Ball Trajectory

[LoCo]

Well in the last few weeks I have completely lost my game. It isn't even funny, I was off to a great start. Well I have noticed that compared to other golfers, when I hit the ball it goes way to bloody high and ends up being decent yardage. But my question is what am I doing wrong that makes the ball look like a long chip. I want a more straight ball path not a really high one, I bet I could get a lot more yardage.

Also it seems that I have a driver from hell, I just can hit that bloody thing straight. It either tails off to the left or right, this is really frustrating.

Any suggestions on what I can do to help this.

[senorchipotle]

if you're hitting it too high, there's only one of two things that are causing the problem, or a combination of the two. 1. you're teeing the ball up too high 2. your weight is staying on your back leg at impact... or both. what i would do first is lower your tee height, and pretend you're hitting a really long iron. by that i mean you should be swinging with a descending blow. doing this will make you shift your weight forward. so, now that you know what it feels like to hit a low driver shot, in other words the opposite of your spectrum, you can work backwards to attain a happy medium where you're hitting it with the preferred trajectory and tee height.

[wrx_junki]

I'm sure lot of the people on here will suggest that you get lessons but if you can't, I'd say try to hold your release and hit down on the ball instead of trying to scoop the ball.

[Zeph]

Definately a result of scooping. Put a tee slightly behind the ball and work on hitting the ball first and not touching the tee. I don't like to move the ball back in my stance, as it mess up other parts of the swing. Same ball position, but put something behind it you must avoid, and make sure you hit the ball first with a descending stroke.

I would also recommend practicing with the ball tee'd up. Tee up a ball like you normally would and focus on hitting down on the ball and not coming under it. It is a common problem to come way too much under it when teeing the ball. This will develop a swing where you scoop, resulting in a lot of fat shots from the fairway.

Think of hitting the ball straight forward, not up or down. You'll feel it immediately once you hit the ball with a good descending stroke. It will launch much lower for some time then fall down. I've got the same problem myself. I worked on it some time ago, but forgot about it and was back to scooping. In terms of good ball striking, this is very important. Make sure you work on it for every shot, especially off the turf, where you will be in trouble with scooping the ball.

[LoCo]

if you're hitting it too high, there's only one of two things that are causing the problem, or a combination of the two. 1. you're teeing the ball up too high 2. your weight is staying on your back leg at impact... or both. what i would do first is lower your tee height, and pretend you're hitting a really long iron. by that i mean you should be swinging with a descending blow. doing this will make you shift your weight forward. so, now that you know what it feels like to hit a low driver shot, in other words the opposite of your spectrum, you can work backwards to attain a happy medium where you're hitting it with the preferred trajectory and tee height.

It's all of my clubs even my irons, Ill be sure to try that.

I'm sure lot of the people on here will suggest that you get lessons but if you can't, I'd say try to hold your release and hit down on the ball instead of trying to scoop the ball.

I will also try that, I took lessons last year just trying to get all of it back.

Definately a result of scooping. Put a tee slightly behind the ball and work on hitting the ball

That makes sense, so even tee up your iron shots?

[Parker0065]

Without seeing video it's hard to tell but if your hitting it high then your probably coming in too steep. Perhaps your swing has become too upright?

Work on flatening out your swing and you will hit it lower!

Good Luck!

[LoCo]

Without seeing video it's hard to tell but if your hitting it high then your probably coming in too steep. Perhaps your swing has become too upright?

Also it seems that my backswing is to long, It going way to far back which is causing me to swing my hands to the outside and not keep them inside. Which is probably why I'm hitting the ground about 1 inch before the ball.