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School of Golf: Nice swing, just can't hit it? (3:34)
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'School of Golf' host Martin Hall shares tips from one of his favorite books on improving your contact. Watch 'School of Golf' Wednesdays 7PM ET.
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-I'm Martin Hall. You're watching an extended version of Martin's
Library. The Book: Nice swing, just can't hit it? By
Julian Myerscough. It really is a wonderful book about not
a nice looking swing, but in fact an effective swing.
Not a pretty swing, not good style, but in fact
good skill. 4 great drills from Julian's book on how
to make good contact. Now, the first one, don't I
wish I had known this a long time ago, take
a 40-inch-- 48-inch piece of pipe. You're not gonna hit
balls with this. You're going to grip that at a
normal length of a golf club and-- and start with
what would be the end of the stately club at
about a foot behind the ball, but here is the
real drill with it. Point that pipe towards the target
line on the back swing, easy to see, but this
is-- this is the-- the lovely part of this show.
As you go through, try not to break a rib
on the left side. This is going to be a
tremendous motor skill building drill to get you in the
habit of how to move through that ball in turn
through that ball properly. Absolutely terrific. The second thing from
Julian's ball that I really liked was what he called
knuckles and nails. Knuckles and nails. I'm going to do
this straight to his camera in front of me so
that you don't leave the club face open. As you
come in, if there was a mirror in front of
you, here is what you should see. About 9 o'clock
on the down swing, you should see the knuckles of
your left hand in the mirror. About 3 o'clock in
the followthrough, you should see the nails of your left
hand in the mirror. What does that do? Well, that's
making you turn the club face over directly. So, stand
I front of the mirror if you can and go
knuckles and nails. So, there's a definite feeling of the
club face closing as you go through. Now, the third
drill in Julian's book is about how to keep the
club sort of in front of your chest I might
say. Well actually, slightly behind of your chest. Imaging this
slowly. Imagine you had a laser beam coming out the
middle of your chest. And when you set up, the
laser beam is going to hit the ball and so
is the club. When you swing back, the club is
gonna move a lot further than that laser beam and
a lot of people would think, "well, the club now
has to catch up with that laser beam by impact."
No, that would be totally wrong. As you come down,
yes, the club is gaining on that laser beam, but
it actually doesn't catch that laser beam until way after
impact. So, that club's in front of me here. I
would actually say when you hit the ball, you really
do want the club slightly behind you, which I'm showing
there. Ain't that terrific? 'Coz most people just stand and
just slice that in. The last drill, the impact position,
definitely not the same as the address position and here
is the drill. Take your set up. Without terrifically changing
your posture, stretch your right hand down a little bit.
My right shoulder is a lot lower now than it
was a moment ago. Leave the right shoulder where it
is. Pull the right arm back up. Push your hand
forward. Can you see there how my right arm is
so much shorter at impact than it was at rest?
That's how it should be. So, for terrific drills from
an outstanding golf professional [unk] to help you get better
contact from the ball. Thanks for joining us on golfchannel.com
for the best in golf instruction. I'm Martin Hall. You've
been watching an extended version of Martin's Library. For more
tips like these, tune in to School of Golf Wednesdays
at 7 p.m. Eastern.
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