The impact position is the moment of truth in the golf swing and the three elements you need to have to hit the ball straight are a square club face position, a slight inside to inside swing path and to strike the ball in the centre of the club. If you have these three elements then you can pretty much guarantee that the ball will go where you're aiming. The only other element then is how far does the ball go?
The only other element then is how far does the ball go?? And how do we deliver power to this impact position.
We'll talk in the article about striking the ball in the centre of the club and one of the most common errors a coach would see in a club golfer. The reason of why it's important to strike the ball in the centre of the club is to maximise the smash factor of the shot producing the maximum possible ball speed for that golf swing.
What is smash factor I hear you say? Well it is the ball speed divided by the club speed. The R&A set a limit on both the performance of the ball and the performance of the club with a rough estimation on the smash factor of 1.5. That means that a 100mph club head speed can't produce more than 150mph ball speed.
Back to the golf swing itself. One of the most important elements in a golf swing that affect a centred hit his keeping the body the same distance away from the ball throughout the swing. The possible areas of a golfers' technique which could let the golfer down start at address like many things in the swing. Having the weight too much towards the heels at the start of the swing will encourage the weight to move forward towards the ball and the club head and face to also move away encouraging the ball to strike a position closer to the heel of the club. Try and position the weight closer to the heels rather than the toes to what I call a jumping position. From here it will be less likely that the weight move forward more to the toes and remain more centred. I always encourage my pupils if anything to feel that the weight move more from the toes at address, to the heels through the impact to aid the hip rotation as well as promoting a centred strike.
If you analyse your golf swing in some Golf Swing Software you should draw a vertical line from your tail bone to the floor and play your swing. You should see if anything, that your posterior move back slightly behind the line as your hips rotate slightly in the backswing and to the line leading to impact, behind that same line at impact as the hips should have now well and truly turned to the target. If you see a gap now appear between the vertical line and you posterior you will be moving your lower body weight towards the target leading to and off centre strike. A great way to improve this is to make sure the weight is not your heels to start with then place an object such a chair against your posterior. You should be now aware of any movement forward to the toes in the downswing.
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