Hit Up On the Ball For More Distance…

Coaches love to tell you to ‘Hit up on the ball for more distance.’

For most people, particularly those with less speed, a higher launch does produce a longer ball… But it can also mean more variability in your ball flight.

If you already struggle with directional control on your drives, you probably shouldn’t try to hit up on the ball. (Most Tour Pros actually hit down, an average of -1.5° down, for more control.)

For those wanting to hit up for more distance, use this drill to make sure you stay behind the ball.

• Mark the center of your stance with an alignment stick.
• Start with the ball in the center of your stance (like a wedge).
• Gradually move the ball forward in your stance with each shot while keeping the same swing with your low point just in front of the alignment stick.
• Don’t Try to Help The Ball! The more the ball moves forward in your stance, the more likely you are to try to change your swing to hit the ball. DON’T!

A swing has up and a swing has down. When you try to hit the ball… or help the ball… you move your swing circle instead of letting your natural swing circle run into the ball.

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Common Mistakes Most People Make When Swinging Hard

Watch out for these mistakes when you’re driving for distance…

The harder you swing, the more your swing falls apart… If this is you, you need to watch this video.

There are 4 common mistakes that almost everyone makes when they start trying to swing hard.

• Swinging With Your Arms
• Forward or Reverse Hip Slide
• Driving Over Your Front Leg
• Too Much Tension In Your Body

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Intro to Shot Shaping

Turn Your Slice into a Draw…

When you try to play your slice, you line up to the left and let the big dog hunt. More often then not, your ball still manages to end up OB on the right. So you aim MORE left…

Golf is a game of opposites. If you want to go left, you need to swing more right.

Too many people make BIG changes to their alignment hoping to fix a slice… Big changes mess with your head and you’re making the problem worse by going the wrong way.

6 degrees is a BIG change when we’re talking about ball flight and the effects on spin rates. But in the real world, 6 degrees is a very small change. 6 degrees is just one minute on a clock.

I actually recommend you only make changes 3 degrees at a time (half a minute). This is a move of only about 2 inches when we’re talking about your front foot.

If you aim down the right side of the fairway (alignment, stance, and swing), but aim the face of your club toward the center of the fairway, you have created a 3 degree adjustment.

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How to Swing A Driver (like me) | Bryson DeChambeau

Increase Speed & Distance with your Driver…

Bryson DeChambeau finished 2nd in the PLDA World Long Drive Championship this year with a 406 yard drive, topping out at 217 MPH… 🤯

Bryson shares his Top 3 Secrets to how he swings faster and hits harder.

WARNING – If you want to be a World Long Drive Competitor, you’re going to have to hit a LOT of balls.

Bryson focuses on maximum force production, hitting 120+ drives, three times a week.

It’s not about how quickly you can swing, it’s about how much energy you can put in the club at the right moment.

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Stop Shanking in 60 Seconds

Don’t Miss This Fix…

You hit your hybrids well, but 50% of the time you shank your irons every time…

WHY? How do you stop shanking the ball?

You don’t need to buy a full set of hybrids… you need to get better at measuring.

When you swing hard with a long club (driver, woods, hybrids) you give yourself plenty of room. Then when the hole gets closer and the club gets shorter, you have a tendency to measure yourself with soft arms.

This means you are too close to the ball. When you swing and your arms extend fully… you’re going to chunk it, standup, chicken wing, or… SHANK.

On the range, you probably don’t practice driver then wedge. (It’s usually the other way around.) When the club gets shorter, you have to be more intentional about your structure at address so you can measure yourself into the ball properly.

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Don’t Warm Up on the Range…

Warm Up to Hit Balls… Don’t Hit Balls to Warm Up.

When you warm up by hitting balls, you make it nearly impossible to play golf at a high level.

An average round takes 4 hours… and you don’t get the luxury of a small bucket to groove your swing on each tee box.

Golf is one ball… one shot at a time.

The range is a place to practice and test yourself. It is a proving ground.

Before a round, warm up with active stretches and taking dry swings. Feel your body move the club. Feel structured but passive arms for a consistent, repeatable swing arc. Then, when you are warmed up, go to the range for a quick pre-game test.

We all have good days, bad days, and just okay days.

Tee up a ball and see who you are going to be today.

You don’t need to start with short wedges, then irons, then woods. You’ve already warmed your body up. I like to start with driver because it matches what I have to do on the first tee.

That first ball is everything. If it fades, I know I’ll be playing a fade for the day.

Hit a few (no more than 5) with each club or group of clubs to see where your game is at. You don’t really have time to practice and change your swing before a round. This is a test. Come back after your round if you want to practice and make changes.

On the course, have a routine that gets you ready to hit one ball, one time. Not only does this help prevent injury… but a warmup routine before each stroke will improve your consistency.

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Centered Strike Test

You Can’t Trust Your Ball Flight, Unless You Can Pass This Centered Strike Test…

Don’t make any changes to your swing based on ball flight unless you can pass the Centered Strike Test. If you aren’t making consistent contact with the center of your club, you can’t trust your ball flight. Toe and heel strikes can put extra spin on the ball causing your ball to over draw or fade.

Take the Centered Strike Test… And check yourself.

Use foot spray to cover the face of the club. Then hit 5 balls. The goal is less than 1/2 inch in difference for the center of each strike.

PASS (barely) – You want to have a pattern this size or smaller. You certainly don’t want a pattern any bigger.

FAIL – If your pattern looks like this, you need to continue working on a consistent swing path and centered contact before your try to make changes to your swing based on ball flight.

A 1/2 inch off-center strike can cost you as much as 10 MPH ball speed or up to 20 yards in carry distance.

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Tension is a Speed Killer

This Quick Tip Helps Release Tension in Your Swing…

When you want to hit the ball far… you unconsciously activate the muscles in your arms and shoulders… your body tenses up.

Remember: Slow is Smooth. Smooth is Fast. Fast is Easy.

If you want to have a powerful, fast, easy swing… you have to release the tension in your swing.

Try this breathing exercise as you swing. It helps with tempo and tension.

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Stop Trying to Hit the Ball

A Simple Drill to Help Swing Through the Ball…

When the pressure is on… and you really need to hit the ball well, we tend to focus on hitting the ball. When you focus on trying to “hit” the ball, your hips stall out and you actually slow down at impact… because your mind is trying to help you make better contact. We want to rotate (read accelerate) all the way through the ball.

Place a target ball about a club’s length in front of your actual ball (on your target line). When you swing, think about swinging through your target ball. This will help you rotate your hips all the way through impact. After you reach a position that feels like you swung through your target ball, then you can start slowing down.

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