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In this video, golf coach Dan Hendricksen offers seven swing checks every golf should make during the off season.
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00:04Hello everyone, welcome to Churston Golf Club. My name is Dan Hendrickson and we're here in the
00:08heart of the English Riviera. Now you may be coming out of the season with a few bad habits,
00:14well today we've teamed up with Foot Joy to give you a few tips that can help you moving into
00:19next
00:19season. We're going to cover seven simple checks for different parts of your game that are going
00:24to get you back on track, let's get into it. Now there's some key points that you're going
00:32to want to work on when it comes to hitting those big drives. During the season you may have fallen
00:37into the fault of moving that ball position a little bit too far back because you're trying
00:42to steer that ball around the golf course, ultimately we're trying to score. Well during the winter you
00:47can focus on two key points that can help you get that ball launched up in the air and hitting
00:53it
00:53further. So key point number one is going to be your ball position and we're going to be focusing
00:57on getting that ball position a little further up in your stance. We're going to try and focus on
01:02somewhere between the inside of the left heel and your left toe being for a right-handed golfer. This
01:08is going to enable you to be able to sweep that golf ball away off that nice high tee. The
01:13next thing is
01:13we're going to focus on our shoulder position and we're going to get the sensation of just dropping
01:18that right shoulder down a fraction again just enabling that shoulders to feel like a little
01:23bit of a launch pad again allowing you to be able to hit up and away with that driver. So
01:28once you've
01:29got yourself into this setup position you're going to get the sensation of around 60 percent of your
01:33weight is going to be on your right side on your trail leg. This again is going to enable you
01:39to be
01:39able to turn into the backswing and then again hit through and up as you deliver into that ball.
01:48So working on those two key setup points is going to enable you to hit longer drives moving into next
01:54season. So moving on from driver we're going to look at the iron setup. Whereas the driver we wanted
02:04power we wanted that ball to move up off the tee well with the iron the ball is either going
02:10to be on
02:10the ground or on a very low tee therefore we need our angle of attack to move more on the
02:15way down
02:16so we're looking to try and hit the ball then the ground as we come through. Now where I had
02:21the ball
02:22positioned very much forward in my setup with the driver with the iron we're going to have it anywhere
02:26between the center point of your stance and a club head inside that left heel that's going to give you
02:33the optimum position to be able to hit that golf ball and then into the ground from there.
02:39So as we then put the golf club behind the ball what we're going to do is we're going to
02:43put our
02:44lead hand on the club first and as we bring that right hand down our trail hand down onto the
02:49club
02:49you'll notice that my right shoulder will naturally just drop fractionally. I'm not going to get the
02:54sense of dropping the right shoulder like I was with the driver I'm just going to naturally let it sit
02:59on the club and the sense of weight between my feet is going to be more 50 50 rather than
03:05feeling as
03:05though I'm leaning behind the ball. Remember as we come through the shot we want ball then divot
03:10getting that angle of attack correct and this setup is going to enable us to be able to do that.
03:15And the last thing to remember is with a driver we had a nice wide stance remember we were looking
03:20for power we needed a good stable foundation well with the iron we're looking for more control
03:25shoulder width apart inside the left and right heels is kind of your reference point for this shot
03:31again just giving you that stable base to be able to control that shot. And with these simple key
03:37points of setup we're going to start to hit a much more crisper strike which is what we all want.
03:51So once we've got ourselves into that perfect setup position I want you to get the sensation of what I
03:57call a one-piece takeaway and this is the move of the body and the club taking that club away
04:04together.
04:05Everything is going to move the arms and the hips and the shoulders getting the sense of putting that
04:10club into that first point of reference. So looking at this now from a down the line perspective and once
04:17we've got our club into that first point there from a nice even takeaway we want to get the sense
04:23that
04:23the shaft is now level with the feet and if you were taking a video from down the line you
04:29wouldn't
04:29see too much of the shaft because the head would be covering it. The second checkpoint is the face of
04:35the club and in particular looking at the leading edge. I'm trying to get this leading edge in line with
04:41my spine angle getting that tilt of my spine angle making sure that face is just tilted in line with
04:47that
04:47setting that club in the perfect position to be able to swing that club down the line. And from here
04:53we're in the perfect position to be able to transition to the top of the backswing giving you the perfect
04:59takeaway. So by following those two simple checkpoint positions it will enable you to get that club
05:04in a much better takeaway position swinging it on plane and hitting straighter golf shots.
05:14Just like that.
05:19So one of the most common faults that I see with golfers is alignment. You see it all the time
05:25on
05:25tour ranges. Tour players focusing hard on getting their alignment right and an approach to the golf ball
05:31is the first point that I want to talk about. A lot of players tend to approach the ball from
05:36the side
05:37and as soon as they get into the ball and hit their shot they're aiming down the right hand side.
