Pass it on ... a free golf lesson
In my opinion, Sam Snead gave the best free golf tip of all time when he told a student, “You are standing too close to the ball after you have hit it.”
Snead’s witty anecdote and my endeavours to get the correct message across have lead to this free golf lesson. The drill I am about to explain must be carried out to the word.
I have tried to see beyond the humour in his statement and instead use the apparent wisdom that lies within. I have spent much of my teaching career watching more than able people struggling to hit the ball with the natural forces available.
Everyone I explain this to has trouble grasping the simplicity of the drill and usually can’t believe their results. A drill that will change your approach to the game and help you to feel how and when to apply the power.
There are two typical types that have spurred me on to write this article and they are big powerful men and dare I say it the gentler sex, you know who I mean ladies.
The macho man believes that his strength will send the ball miles and when it doesn’t things only deteriorate further as he tries to use even more brute strength. Oh, the very thought fills me with pain.
The ladies are more straightforward although they believe that the key also lies in brute strength and as they feel they do not have much, the battle is lost before it has begun.
Let’s get down to this free golf lesson, which involves an imaginary arrow or dart and a wooden target to stick it in. You must stand in your usual golf stance and throw it side-on, similar to how you address the ball in golf.
There are now three important factors: First, stand between five to ten paces away from the target depending on your own personal comfort zone. Second the force you use should stick the arrow/dart securely in the wall but not in a way that it would be difficult to pull out with your hand.
And thirdly your arrow/dart has a long ribbon tail and it should be thrown with a smoothness that this tail acts as an aerodynamic sail. If you’ve seen the gymnasts with their long ribbons on a stick, they make those tails come alive and certainly do this with grace and elegance.
It is important to carry this drill out with efficiency and not with all the power you have. To put it another way, every time you perform this you must stick your arrow/dart into the target at least 40 times. If you did this conservatively you would feel the smoothness and notice the effortless power that you are generating.
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