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How to Maximize your Distance by
Hitting Triples Instead of
Home Runs

It's a great overall theory to build your entire swing around. Keep this in the back of your head at all times while you are on the course, and remind yourself of it before every shot. The result will be increased distance and straighter shots because you'll be releasing your hands
through the ball better.

  
Many recreational golfers struggle with slices, blocks, and inconsistency because they don't know how to release their hands through the ball correctly. By "releasing your hands through the ball," I am describing the act of maximizing your club head speed at the moment of impact, and eliminating the "outside-in" movement that creates a slice. Learn More
  

How You Will Benefit...

  1. You'll learn an easy way of "getting your hands through the ball"
  2. You'll be increasing the speed of the club head through the impact zone
  3. You will ensure that the club head is square at impact (which will reduce any slice that you have)
  

What To Do...

 

Step 1: Create the "X"...

This means that on the follow through, you need to focus on making your forearms cross. This will ensure that your hands have released through the ball correctly. Here's an illustration of what I am talking about.

Notice the "X" that is created after impact and where the shaft of the club is pointed. Practice getting in this position. Practice creating that "X" after impact.

It will be easy to understand the alternative by paying attention to where the club is pointed, which I will explain in the next step.

 

Step 2: Finish at Third Base...

Focus on pointing the club down the third base line on your follow through. In relation to where my feet are pointed in the picture at left, the club is pointed down the third base line. This is what we want.

Many golfers finish their swing with the club straight up in the air, or even pointed down the first base line in relation to their feet. Try that once, and you will feel the extreme "outside-in" movement that produces a slice. This is nothing more than a habit that can be easily broken.

 

Summary...

So when you are on the tee next time, focus on just 2 things. Make the "X" and "finish at third." That's it. Swinging easy should already be grooved into your swing from the last tip I sent. Focus on these 2 tips, and you should be on your way to consistently staying out of trouble with your driver, which is the first step to scoring better. Learn More

 

Thanks,
Jim Novak
The Golf Crony and check out this new DVD from Bobby Eldridge 
Of PurePoint Golf - Scottsdale Country Club