Rotate Dont Dip To Improve Your Topped Golf Shots (Video) - by Pete Styles
Rotate Dont Dip To Improve Your Topped Golf Shots (Video) - by Pete Styles

Now we know the top shot for a lot of golfers is the most frustrating shot in golf. They are all set up; they had a beautiful iron shot onto the green. They bring the club down, it captures the top of the ball, and it’s a very frustrating shot to hit. And actually the reason why they find it so difficult to change, is there's too much up and down motion going on within the swing. And it’s got to be understood that the golf swing is not really an up and down motion in the truest sense, it’s more of an around motion. Now yes the club starts low, and goes high and comes down to low again, but that’s purely because I’m rotating on an inclined plane. If I was rotating around here, the club would stand a nice level, but because I’ve tilted forwards with my hips; my rotation is now this way. But all the golfers misunderstand that, and they think it’s a lifting and lowering action. So their body is going up and down, their hands and arms are going up and down. So we see golfers that stand to the ball here, and then lift the club up into the air and then try to hit down on the golf ball. And that is really misunderstanding what a golf swing should be. So if you feel that you’re lifting and then lowering and chopping down and hitting the top of the golf ball like this one.

We’ve got to really make it a better understanding of what a golf swing should look like. We need to understand that it’s a rotating action here, so my hips and shoulders rotate on the back swing, my hands and arms rotate and release on the down swing. But we just do it in a slightly inclined plane. So I’ve got my body weight tilted forwards and balanced, my hips are back, my chest is down, and my left shoulder rotates around underneath my chin. My right shoulder comes down rotating underneath my chin and my central spine angle and column stays relatively still as I turn around underneath myself. And if I can hit a shot here, there will be very little up and down motion in the spine. And you can see that there’s a nice big chunk of turf that comes out. Now that on – that’s a good understanding that we’re actually hitting down through the golf shot, but using the rotational axis of the plane rather than the lifting and chopping angle. I’m turning and I’m turning down. And yes I hit down into the ground, but it wasn’t a strict downwards chop; it was more just a rotation that continued down into the turf. And you should feel it, if you can consistently strike the ground particularly after the golf ball, that’s a good sign that you are staying down low enough. You should hit better golf shots and reduce the amount that you top as well. 2015-10-09

Now we know the top shot for a lot of golfers is the most frustrating shot in golf. They are all set up; they had a beautiful iron shot onto the green. They bring the club down, it captures the top of the ball, and it’s a very frustrating shot to hit. And actually the reason why they find it so difficult to change, is there's too much up and down motion going on within the swing. And it’s got to be understood that the golf swing is not really an up and down motion in the truest sense, it’s more of an around motion. Now yes the club starts low, and goes high and comes down to low again, but that’s purely because I’m rotating on an inclined plane. If I was rotating around here, the club would stand a nice level, but because I’ve tilted forwards with my hips; my rotation is now this way. But all the golfers misunderstand that, and they think it’s a lifting and lowering action. So their body is going up and down, their hands and arms are going up and down. So we see golfers that stand to the ball here, and then lift the club up into the air and then try to hit down on the golf ball. And that is really misunderstanding what a golf swing should be. So if you feel that you’re lifting and then lowering and chopping down and hitting the top of the golf ball like this one.

We’ve got to really make it a better understanding of what a golf swing should look like. We need to understand that it’s a rotating action here, so my hips and shoulders rotate on the back swing, my hands and arms rotate and release on the down swing. But we just do it in a slightly inclined plane. So I’ve got my body weight tilted forwards and balanced, my hips are back, my chest is down, and my left shoulder rotates around underneath my chin. My right shoulder comes down rotating underneath my chin and my central spine angle and column stays relatively still as I turn around underneath myself. And if I can hit a shot here, there will be very little up and down motion in the spine. And you can see that there’s a nice big chunk of turf that comes out. Now that on – that’s a good understanding that we’re actually hitting down through the golf shot, but using the rotational axis of the plane rather than the lifting and chopping angle. I’m turning and I’m turning down. And yes I hit down into the ground, but it wasn’t a strict downwards chop; it was more just a rotation that continued down into the turf. And you should feel it, if you can consistently strike the ground particularly after the golf ball, that’s a good sign that you are staying down low enough. You should hit better golf shots and reduce the amount that you top as well.