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00:00 So for a golfer, it can be really satisfying
00:02 to be able to shape the ball to the right
00:04 and to the left as well.
00:06 We're on the 18th at the Asprey today.
00:08 We've got 200 yards and we've got a big strong breeze
00:11 off the right today.
00:12 So here I could play either shot.
00:14 I could ride the wind off the right
00:16 or I could play a little fade
00:17 and hold the ball a little bit up into the wind.
00:20 We're gonna look at some simple points at setup
00:23 that's gonna really help you influence
00:24 hitting both shot shapes.
00:26 And also talk a little bit about the theory,
00:29 what's happening at impact to produce those golf shots.
00:31 So firstly, how do we actually hit
00:34 a right to left golf shot?
00:36 So a draw for a right-handed golfer.
00:38 Well, firstly, what we need to talk about
00:40 is the club path and the club face angle.
00:43 So what happens if we're trying to hit a draw?
00:45 We need to separate the path from the club face.
00:48 Now, the face is gonna start the golf ball wherever it goes
00:51 and the path in relation to it is gonna make the ball
00:55 or give the ball some curvature.
00:57 So if I'm hitting a draw shot now,
00:59 I need to start to get my swing direction
01:01 on my club path a little bit more right of target.
01:04 So firstly, if I aim a little bit more right
01:07 and that's with the feet, the knees,
01:09 the hips and the shoulders,
01:11 this is really gonna encourage the club path now
01:13 to go a little bit more to the right of the target.
01:17 Now, what happens from a setup point of view,
01:19 if I can put the ball a little bit further
01:22 towards the center of the stance,
01:24 this is really gonna encourage my golf club
01:26 as it comes down in the arc.
01:29 It's gonna really encourage a little bit
01:31 of an earlier hit in this arc.
01:33 If I have the ball too far forwards now,
01:34 this arc is gonna start coming in
01:36 a little bit more round to the left,
01:38 encouraging that little bit more of a neutral path.
01:40 So we're gonna put the ball more in the center.
01:43 Now my knees, hips and shoulders are aiming to the right.
01:47 There's a key part that we need to do now
01:49 and that's where the club face is aiming.
01:51 So I'm gonna just turn the club face a little bit more left
01:54 so perhaps it's pointing more at the pin.
01:58 And you can see in this setup now
02:00 that I've got my feet and everything aiming to the right.
02:03 This is gonna really encourage that rightward path
02:05 and you can see the club face now is separated from that.
02:08 So I'm just gonna put a regular swing on it from here.
02:11 So the ball's back, everything's aiming right,
02:14 got the club face left, regular swing.
02:16 Let's see how we do.
02:22 So we can see that ball there just starting right
02:25 of the green, just drawing round to the middle there.
02:28 And that's all come very simply from how I've set up.
02:31 I haven't changed my swing in any way,
02:33 I've just changed the setup.
02:34 Vice versa now, if we pull another golf ball in here,
02:37 I'm gonna flip this round now.
02:39 So I'm gonna get my feet, body, knees and everything
02:43 aiming a little bit more left of the green.
02:46 So I'm gonna move the ball a little bit more forwards
02:48 in the stance now.
02:49 What this is really gonna encourage again,
02:51 like we spoke about, is that bit of a later hit in the arc,
02:54 bit more swing direction to the left,
02:56 but then I'm gonna just make that slight change
03:00 to the club face and get that point in a little bit more
03:02 where I want the ball to finish.
03:04 So everything's aiming left, feet, hips, shoulders,
03:07 club face aiming at the flag,
03:09 and I'm gonna try and swing along the feet line.
03:18 We can see that one takes off just left of that pin,
03:21 fading onto the middle of the green there.
03:24 So really, really simple things that you can do,
03:27 low hanging fruit stuff at the setup
03:29 to influence different shot shapes.
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