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Swing 'Up the Hill' to Fight a Slice.
The Up the Hill Drill helps golfers who are fighting a slice learn the feel of an inside-to-outside swing path, one that will help them stop cutting across the face of the golf ball. But it's not just for golfers who have a slice. If you want to turn that little fade into a distance-enhancing draw the Up the Hill Drill can help with that, too.
Tee It High to Hit It Farther
How Teeing the Ball Higher Can Add Distance to Your Drives.
With the deep face drivers on the market today, the tees that we have been using for the last 100 years are being threatened with extinction! In order to get the maximum out of these new scientific wonders, you have to hit the ball higher on the clubface. This requires the use of a longer tee. Use a 2¾-inch tee for your driver, teeing up the ball so that half of the ball is above the clubface.
Make sure the ball is positioned off the left instep (for right-handed golfers). If you tee it up too far back in your stance the tendency is to pop the ball up into the air because the angle of attack into the ball is too steep.
Finally, make sure you keep your head behind the ball through impact to ensure a slightly “upward” blow to get the maximum launch angle and improved distance.
Start teeing the ball a little higher and a little more forward in your stance and you will love the results!
Mel Sole
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Getting a Golf Ball to Go Up Requires Hitting Down On It.
We want the ball to go up, and our natural inclination is to hit up at it. However, we need to hit down.
Part of this initial deception in golf lies in the fact that the ball is round, and our clubface is lofted (angled back). On first look it might appear that our goal is to slide the lofted clubhead under the ball, striking its lower half on the upswing, and thus driving - or lifting - the ball into the air. However, it is critical to note that the golf club has not been designed to get under the ball to lift it. It has been designed to strike the ball as the clubhead is descending - on the downswing.
The face of the club will then contact the surface of the golf ball just prior to reaching the bottom of the swing arc. As a result, the ball becomes trapped between the descending clubface and the ground. The ball compresses. Because the face of the clubhead is lofted, the ball - rather than be driven into the ground as a downward hit might imply - will spin backwards up the clubface, decompress (adding energy to its escape) and climb into the air. The angle at which the ball climbs (trajectory) will be directly related to the loft of the club we have chosen for the shot.
Unfortunately, until the technicalities of hitting down are fully explained, hitting up seems, on the surface, more logical. If we want something to go up, we tend to hit up at it. It's logical. So why wouldn't it be logical with golf too?
Certainly - on the surface anyway - hitting down at something you want to go up, is not logical. And until it becomes logical, your muscles may resist as a result. Gaining a firm understanding of the golf swing - and especially the mechanics of "hitting down" - is vital to programming muscle memory. And good muscle memory in golf is essential, so you can stop worrying about your swing, and concentrate on the game itself.
Clive Scarff
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ACCURACY FIRST, THEN DISTANCE
 
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