How to Hit a Golf Ball Like Pro, Ball Hit Tips
Hit, Compress, Strike Ball, Pro Like Hit, Maximum Compression, Power
Apr 28, 2009
Every club golfer must dream of hitting the ball like Tiger Woods. But is it possible for an amateur to ever experience the purity of strike that a top class pro feels when hitting the ball? The simple answer is yes; even the weakest golfer can learn to contact the ball correctly.
Surprisingly, to strike a golf ball purely requires a minimum of power. Although the difference between top class shots and mediocre striking is more apparent in the long game, a pro hits chip shots better than a club golfer where no power is necessary. The golf swing is a huge chain reaction, and learning to hit the ball correctly starts off with getting the basics right.
This, of course, is not what you want to hear. A quick fix to the Tiger strike is more likely to wet the appetite, but learning to strike small shots correctly is the quickest way to a pure strike in the long game.
Pure Pro Hit of a Golf Ball
This is where the golf ball is struck squarely imparting the minimum of sidespin. Most club golfers impart a glancing blow on the ball; a pure strike is where the club head drives through impact compressing the ball to its maximum.
The Angel of Attack
To achieve a pure strike the swing must be on the right path coming into the ball. If the club is either too much inside, or outside the line, the hands will instinctively try to adjust at impact, which leads to a glancing blow. If the right path is found, no last minute adjustments have to be made, and a solid strike is almost automatic.
Right Path for Maximum Compression
The fundamental move that is ultimately responsible for the correct path into impact is the takeaway. If you can find the right line on the back swing, and you don’t do anything to disrupt the line, there will be no need to compensate on the way down and you will swing into the perfect delivery position.
Nearly all traditional faults like ‘coming over the top’ in the downswing, are caused by something out of position earlier in the swing. Therefore, the take away becomes the most important move to set up a pure strike.
What Influences the Correct Takeaway.
A good stance influences the takeaway more than anything else. Pros spend more time checking their address position than any other department of their swing. To strike the ball well you have to learn to stand correctly.
The Grip Affects the Stance
The most important part of the stance is the grip. It defines the way the arms hang, which in turn affects the shoulder alignment. The hips and leg position are determined by the shoulder position.
By this time you should be well aware that every department of the swing is interlinked. The swing is a massive chain reaction that starts with the grip, extends into the stance, the takeaway, the downswing and finally the move into impact.
How to Practice to Hit Like a Pro
Have a lesson from a pro and listen to what he says. If a pro suggests that a club golfer adjusts his stance the advice is rarely listened. Most golfers are hoping for the magic move that turns them into a better player over night.
Golf is not like that – boring as it may be, if you want to hit the ball with the correct strike for maximum compression, and distance, learn to grip the club well and everything else will follow.
Successful golf is a chain reaction and the very start of it is the golfers attitude to his grip.
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