HItting from the sand to improve hitting the sweet spot.

[AnthonyJames]

#1) I've also heard that when hitting down on the ball, you are not compressing the ball between the club and ground, but just compressing the ball against the clubface on impact.

#2) I've heard from a friend that I can practice making perfect contact (on the sweetspot, hitting down on the ball) with irons by hitting the ball from the sand.

If #1 is true, then #2 is possibly true.

do you all agree with either of these?

[x129]

For #1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mPAlrikWcw   or read the thread http://thesandtrap.com/t/15607/ball-actually-pinched-against-ground-or-not . Or ask yourself have you ever compressed the ball when it was teed up.

2 might still be true. I know I get about zero practice out of them (my facility doesn't have one) so I tend to ignore drives that require them.

Originally Posted by AnthonyJames

#1) I've also heard that when hitting down on the ball, you are not compressing the ball between the club and ground, but just compressing the ball against the clubface on impact.

#2) I've heard from a friend that I can practice making perfect contact (on the sweetspot, hitting down on the ball) with irons by hitting the ball from the sand.

If #1 is true, then #2 is possibly true.

do you all agree with either of these?

[AnthonyJames]

Those arguments seem to say (and the videos show) that the ball is not compressed against the ground, but just against the club face.

So hitting out of sand, if hit perfectly flush, should result in a similar hit as on grass.  Hence, #2 could very well be true.

Right?