your golf stance 7. Gives you more time to square up the clubface.Helps you come down at the golf ball on a lower angle.Playing the golf ball off your front heel does two things Just like the garden hose analogy, you need to find a tee height that works best for your swing where you maximize both the apex of your golf shot and distance. Now, this doesn’t mean that you should tee the golf ball super high into the air to the point where you are sliding right underneath it. Moral of the story, more loft is a good thing with the driver! You’re not going to point it down on the ground, are you? No! You’re going to raise the hose in the air so that you reach the right arc where the water goes the furthest. Let me put it to you this way: Let’s say you have a running garden hose and you want to maximize the distance of the water coming out. Teeing your golf ball up higher is the easiest way to add more loft to your drive. I might sound like a broken record on this post by stay with me! (This is why we tee the ball in the air)ĭropping the back shoulder will tell your brain that the low point of your swing is slightly behind the golf ball and will help you increase the trajectory of your ball flight and maximize your power. Because of how the driver is designed, you want to make contact with the golf ball slightly on the upswing. 4.Drop the Back Shoulderĭrop your back shoulder when you address the ball for your drive. A narrow stance encourages a steep downswing which causes a decreased swing speed and trouble controlling your clubface angle. We need to do this so that our swing arc is low and shallow. ![]() Why? Because when you widen your stance, you are spreading out your weight over the golf ball. Piggybacking off of the above steps (they must be important ?), a wide stance will help lengthen your swing and increase clubhead speed. This will eliminate any need to flip the wrists to generate power, and you will have more success getting clean contact. This drill will help you lengthen your swing (as described above) and help you reach a higher position at the top of your swing. Push your front arm straight behind you, so it is on the same line as the club.Take a club and lay it down on a direct line behind the golf ball.To correct this problem, practice keeping your front arm straight during the takeaway You overcompensate to “add power” flipping your wrists and end up either hitting the top of the ball (topped shot) or hit behind the ball.You come too far from the inside and have a hard time getting your clubface square at impact causing a push or hook.Two problems occur when you don’t keep your front arm straight on the backswing. This helps create a more “shallow” angle of attack at the golf ball and helps improve your contact (aka power!) 2. ![]() To correct this, just drag your driver 3 feet when starting your backswing and then lift to begin the backswing. I see beginning golfers too often break the wrists too early which then promotes a steeper angle of attack down at the golf ball, losing distance. To maximize the distance with your driver, you need to lengthen your backswing. Swinging too hard when first learning the game is only going to frustrate you and I don’t want that! To quickly learn how to improve your consistency off the tee, check out these articles first before reading any further! I advise my beginning golfers to only try the following tips after you have learned how to make consistent contact with the driver. Hitting a long, powerful drive isn’t as hard as it looks! All it takes is a few adjustments and anyone can add 10,15,20 more yards to there drives! Follow these 15 simple tips, and you see an increase in your driving distance out on the course! *Disclaimer for Beginners* ![]()
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