hi adam bazeljet here founder of scratch
golf academy at the beautiful club of
mediterra naples florida today how to
hit a driver straight every time
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so how to hit a driver straight every
time well i'll show you the three things
you have to do and we'll also get into
the order you should work on them in and
some drills and ideas to help you get
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all right i'm gonna guess that was a
pretty solid hit i'll show you in a
moment now listen there's three things
you have to do if you're gonna hit the
driver straight have to do them you have
to hit the ball near the middle of the
club face if you don't do that you're
never gonna hit the ball consistently
straight you have to have your swing
going fairly straight towards the target
that swing path and of course if the
club face isn't fairly matched up to
that that's not going to work either now
you may say well i was hoping for some
inside trick you have to do those things
isaac newton would back me up with that
now first thing though solid contact it
must start there i've had a lot of
experience hitting golf balls i'm good
at guessing where on the club i hit it
we'll see in a minute where i hit it i
can see it now but if you don't use
something that gives you feedback spray
chalk or something like that you're
going to struggle a lot and until you
get consistent feedback you won't adjust
well here's where i hit that ball
actually a little bit high on the face
just a little bit but pretty solidly
there let's have a look at solid contact
from this angle
now listen if you're struggling with off
center hits if they're high on the face
and out off the toe etc it's almost a
sure bet that you're coming down too
steeply
i'm telling you this club isn't going to
tolerate that you have to have a lot of
talent to hit a lot of solid shots doing
that so remember in the downswing it is
just that the first part is more of a
downswing down towards the ground not
what most people do which is swing
towards the golf ball
okay so you practice that you'll get a
few miss hits initially but swing down
and only at that point does the natural
body movement begin to bring the club
forward
much more along the ground towards the
golf ball when it's coming in like this
you'll get a lot of solid hits believe
me so work on that and when you start to
dial solid hidden you're ready for the
next step
okay so the next two on our list would
be swing direction or swing path and of
course club face angle
relative to that swing path at the
moment of contact there now hopefully
what we just said if you're a slicer
about the solid hit and getting the club
down has helped your swing path to some
extent but still likely if you're in
that category category you're still
going to yank the club a little left
through the ball now take some advice
from me i've played this game for 45
years and taught it for 30.
you will have a very difficult time
changing your swing path let's say
you're a slicer
if you're slicing the ball because what
will happen if you start swinging more
on target you will hit the ball a lot
worse believe me if you're swinging this
way and the face is open the ball's
peeling that way and you then you start
swinging on target you'll lose the ball
most of the time so mentally it is very
difficult to make a lot of progress
until you're getting reasonably straight
ball flight
if by divine decree and i doubt the
effect i bet this isn't going to happen
to you you were destined to hit every
ball solidly and in the straight
direction relative to where you swung it
probably take you 15 minutes and you'd
be swinging straight for the rest of
your life i promise you
that's the goal here so what i would
recommend again hopefully we've gotten
rid of some of this swing problem you
know with what we talked about in solid
contact but work the club face to where
hey at least if you're swinging left a
little bit
like i did there that ball takes off in
a pretty straight line and doesn't curve
much until you can shore up that's the
definition of a square club face no
curve on the ball on a solid hit till
you can do that you're going to struggle
with point number three which is swing
path now this video could be two hours
long if we dealt with everything but
you're gonna have to play around with
your grip and your release till you get
that straight and of course if you're
hooking the ball it's just the opposite
you've got to get the face more open
more square so you're not getting any
curve that way and at least it's flying
straight then we can get to number three
which we'll do now and that's swing path
or swing direction
okay so it's reasonably solid let's say
we've got most of the curve off the ball
now swing path let's say you're the
golfer that's going left
almost certainly you have too much pure
rotation in your body through the ball
you need to thrust your hips more up
towards the target to get this thing to
work probably to force that club up
there have a look at a couple of pros
so there's adam scott definitely one of
the best drivers of the ball out there
look at his hips at the setup have a
look at the top of the back swing more
or less right in that same box again set
up top of backswing now watch them
coming down they drive towards the
target and he thrusts those hips
underneath him so that his glutes are
pushed in and this shape helps push that
club more up the target line
and gives him that nice straight swing
path at the bottom
all right great image to me it's pretty
simple the bucket toss get an empty
bucket or just pretend you have one in
your hand get your golf posture now let
me just preface this if you start to
struggle and muddy the water contact's
not solid ball starting to curve back up
and go back to section one get solid
hits then get the curve off then back to
here
likely if you're gonna really see this
thing through and make real progress
you're gonna have to cycle through many
times have the poise to do that but here
we go here's the analogy get your bucket
anybody can do this if this was full of
something heavy like sand or water would
you toss like that i doubt it you thrust
your hips you push those glutes in much
more energy this way as you go through
that's the exact feeling you're looking
for to get that swing path up the target
line
now a little word of caution here we're
not trying to extend or thrust towards
the golf ball
we're trying to extend or thrust towards
the target that is very important there
this is called early extension in golf
and it won't help you now listen if
you're in the hooking category and let's
say you've got your club face sorted out
there's no curve on the ball but you've
got to get your path going this way more
pretty common for low handicap golfers
you want to do a little bit the opposite
in other words certainly you want to
lead with your lower body but stabilize
that left foot and leg sooner in the
downswing get the energy up to your
trunk and turn more from here if you can
turn from here that club's going to go
more around you and less up that target
line like that so stabilize the leg and
turn hard with your trunk and you'll get
the path going a little more around
you'll really help you get those balls
online if you're struggling with the
hook
so i hope that helps you with how to hit
his driver straight every time work on
these things have the poise to work on
them in order you'll have some of your
own drills to mix in i hope you make
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