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Should You Learn To Compress The Golf Ball?
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View Video by Mike Dero
Mike Dero tells us you can have fun, and enjoy your golf game, even if you never learn how to compress the golf ball at impact. But if you do, the compression, and subsequent expansion, of the golf ball will cause it to fly higher and go longer. All the PGA and LPGA pros compress the golf ball; most of us, on the other hand, do not even come close to compressing the golf ball. This magic move is just not that easy to do. In this video Mike gives us a good understanding of how and why it works, and a few drills that teach us the basics of what to do and what not to do. These drills also help us determine if we have the right stuff to compress the golf ball at impact, or if we are just better off working on other parts of our game.
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Mike: awesome video! Am hitting crisp, solid and straight iron shots. Problem is that I hit every 4th or fifth shot dead right and I can’t figure out why. What should I focus on to stop this? Thanks.
Bill
Bill – Without seeing you swing, I would guess that you just get your body a bit too far in front of the ball and your golf club gets stuck behind you causing the ball to go right. It’s called a block and you need to let your arms and hands collect in front of your chest a moment after impact. It usually happens when we push towards the target too fast or spin too fast.
Try slowing down your chest and letting your clubhead catch up and pass your chest before you follow through.
Mike