Joseph Mayo on Aiming the Clubface, Part 2 (Video)

As promised in yesterday's post, today we look at what causes the two most common "bad" hooks.  First, just like yesterday, I'm posting instructor Joseph Mayo's video on how to aim your club so the ball goes where you want it to go.

And also as I published the day past, here's the gist of Joe's basics:

• The ball starts out in the same direction the clubface is pointed.
• Then the ball curves in the opposite direction of the clubhead's path.

That's simple enough, although it can be a challenge at first to imagine how it works in your swing. So here's the explanation for the "bad" hooks.

First, here's the usual push hook. Imagine there is an aimline running out of your ball instantly to your target:

• For a right-hander, the ball starts out to the right of your aimline and then curves back to the left, toward the aimline. That means your clubface is pointed to the right of your target when it contacts the ball, and the path of the clubhead is even farther to the rightt. Remember, the ball curves in the OPPOSITE direction of the clubhead's path.
• For a left-hander, the ball starts out to the left of your aimline and then curves back to the right, toward the aimline. That means your clubface is pointed to the left of your target when it contacts the ball, and the path of the clubhead is even farther to the left. Remember, the ball curves in the OPPOSITE direction of the clubhead's path.

In both cases, the ball is pushed to the opposite side of the aimline that you're standing on -- the "far" side.

Then there's the pull hook, aka the "duck hook":

• For a right-hander, the ball starts out to the left of your aimline and then curves even farther to the left. That means your clubface is pointed to the left of your target when it contacts the ball, and the path of the clubhead is left of your aimline but still right of where the clubface is aimed.
• For a left-hander, the ball starts out to the right of your aimline and then curves even farther to the right. That means your clubface is pointed to the right of your target when it contacts the ball, and the path of the clubhead is right of your aimline but still left of where the clubface is aimed.

In both cases, the ball is pulled to the same side of the aimline that you're standing on -- the "near" side.

And the distinction here is that the frenzy hook might also get someplace near the hollow however the pull hook will come to be out in the boonies someplace.

As with the previous day, I'm suggesting a drill you could do interior -- simply put a ball down and exercise transferring the club from approximately a foot in the back of the ball to a foot in the front of the ball. Don't swing the club, simply pass it so that you can push the ball some toes alongside the floor. It's now not that the ball will necessarily make the shot shape; I simply think it'll be less complicated to assume the face angle and direction path with a ball to help you aim.

You might even want to lay a yardstick down to reveal your aimline. If you do, whilst you try the pull hook angles, the clubhead have to finish on the equal side of the yardstick which you're standing on. And whilst you attempt the rush hook angles, the clubhead should end on the other aspect of the yardstick which you're standing on.

Getting those angles directly on your mind is virtually important if you need to get that hook in play..