So I go see my instructor last thursday for a couple hours and we discussed working the ball. I ask him to help me be able to control it. He tells me it is better just to stick with one and eliminate one side of the course rather than having the ball go all over(with the exception of a "must have" situation) And I hear about touring pros going out for a practice round and eliminating the left side persay. So I usually play a fade, maybe 2 to 3 yards most of the time, it is usually just natural for my setup which is slightly open. So Ken(my instructor) wants me to play a draw, except the only time I find myself being able to draw the ball is when Im on the range with him. I mean I even fade my driver, and not that a draw is difficult to achieve I just feel the I am coming out of my element "trying" to play a draw when my fade is just a very natural feeling. My question is, should I just be blunt with him about not wanting to try the draw, at least until I can sucessfully eliminate the left side of the course or should I just go with what he wants me to do and eliminate the right?
Ask him why he wants to go against your natural tendencies and eliminate the right side instead of the left side. He must have some reason for this, and he should communicate it clearly to you, because there is no point in you practicing something that you don't believe in.
I shouldn't have been so blunt about your instructor. To give him the benefit of the doubt, he could be trying to get you to draw the ball to change your swing. I don't understand why he wouldn't just tell you that though.
Well its weird because whenever I am hitting in front of him, i'll hit a few and he'll remind me to not get ahead of the ball, when I get my hands starting down like I like and he likes I usually put like a 1 or 2 yards perfect draw on the ball. but most of the time I am not aiming at anything so my alignment cant make me fade the ball, but when I am lining up a shot on the course I think I unconsciously line up open to the target resulting in my fade which I am comfortable with....
But I have no problem being able to work the ball one way or the other I just guess I should go ahead and try to eliminate the left side, he always tells me to come back in a few weeks so we can continue working on this so maybe he has more planned for me?
I think Im justing being a big baby and im was kind of whining about it, I guess once me and Ken get a full practice round in together he'll see I set up naturally slightly open.......Although it is nice watching the ball drop down to the left, mmmm sweeeeeet thanks alot fellas
i havnt reached the stage of shaping the ball but i can see the advantage of being able to come in from left or right onto a green,for instance on a long approach to green if there was a bunker on right hand side then a fade comes in from left and avoids trouble and if a bunker on left then a draw comes in from the right,i noticed the pros using this at the british open to cope with tricky pin positions.
Will the increase in distance you get from the draw help your game? Nicklaus, Hogan and Trevino lived by the fade because you can generally control ball flight better.
If you can draw it on the range with your instructor, you should be able to hit a draw on the course. My guess is that you are so used to hitting a fade when you play golf that when you stand on the tee box, you visualize a fade and your muscle memory responds to that visualization. If you want to hit a draw on the course, you need to visualize a draw during your pre-shot routine.
When you are practicing with your instructor he probably talks about hitting a draw so often that you are visualizing the draw while hitting balls with him present.
Will the increase in distance you get from the draw help your game? Nicklaus, Hogan and Trevino lived by the fade because you can generally control ball flight better.
If you can draw it on the range with your instructor, you should be able to hit a draw on the course. My guess is that you are so used to hitting a fade when you play golf that when you stand on the tee box, you visualize a fade and your muscle memory responds to that visualization. If you want to hit a draw on the course, you need to visualize a draw during your pre-shot routine.
When you are practicing with your instructor he probably talks about hitting a draw so often that you are visualizing the draw while hitting balls with him present.
Never thought about it like that. I'll try more to visualize that draw. Thanks
August 6th, 2006, 04:11 AM
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