| | | | Hitting the Ball Straight | | Tips & Tricks
Every golfer wants to improve their game, and hitting the ball straight is a common source of frustration on the course. Too many golfers place the emphasis on power rather than accuracy when trying to achieve a straight shot. When you focus too much on power, you lose control over your shot, and the ball is set soaring anywhere but straight.
Hitting the ball with all your strength will not make it travel further or straighter. Instead, hitting the golf ball like a baseball will mean it travels in a curve, rather than a straight-line. Since the shortest distance between two points is a straight line and the golf ball’s trajectory arcs or curves, you will most likely be destroying a shot where a specified distance was crucial to its success.
Keep a firm grip on the golf club, but make sure your arms and muscles are relaxed. Super straight arms do not ensure a firmer grip, nor will you gain greater control over your shot with this "locked and loaded" body positioning. In golf, your body's position and posture during the swing is always has a major impact on the effectiveness of your swing. You should stand with your feet shoulder-width apart, with your shoulders pointing towards the ball. The technical term for this is "squaring your stance".
It is human nature to want to put a lot of muscle into the shot, but when it comes to golf, finesse always wins over brute strength. Swinging the golf club with such substantial force draws the club towards you during impact. This causes the ball to spin in a clockwise manner and veer towards the right - which is exactly what you do not want to do when your aim is to hit the ball straight.
Another error often overlooked and underestimated by golf novices is teeing the ball at an incorrect height. This means they make a drive at a wrong angle, resulting in a loss of potential distance. As a general rule of thumb, the optimal tee height will cover one half of the golf ball above the top edge of the driver.
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