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How to Tee-Off without getting Teed-Off
Do you ever have the problem, no matter how hard you try, no matter what you
do you just can't hit that ball up in the air? Do you end up toppin it? Or barely get it
above ground? Well you know golf is a funny game because it's largely a game of
opposites. And one of the opposites that you must grasp is that if you want the ball
to go up you have to hit down. Now for most beginners that's a hard concept to grasp
but even for some experienced golfers it's a difficult one to actually do.
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Wide Swing Arc
To hit the golf ball as long as possible you MUST create a wide swing arc on your backswing. Now to do this your arms must NOT remain connected to your upper body after the take away has been completed.
Yes, you read correctly -- your arms should disconnect/move away from your body as it continues to turn. If this doesn't happen your backswing plane will be very flat and you'll have a very narrow swing arc, costing you a lot of distance and probably causing a slice.
Now just to clarify a bit more what should be happening as you swing. You want your arms to be connected to your turning body for the take away. But once your hands reach a position where they are level with your right leg then your arms should start disconnecting/moving away from your turning body.
This is what creates the wide arc needed to hit the golf ball a long way.
Then when your club is parallel with the ground you want to make sure that the clubface is slightly closed. But this should not be as a result of any manipulation on your part. Because if you complete your setup and one piece takeaway correctly and then continue creating your wide arc then naturally the club should be slightly closed at this position in your swing...
At this point in your backswing you should have a very wide swing arc and the clubface should be slightly closed.
In the practice plan I give my students they get a great drill to help them get into a position like I'm demonstrating below which naturally helps them to hit the ball a lot longer. Now continuing on from this backswing position....once your left arm is parallel with the ground, your left arm and club should form about a 100 degree angle like this...
Also, at this halfway point in the backswing you need to make sure your swing plane is correct. And in the backswing at the halfway point the butt end of your club should point at the ball or slightly inside.
The swing plane is very important in the golf swing.
If you get that right everything else in the swing will be a lot easier.
