Francesco Molinari just received the Open, so of path I actually have a video from his train Denis Pugh. In this video Pugh is attempting to help a player hit the ball extra continually.
Pugh wants -- as I do -- for you to learn how to turn without sliding. When you slide too much toward the target, you do all kinds of crazy things like change your spine angle, change your body position relative to your ball position, and throw your balance off. If you want more consistency, you need to stop that!
As you can see from the video, what Pugh attempts to get this student to do is open his legs as he turns via the ball. (That's why he sticks the club shaft among his legs and holds it towards the internal of his trailing thigh.) However, you can not hit balls with a person retaining a membership between your legs, but you could examine this pass with the aid of using a drill.
Fortunately I actually have one for you. It's been on my blog for over seven years, and here's a link to it. It's called the Basketball Drill, and it is quite simple. You hold a basketball among your knees, and you attempt to drop the ball at some point of your downswing by means of moving your lead knee forward -- that gives you the hip establishing pass that you attempt to create when you slide -- even as your trailing knee does not pass so much. It minimizes lateral movement toward the target at the same time as still letting you unwind your hips as fast as you may.
I suppose you'll discover this drill truly lets you create more hip velocity than the slide does due to the fact you don't waste energy pushing your body forward. But -- and this is critical -- it DOES will let you create a weight shift, which moves you closer to the goal a little but no longer sufficient to trade your frame's position relative to the ball. As a end result, you get more consistent contact.
A simple however very effective drill. It might not turn you into Francesco Molinari (it really is a remember of exercise) but it will teach you the basics of a strong circulate into the ball.
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