Is It Ok Letting The Head Move Beyond The Golf Ball At Impact Golf Tip (Video) - by Pete Styles
Is It Ok Letting The Head Move Beyond The Golf Ball At Impact Golf Tip (Video) - by Pete Styles

I was thinking one of the most noticeable things that we see when we watch the world’s best golfers and we see their swings from the front line in slow motion, is this position they have an impact when they have the head behind the golf ball and their hands and hips ahead of the golf ball. And it’s an incredibly difficult position for most club golfers to recreate. And actually it’s not an essential on a lot of shots. On a lot of shots allowing their head to get in front of the golf ball can actually be quite a positive thing. Because their head is going to represent where a lot of the body weight goes, having the body weight in front of the golf ball is a positive thing most of the time it helps us strike down on the ball. So I think all of your short irons probably from the wedge through to about 7-iron actually having the head level or slightly ahead of the golf ball at impact is not going to be a bad thing.

Not unless you’re very athletic and you can keep your head back but far your hips and your hands ahead. I don’t mind seeing the head come too far forwards, particularly when you go to a driver – when we set the ball up a little bit more forwards then it’s really important we keep the head back. So if we were to get the ball ahead there, then get the head in front of the ball and hit down you’re going to have no loft on your golf club at all. So understanding where your head is with a certain club is quite important. Driver we have the ball forwards, we have the body weight back, we lean back at the point of impact then we can hit up on that. So having the head back as you hit up is okay. As you take a shorter iron, leaving your head back and trying to hit down on the golf ball is a bit tougher. So with your shorter irons, 7-iron down to wedges let’s let the head come a little bit more forwards, take the body weight forwards, take the divot more forwards, and hit down on the golf ball. So that’s why the swing that you make as a club golfer might differ slightly from the swing of the world’s best players. 2014-03-28

I was thinking one of the most noticeable things that we see when we watch the world’s best golfers and we see their swings from the front line in slow motion, is this position they have an impact when they have the head behind the golf ball and their hands and hips ahead of the golf ball. And it’s an incredibly difficult position for most club golfers to recreate. And actually it’s not an essential on a lot of shots. On a lot of shots allowing their head to get in front of the golf ball can actually be quite a positive thing. Because their head is going to represent where a lot of the body weight goes, having the body weight in front of the golf ball is a positive thing most of the time it helps us strike down on the ball. So I think all of your short irons probably from the wedge through to about 7-iron actually having the head level or slightly ahead of the golf ball at impact is not going to be a bad thing.

Not unless you’re very athletic and you can keep your head back but far your hips and your hands ahead. I don’t mind seeing the head come too far forwards, particularly when you go to a driver – when we set the ball up a little bit more forwards then it’s really important we keep the head back. So if we were to get the ball ahead there, then get the head in front of the ball and hit down you’re going to have no loft on your golf club at all. So understanding where your head is with a certain club is quite important. Driver we have the ball forwards, we have the body weight back, we lean back at the point of impact then we can hit up on that. So having the head back as you hit up is okay. As you take a shorter iron, leaving your head back and trying to hit down on the golf ball is a bit tougher. So with your shorter irons, 7-iron down to wedges let’s let the head come a little bit more forwards, take the body weight forwards, take the divot more forwards, and hit down on the golf ball. So that’s why the swing that you make as a club golfer might differ slightly from the swing of the world’s best players.