05:42So
05:42what you think is a bad shot is actually a good shot because you're aiming in that direction. The
05:47other fault is the player will want to move their swing, adjust their swing during it to be able to
05:53get that club back on line. Well in this video we're going to focus on a drill that you can
05:58go through
05:59that's going to help you align it much better. So earlier I mentioned about tour players and the next
06:04time you're watching a tour event I want you to focus on what tour players do when they approach
06:09the golf ball and in this situation they would be focusing on an alignment point an intermediate
06:14point of reference between the ball and the target. That will be their main aiming point.
06:20When you approach this shot you're going to pick a spot just in front of the ball about a foot
06:25in
06:25front of the ball. In this case we've got a leaf now it could be a divot it could be
06:29a blade of grass
06:30but it's something that you can align your club face to when you're setting up to the ball.
06:35You'll notice now that I'm going to approach this golf ball from behind and the first point is to
06:40get this club face lined up to my intermediate target which is that leaf. Once I take my stance
06:47I'm going to pick this club up and put the shaft over the top of the leaf and the golf
06:51ball. Going to
06:52bring that back to my feet as a second reference point for my feet to be now parallel to that
06:58point.
06:58So with this setup I now have the confidence that I'm aiming down towards my intended target.
07:11With just two tee pegs I'm going to help you improve your strike either at home or on the golf
07:18course.
07:19So to me strike is king. Getting that strike out the middle of the club face consistently is very
07:25important to better golf. For those players that strike it around the club face you're going to lead
07:31to off-centred strikes leading to low ball speeds but also directional problems. Now there's a couple
07:37of options that you've got when it comes to figuring out where you are on the club face. You can
07:42put face
07:42tape or even foot spray on the actual face which enables you to be able to hit the shot and
07:48see instantly
07:49where you struck that ball. However I've got a simpler one for you which you can do either at home
07:55in your garden or even in your lounge if you've got enough space. Simply setting up two tee pegs. Now
08:01in
08:01this situation I've set up two tee pegs that are about an inch either side of the actual club head
08:07and
08:08what I'm going to do is start to get the sense of just hitting little chip shots between those two
08:14marking
08:15positions and what you're going to find is if you're someone that tends to come from the inside a little
08:20bit too much you're going to hit the inside tee peg. If you're somebody that gets that club working away
08:24from you too much you may hit the outside of that club face which ultimately is going to move your
08:30strike location from kind of heel to toe and what we're trying to focus on is trying to just brush
08:35that
08:35club through those gates just trying to make sure that we get that center point through it and
08:41as I get a little bit more confident with this I'm just going to widen my stance and just increase
08:46my
08:47club head speed to try and then move into hitting full shots between the gates. This is such a simple
08:54technique that can really help your strike and even when you get to the golf course you can set this
08:59up
09:00tee up a ball and give it a whack and make sure you're getting it out the center point of
09:04your club.
09:08We're going to go back to basics with chipping when you come out of the season it's very common to
09:14see
09:14lots of players who have struggled with their chipping maybe move their ball position a little
09:18bit further back in their stance which during the chip shot you may feel that that club digs into the
09:24ground or the opposite of where they push the ball position maybe a little bit further forward
09:28again almost trying to help that ball into the air you've got to think about the chipping as kind of
09:33like a putting stroke ball position stays pretty much in the center of the stance even taking the
09:39grip of what you would with your putter standing a fraction closer feeling as though the heel of the
09:45club is a little bit off the ground and then simply all I'm going to do differently from a putt
09:50to a chip
09:50is just lean my weight about 70% onto my forward leg allow that handle of the club just to
09:57fall forward
09:58with you and then simply take that putting stroke and execute the shot
10:10So moving into the winter months and even going into the main season you may come across some slower
10:16greens and I've got three key tips that I want to focus on for you that you can work on
10:21that can help
10:22improve your putting going into these slower greens
10:25and the first thing we're going to focus on is the tempo side of it with your putting and I
10:31want
10:31you to think about the tick tock in your mind and thinking of as you take that club away that
10:37putter
10:38away you're going to focus on tick and then as you come back down through tock so it's going to
10:42focus
10:42on tick tock as you come through to impact also I want to see you maintain that stroke I like
10:49to see
10:49players that focus on trying to just lengthen the backswing slightly lengthen the follow-through
10:54just to make sure you keep that tempo and that rhythm consistent these are two key points that
11:00are going to help you keep consistency in your stroke and lastly I want you to focus on ball position
11:07I want you to push it half a ball further forward in your stance the idea of this is that
11:13we're trying
11:13to increase our launch with the putter into the ball we're trying to get a little bit more loft
11:18onto the putter this will enable that ball to sort of pop off the face a little higher and get
11:23it
11:23rolling on top of that grass just that little bit easier so ball position just slightly further
11:28forward in the stance and then normal putting stroke getting that ball up and along the grass
11:35and in so take those seven key checkpoints into the winter months for some training and you'll emerge
11:42as a better golfer moving into next season from me at Cherston golf club big thank you to footjoy
11:48we'll see you again soon
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