Martin Hall on Getting More Solid Contact

Martin Hall did a sort of tribute to Calvin Peete, within the shape of a lesson on how to hit the ball straighter. For the most element, it makes a speciality of strong contact. Here's the video and I'll recognition on a couple of factors in a while.

Note that you could inform plenty approximately in which the ball is contacting the face by means of the resulting shot form:

• Balls hit off the heel tend to slice.
• Balls hit off the toe tend to hook.
• Balls hit low on the face tend to go straight but they fly low and lose distance.
• And although he didn't mention it, balls hit high on the face also tend to go straight but they fly very high and short.

The drill using the shoebox to help you with toe and heel hits is one he uses often, but you may have missed what he said about a very common problem... SHANKS. Pay special attention to the drill he says Byron Nelson used -- Nearly brushing his trailing thigh together with his arms at some point of the downswing. Since shanks tend to happen because you're swinging outward too much, this is a good way -- especially on those short pitches when shanks most often happen -- to keep the hosel of the club from hitting the ball.

These hints will now not simplest improve your accuracy however increase your distance as nicely. (And distance manage also, since solid contact approach more constant contact.)