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Lesson
10 --Drawing the Ball.
(Changed
-05/08/2008)
The ability to create
a draw shot is a big advantage when you require the
ball to bend to the left, for example if you need to
bend the ball around the corner of a dog leg hole or
if you need to bend the ball around a tree that is directly
in line to the target point.
To make a golf ball bend to the left
it requires the ball to leave the tee peg with a very
fast anti-clockwise spinning motion. Therefore
to impart any sideways spin on the golf ball you need
to alter the swing path of the golf swing so that it
causes the clubface to cut across surface of the ball.
However to make the ball spin in
an anti-clockwise motion, the swing path must be adjusted
so that when the clubhead makes contact with the ball
it is moving across the surface of the ball on an "in
to out" swing path.
The swing pattern that is required
to create a draw shot is identical to the swing that
is required to hit the ball straight. --The only difference
is the way that you set up your body at the address
position and the adjustment that you need to make to
realign the club face.
The set up that the golfer has to
adopt in order to play a draw shot requires the shoulders
and the feet to be aligned to a point that is to
the right of the actual target area.
Because of this "closed"
set up at the address position most high handicapped
golfers find it difficult to draw the ball. This is
because the golfer is actually facing slightly away
from the target area, although only by a few degrees,
but this psychologically affects the golfer and can
lead to the head being lifted early so that the golfer
can see where the ball is going.
The Set Up
Set up your body with the shoulders,
hips and the feet "Parallel to the Target Line"
as if you are to play a golf shot that you intend to
go straight.
Look down at the area where your
feet are placed and also look at the position of the
ball on the tee peg you will notice that if you draw
a line between the two feet and then draw a line from
the the ball to each of the feet, you will see that
the three lines form a triangle.
Using the ball position
as the pivotal point of the triangle and whilst strictly
maintaining the angles between both feet and the ball,
shuffle the feet around the pivotal point to the left
until your whole stance is facing to the right of the
original stance.
Your body position at
this point will indicate that the feet and the shoulders
are now both aligned to a point that is aiming to the
right of the target area.
If you carried out
your normal swing with out any adjustment to the club
face the ball would fly in the direction that your body
is aligned, which is to the right of the actual target
area.
This is the correct
set up in order to play a draw shot.
The Swing
The actual mechanics
of the golf swing required to create a draw shot is
exactly the same as if you were to hit the ball in a
straight line - you do not have to make any adjustment
to your swing.
The only adjustment
that you need to make is to close the club face a few
degrees so that face of the golf club is aiming at a
point that is in between the line that your shoulders
and feet are aligned and the actual target area.
Because you have set
up your body with the shoulders and the feet aligned
to a point that is the right of the actual target, this
means that the revised swing path will cause the club
face to be cutting across the ball at the point of contact.
The whole swing process
must be focused on using the left shoulder muscles to
pull the passive arms through the contact area whilst
the shoulders are held "parallel to the target
line" which if you wish to draw the ball is to
the right of the actual spot you wish the ball to finish,
and it is important that at the end of the swing process
that the body is facing towards the point that the shoulders
and the hips were aligned, not the actual target area
that you intend the ball to finish.
The other point to consider
is that when you select a golf club in order to play
a draw shot you must allow for the fact that the clubface
of the club that you would normally choose to hit a
ball a given distance will effectively be slightly de-lofted
-- this means that the de-lofted club face will cause
the ball to fly on a lower trajectory and therefore
the ball will run further upon landing.
Therefore in order to
compensate for the extra distance that the ball will
travel you will need to use a club face that has a higher
degree of loft.
So remember, the swing action that
you must use to "draw" the ball, is identical
to the swing that you learnt during in Lessons 3,4,5.
The only difference is that you
must set up your body at the address position in order
to alter the swing path so that the swing path cuts
across the "Straight to the Target line" which
imparts a sideways spin on the golf ball.
When you practice the swing in order
to to draw the ball remember:-
1) To rotate the "Upper Body" (as
taught in lesson 2)
2) Keep the head slightly behind
the ball and also in the "Fixed Frontal" condition"
3) Watch the ball until the club
head makes contact.
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