Total Commitment To The Golf Swing (Video) - by Peter Finch
Total Commitment To The Golf Swing (Video) - by Peter Finch

When we are looking at reasons for decelerating on iron shots, the first place we should look is the commitment side, so the psychological aspects of why you may not be swinging through and striking the ball like you should do. Now in most cases they’re all different examples, but in most cases especially with iron shots it is a fear of striking the ball first and then the turf. There is a lack of commitment in hitting down through the point of impact striking the ball first and then the ground afterwards.

Now the reason that this is important but you have to do this, is as that club is descending down into the ball it is moving on a descending swing arc. Now that descending swing arc requires the ball to be struck first and then the turf, and that is why you see the very purer strikes, encourage that big divot. Well, not a massive divot, but a nice divot after you strike the ball. If you look at someone like a Sergio Garcia for example, when he strikes an iron shot he takes absolutely mounds of turf, small SUVs out of the surface, not the green keepers’ best friend; but he does not have a problem with committing to striking down and through with his iron shots. If you compare that to some golfers with this particular issue they will be striking the ground before the ball or missing the ground all together. Now what we've got here is a lovely drill that you can use to help you strike down and through the golf ball and it's a very, very simple one because what you do is you do not actually focus upon the ball. You focus on something on the ground just in front. So I place my ball here in quite a good lie and I'm just focused on a point a couple of inches in front of the ball. Now I know that if I strike the ball first, my club will be passing into the ground just striking it after the turf; but if I focus my attention on something after the ball it could take that fear of actually striking the ball first and the turf away from the golfer and away from here. So a very, very simple drill. Commit to yourself 100% in your mind that you don’t care what happens to the ball, all you're focused on is that point in front of the ball, you’re swinging it back and through trying to strike that point afterwards and trying to make sure that you're achieving that nice ball first and turf impact. Give that drill a go, and hopefully you'll find that little bit more commitment to your golf shots. 2016-10-10

When we are looking at reasons for decelerating on iron shots, the first place we should look is the commitment side, so the psychological aspects of why you may not be swinging through and striking the ball like you should do. Now in most cases they’re all different examples, but in most cases especially with iron shots it is a fear of striking the ball first and then the turf. There is a lack of commitment in hitting down through the point of impact striking the ball first and then the ground afterwards.

Now the reason that this is important but you have to do this, is as that club is descending down into the ball it is moving on a descending swing arc. Now that descending swing arc requires the ball to be struck first and then the turf, and that is why you see the very purer strikes, encourage that big divot. Well, not a massive divot, but a nice divot after you strike the ball. If you look at someone like a Sergio Garcia for example, when he strikes an iron shot he takes absolutely mounds of turf, small SUVs out of the surface, not the green keepers’ best friend; but he does not have a problem with committing to striking down and through with his iron shots.

If you compare that to some golfers with this particular issue they will be striking the ground before the ball or missing the ground all together. Now what we've got here is a lovely drill that you can use to help you strike down and through the golf ball and it's a very, very simple one because what you do is you do not actually focus upon the ball. You focus on something on the ground just in front. So I place my ball here in quite a good lie and I'm just focused on a point a couple of inches in front of the ball. Now I know that if I strike the ball first, my club will be passing into the ground just striking it after the turf; but if I focus my attention on something after the ball it could take that fear of actually striking the ball first and the turf away from the golfer and away from here. So a very, very simple drill.

Commit to yourself 100% in your mind that you don’t care what happens to the ball, all you're focused on is that point in front of the ball, you’re swinging it back and through trying to strike that point afterwards and trying to make sure that you're achieving that nice ball first and turf impact. Give that drill a go, and hopefully you'll find that little bit more commitment to your golf shots.