Joseph Mayo on Aiming the Clubface (Video)

I've performed posts on this earlier than, but this is critical enough that I'm doing it again. Here's instructor Joseph Mayo on how to purpose your membership so the ball goes in which you want.

Yeah, I know -- it's a bit counter-intuitive. I'm going to rephrase what he says so we method it backwards -- that is, we will take a look at why your ball flies the manner it does now. It'll make experience, I promise.

First, permit's get 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 may be hard at first to imagine how it works in your swing. Let's try it with a couple of standard "bad swings."

First, here's the standard pull slice, aka the over-the-top slice. Imagine there's an aimline running from your ball straight to your target:

• For a right-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.
• For a left-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 right. Remember, the ball curves in the OPPOSITE direction of the clubhead's path.

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

Then there's the push slice, aka the "banana ball":

• For a right-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.
• For a left-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.

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

And the distinction right here is that the pull slice may additionally get somewhere near the hollow but the push slice will become out in the boonies somewhere.

That's lots to digest, isn't always it? I'll talk about the hooks the next day. For the time being -- and you can try this indoors -- just positioned a ball down and exercise transferring the membership from approximately a foot behind the ball to a foot in the front of the ball. Don't swing the club, simply circulate it so you can push the ball a few ft along the ground. It's not that the ball will always make the shot form; I just think it will be less complicated to assume the face perspective and direction direction with a ball that will help you goal.

You would possibly even want to put a yardstick down to reveal your aimline. If you do, when you attempt the pull slice angles, the clubhead should finish at the identical facet of the yardstick which you're standing on. And whilst you strive the frenzy slice angles, the clubhead have to finish on the other aspect of the yardstick that you're status on.

Getting these angles instantly in your mind will do wonders to help you straighten out a slice. And as I stated, we will do the equal issue with hooks tomorrow.