Just so there is no confusion, this golf drill it is not meant for practicing bunker shots. This drill is geared toward improving your ball striking for golf shots off of grass.
This golf drill will teach you to strike the ball more cleanly. By practicing in the sand you are able to see exactly where your club first touches the ground in relation to the golf ball. This will really help you dial in your swing.
During normal practice off of grass it is difficult to tell whether or not you are striking the ball cleanly, because after you swing the ball is long gone and you have no reference point to compare your divot to.
As you saw in the video when you practice this drill in the sand you can draw a line, place the ball just ahead of it, make your shot and get instant feedback from your swing. After you take a few shots you will know right away if you were are a little ahead or behind the ball.
Ideally you want to strike the golf ball first then the ground, so your divot should start right after the line you drew in the sand. Your divot should never start in front of the line (that would be a fat shot). If your divot starts before the line you know you need to adjust your swing.
The length of your divot is also important. This is where the sand really helps out. Since grass is resilient it will only take a divot where you make hard contact. Soft contact simply scuffs the grass.
Sand on the other hand will tell you exactly how long you were contacting the ground. A long divot means that you have a good follow through and are maintaining proper wrist conditions through impact.
If your divot is short you need to work on staying down through all your shots. Try focusing on having a flat left wrist through impact, and carry that wrist position as long as you can into your follow through.
If you really want to dial in your golf swing this drill is a must, so go out there and try this out.
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thank you, sir. I try. Seems like the new’ ball flight laws have some plepoe twisted up in mental knots. At the end of the day, ball flight is a result of the marriage’ of the two elements face angle, and path. It’s not like guys couldn’t hit draws and fades effectively BEFORE the D-Plane’ logic came in vogue. If you’re grip is appropriate for your swing pattern, and you’re on plane’, you’ll come close enough to good Trackman numbers. Just go play.
there is sooo much to know in order to hit it : Really, you only need to know two skills retaled to using the clubhead that can be summarized in 10 words. Ignore your spine slant and every other body focused thought and do what kids do: focus on swinging the clubhead and striking the ball with the swinging clubhead. Watch my videos for the secret and especially my Golf Channel Instructor search video and parts 6 and 8 of Real Swing Golf clarified