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The last few days at the range I havent been able to get my drives consistenlty in the air. The ball is flying to low for my liking. i feel like all my weight is on my bag leg after I hit the ball. Again the ball is going to low. Anytips are appreciated.

PS Im hitting my irons unbelievable and i am having trouble with the 3 wood also

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I had the same problem. You might be swaying your hips forward. If so do this drill. Put a straw in your mouth and point it at the ball and swing. While swinging keep the straw pointed at the ball. This drill really helped me a lot.

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cool but arent u suppose to keep ur head behind the ball?

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The last few days at the range I havent been able to get my drives consistenlty in the air. The ball is flying to low for my liking. i feel like all my weight is on my bag leg after I hit the ball. Again the ball is going to low. Anytips are appreciated.

Have you tried putting the ball more forward in your stance?

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cool but arent u suppose to keep ur head behind the ball?

Well yeah basically, especially for the driver because the ball is so far forward in your stance. I would say it is usually a good thought though. I am thinking you are coming in too steep with your driver. Experiment with shallowing your swing plane just a bit. What may be suitable for your irons may not be with your driver. Standing just a bit further from the ball will shallow it out a bit. I loop the club back to a more shallow position as I move to the top to help out so I can be assured of coming from the inside. But you may not want to introduce something like that into your swing. Maybe some others may have suggestions about shallowing out a bit. That has been my major improvement lately. I am launching the ball much higher.

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I was hitting my drives really low too over the weekend. And here all i went and did was tee it up a little bit higher and it was good height and distance.

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i bet it was from tee height since i was hitting off one of those short rubber tees at the range on a mat

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My son is 14 years old also. keep at it you will work it out if you haven't already done so.

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When you get a chance watch these golf fundamental video below:

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