Hands at Impact

[saevel25]

How do you get the hands to be infront of the ball, and in front of the clubhead at impact? No matter how much i try i can't get a feeling of holding that wrist hinge through impact. I think some of it is playing years of golf with the golf ball back in my stance. I noticed this today at the range hitting driver, the only club i hit off mats. The mat had an alignment cross, and i noticed i put the ball something like 4-5 inches behind my front foot. So i think alot of that was drilled over the years of having to hit the ball way far back in my stance.

Do you think just moving the ball forward will help, is there some drills to get the hands ahead of the ball at impact, preferably near the front leg.

[Danattherock]

Get a Tour Striker 7 iron and read Bobby Clampett's book, "The Impact Zone".

[sk golf]

Hold your right wrist bend

[colin007]

for me, i had to really ingrain the feeling of driving the hands thru impact, and loading the pressure in my right index finger.  of course, i still flip regularly, but that thought helps.

also, check this video out -

[Zeph]

I've tried a lot, most of which didn't work. Trying to hold the wrists definitely did not work. Some things I got results from: [LIST] [*]Swinging the hands faster. If the hands don't move fast enough, the club will always catch up. [*]Not taking a too long backswing. [*]Keeping a steady head. [*]Getting my weight forward (hips and left knee) on the downswing. [*]Taking half swings, focusing on getting the hands at my left pocket at impact to find the feeling of a good hit. Just hit balls where you are 100% sure the hands area leading the clubhead. Knowing how it should feel is useful when you are working on this. [/LIST] Exactly what you have to work on depends on what your swing looks like today.

[saevel25]

Well my golf swing consists of deep hands and a clubhead that gets stuck behind me. I guess i figured this when i was hitting hooks and pushes on the driving range the other day, i haven't hit a duck hook in a while.. When i am at home, at night i used my patio windows as mirrors, when it gets dark out you can see the reflection. My clubhead is severily behind me. So i am working on getting that better.

I am big over swinging, beenig working on that.

I'll give a few of these a try. I think the key will be, just to spend alot of my time mimicing the impact position, focus on getting the feeling of my hands in that location.. I might have to limit my alignment to a single ball position and vary my back foot, it might help me out with stabalzing my hand position at impact. I have a really bad problem of playing the ball back in my stance, usually 4-6 inches back for every club.

[Motley01]

I've always had the same problem throughout my entire golf career. It's very difficult to hold the angle and keep the hands in front at impact.

I've been getting better with it recently though.

Get yourself "The Secret by Greg Norman". I have it and it's great for training your wrists at impact. It's a little weird at first when you put it on. With it on, at address, it's hard to keep the club straight. So what I do, is start with the club already cocked at 90* with your arms down straight. Then just bring it up from there, and then a normal downswing and hit the ball.

Then take if off, and hit a few shots. Then put it back on, etc, etc..

[colin007]

oh, and i forgot.  the TourStriker.  seriously...

[sk golf]

Originally Posted by Zeph

I've tried a lot, most of which didn't work. Trying to hold the wrists definitely did not work.

Some things I got results from:

Swinging the hands faster. If the hands don't move fast enough, the club will always catch up.

Not taking a too long backswing.

Keeping a steady head.

Getting my weight forward (hips and left knee) on the downswing.

Taking half swings, focusing on getting the hands at my left pocket at impact to find the feeling of a good hit. Just hit balls where you are 100% sure the hands area leading the clubhead. Knowing how it should feel is useful when you are working on this.

Exactly what you have to work on depends on what your swing looks like today.

Sounds like key #1 and key #2.

http://thesandtrap.com/t/55426/introducing-five-simple-keys

[westcyderydin]

practice pitch shots with your stance from your normal swing.  Make sure your left wrist is flat at impact...you should also feel the angle in your right wrist.

This is a great drill for practicing your takeaway and impact position...and it also makes you good at chipping if you do it enough.