In this video from golftipsmag.Com, instructor Cathy Kim teaches you how to provide your tee shot the excellent hazard of touchdown in the fairway.
Yes, I recognise you have heard this before -- although I admit I just like the manner she phrases the advice. Set up at the aspect of the tee THAT YOU HATE! Want to avoid the right aspect hard? Set up on the right aspect. Want to avoid the left facet? Then set up on the left.
This is simple strategy, of course, By setting up on the side you hate, you'll be playing away from that side. If you set up on the right, you'll be aiming down the left side of the fairway, and vice versa. But I bet you've tried this before and the ball still went where you didn't want it to go, didn't it?
That's because there may be something that she failed to mention -- hell, maximum instructors by no means point out -- that's an essential part of this approach for most weekend players...
If you set up to avoid one side of the course, don't change your swing to try and make the ball curve differently than normal!I know, that sounds counter-intuitive, but think about it for a moment. Let's say you're right-handed and struggling with a slice. Are you normally trying to hit a slice? Of course not! You're either trying to hit the ball straight or make it curve left. So you have to keep to play that shot while you use this new strategy.
If you are having problem with a slice however you try to hit a slice, what do you think will take place? The ball will slice even more than everyday, and probably sufficient to counteract the setup exchange you made at the tee!
So when you exchange your setup, try to hit the equal shot you would normally play. Do you normally try to hit a draw while you get that large slice? Then pick out a goal down the left aspect and try to draw the ball toward it. You don't exchange your shot, simply your aim. And if you do this, you'll probable get your usual slice... Except it'll land within the fairway, no longer in the proper rough.
Be aware that this could be a intellectual adjustment for most of you. Your thoughts will probably call you an fool and let you know that you are going to hook the ball into the left rough. But your mind is wrong this time, as it assumes your aim change is going to trade the shot shape. (If you will make your everyday shot however the shot shape is by hook or by crook going to miraculously change, why could you convert your setup? That's simply negative questioning that comes from now not understanding why you are making the change.)
Practice this at the range earlier than you exit at the course, so your thoughts is aware how the ball goes to curve while you make your regular shot with the brand new setup. If you do that, you should get the outcomes you count on from this setup alternate.
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