Welcome to Lesson 3 on the way to grow to be a hooker, magnificence! (Yes, I recognize. Live with it.) A reminder...
Each day has 2 posts -- one for righties and one for lefties -- and will be identical except for the diagrams and some instructions that might be clearer if I write them specifically for each type of player. The posts will be scheduled one minute apart so both posts will show up at almost the same time. Any of you who have questions can leave them in the comments of the appropriate "handedness post," which should eliminate a lot of confusion. And yes, this is the post for left-handers.
Today we take our practice swing out to the range and hit some balls. Remember, we're going to use our driver since this is the club most players want to draw. That also means I want you to tee the ball up. This post has a lot of info in it -- not because it's difficult but because I want you to understand what we're trying to do. I'm linking to a couple of older posts although I'm including the videos in the body of this one; it won't hurt you to go back and read the originals, but I'll try to get the main points here.
First, from this older publish on drawing the ball, is a video by means of Jimmy Ballard on how to do the very factor we're running on nowadays! (And again I express regret for the videos, however they're right-surpassed so I don't have a desire right here.) I won't repeat all of the information, however you will hear him inform you how to intention the ball, and so on. The essential factor we are going to worry approximately is setup. Watch the video after which I'll fill in:
Now allow's convey returned the ultimate diagram from the day prior to this's publish.
For nowadays, don't worry about most of the aiming info Jimmy offers you. If you simply intention the butt cease of the alignment membership on the target -- if your range does not have flags you can aim at, find a few other suitable goal -- and do your setup the manner we did it in practice. Only this time, we are going to region a ball down to hit it.
Note that Jimmy said you don't should angle your shoulders to in shape your swing route or pass the ball position. (You'll also observe that Jimmy's trailing foot seems like it is 6 inches or so returned from its rectangular role. Like I said the day prior to this, there is no set amount.) Again, I selected to educate you this approach because it's so easy to apply.
If you are the usage of my commands on how to make a one-piece takeaway, you realize I don't need you to curl your forearms during your swing. The identical thing holds genuine in your swing here. Since we're in the end hitting a ball, I want to ensure you recognize why you do not want to curl your forearms to get this ball to draw. It will make it a good deal simpler to hit the ball in which you want it to move.
Here's a link to any other antique publish, one with K.J. Choi's teacher Steven Bann explaining arm movement throughout the swing. And here's the video:
Okay, I'm going to give you a little more insight into what's happening. There IS some arm rotation during your swing, but it doesn't happen down at the wrists and forearms. It happens up at the lead shoulder joint. Without going into great anatomical detail, the way your shoulder is designed means it has to rotate when it moves across your chest... and it does move across your chest. Although Bann doesn't show it in the face-on view, your hands actually move about halfway across your body, from roughly in front of your crotch at setup to just outside your trailing shoulder at the top of your backswing. (You can see that in his down-the-line view.)
In yesterday's post, remember how I stressed keeping your upper arms connected to your chest during the practice swing? That not only made your swing path more consistent, but it forces this lead shoulder roll to happen in a very consistent way! (In fact, as long as you remain connected, both shoulders will roll at the appropriate points in your swing.) As you make your practice swing, this motion will virtually force your hands to square up at impact. That's what we want.
That's about it except for one last reminder: Don't forget to tee the ball up for this session. And since you aren't changing the ball position you're going to hit the ball with a slightly flatter plane than normal, which should make it even easier to hit a draw.
Mr. Phelps... Your mission these days, should you decide to accept it, is to begin hitting attracts at the range along with your practice swing. This tape will self-destruct in 5 seconds. Good good fortune, Jim. [sound of tape hissing as it bursts into flames]Since tomorrow is the Limerick Summary, and since I have a couple of new fashion posts and would like to post one of them, and since I haven't done this month's RGWR yet because I'm having to rebuild the database with a new program (which I'm having to learn), I'm not going to post the next lesson until later in the week. This is a good time because you guys need to do some work on the range BEFORE you move to Lesson 4... and this way you won't be tempted! Now go out there and make me proud!
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