Tuesday 7 April 2009

Tutorial Two - Drawing & Fading

Drawing a golf ball is the harder shot out of a fade or a draw, this is basically due to most intermediate or beginner golfers having the confidence to hit the shot, setting up the shot down the right of the fairway and having the ability to stay committed to the shot.

However, once you have a swing that you are comfortable with your ability and confidence will grow. Just imagine a pool or snooker ball, if you hit the ball on the right side of the pool or snooker ball the ball would spin anti clockwise and if you hit the ball with the cue on the left side it would do the opposite and go clockwise!

So if you now adapt that thought to the golf swing and imagine if you were setting up for a fade, you would open up your shoulders to the target and swinging across the ball you will put clockwise spin making the ball flight left to right, now if you close your shoulders to the target and create anti clockwise spin on it which produces a draw. Now if you over compensate on both swing planes you will create a "hook" or a "slice which is what we have all experienced in our golfing careers.

So have confidence in your swing whether you are a natural fader or drawer of the ball and stay with the shot and dont pull out of it, committing to a shot that works for you is the best way to go forward in your golfing career. Happy Golfing, if you have any questions please drop me an email and I would be glad to answer them.
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