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Tyler Ferrell is the only person in the world named to Golf Digest's list of Best
Young Teachers in
America AND its list of Best Golf Fitness Professionals in America.
Why Solid Contact is Key to Better Golf Shots
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Identify where to strike the ball for maximum energy transfer
- Understand how clubface stability impacts shot direction
- Recognize the effects of hitting the ball off-center on distance
In this video, you'll learn the importance of making solid contact with the golf ball and how it affects your shot's distance and accuracy. Understanding the mechanics behind your club's sweet spot will help you improve your overall game.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.400
Why do we need to make solid contact?
2
00:00:02.400 --> 00:00:05.840
Well, here's a high speed clip of me bouncing a golf ball with my wedge.
3
00:00:05.840 --> 00:00:09.680
Now, you'll notice the first few I was trying to do it right, and so I was
4
00:00:09.680 --> 00:00:10.260
making solid
5
00:00:10.260 --> 00:00:14.680
contact, and you'll see that the club face stayed relatively stable.
6
00:00:14.680 --> 00:00:17.630
Towards the end of the clip, you'll see that I started to hit the ball out more
7
00:00:17.630 --> 00:00:18.040
towards
8
00:00:18.040 --> 00:00:22.740
the toe, and you will see that as I hit the ball further away from the sweet
9
00:00:22.740 --> 00:00:23.640
spot, less
10
00:00:23.640 --> 00:00:27.800
energy is transferred to the golf ball, and the club ends up rotating a lot
11
00:00:27.800 --> 00:00:28.360
more.
12
00:00:28.360 --> 00:00:33.080
This is one of the main reasons why we want to hit the golf ball with solid
13
00:00:33.080 --> 00:00:33.880
contact, because
14
00:00:33.880 --> 00:00:38.590
we want to transfer as much energy as we can, and understanding the tool or the
15
00:00:38.590 --> 00:00:39.400
golf club
16
00:00:39.400 --> 00:00:42.640
will help us do so.
17
00:00:42.640 --> 00:00:45.000
So let's take a look at the tools that we're using.
18
00:00:45.000 --> 00:00:49.630
Here in this snapshot, you can see that the center of the highlighter is in the
19
00:00:49.630 --> 00:00:50.200
middle
20
00:00:50.200 --> 00:00:53.600
of the face, which is much higher up than the bottom of the club.
21
00:00:53.600 --> 00:00:55.360
Now let's take a look at the driver.
22
00:00:55.360 --> 00:00:59.540
So as we pan around, you'll see where the center of the highlighter is again in
23
00:00:59.540 --> 00:00:59.800
the
24
00:00:59.800 --> 00:01:02.560
middle or slightly above the middle of the club.
25
00:01:02.560 --> 00:01:07.720
Here we have an iron with the shaft vertical, and then here we have that same
26
00:01:07.720 --> 00:01:08.440
iron from
27
00:01:08.440 --> 00:01:13.040
a different perspective, and what you'll see is that from this other
28
00:01:13.040 --> 00:01:14.160
perspective, you
29
00:01:14.160 --> 00:01:16.960
can see that the part of the club that would make contact with the golf ball is
30
00:01:16.960 --> 00:01:17.320
going to
31
00:01:17.320 --> 00:01:21.160
be down around the second, third, somewhere in there.
32
00:01:21.160 --> 00:01:23.920
So one of the grooves lower than the sweet spot.
33
00:01:23.920 --> 00:01:28.680
Now here we have an iron that has forward shaft lean, and what you'll see is
34
00:01:28.680 --> 00:01:29.280
the part
35
00:01:29.280 --> 00:01:32.760
of the golf club that is making contact with the golf ball is going to be
36
00:01:32.760 --> 00:01:33.480
closer to the
37
00:01:33.480 --> 00:01:36.320
middle of the club about the fourth groove.
38
00:01:36.320 --> 00:01:40.530
So this is how we're going to want to make solid contact is by having shaft
39
00:01:40.530 --> 00:01:41.400
lean anytime
40
00:01:41.400 --> 00:01:44.880
that we're hitting an iron.
41
00:01:44.880 --> 00:01:48.960
Another interesting correlation is between divot location and the golf ball and
42
00:01:48.960 --> 00:01:49.320
how it
43
00:01:49.320 --> 00:01:50.920
relates to handicap.
44
00:01:50.920 --> 00:01:54.910
In the book Impact Zone by Bobby Clampett, he discusses a correlation between
45
00:01:54.910 --> 00:01:55.480
low point
46
00:01:55.480 --> 00:01:57.360
location and handicap.
47
00:01:57.360 --> 00:02:01.380
Basically, the more skilled the golfer, the further forward the bottom their
48
00:02:01.380 --> 00:02:02.000
swing was
49
00:02:02.000 --> 00:02:03.240
with an iron.
50
00:02:03.240 --> 00:02:08.000
This puts the sweet spot on the ball and helps create consistent contact.
51
00:02:08.000 --> 00:02:11.840
Factors for controlling the low point are location of the sternum, straightness
52
00:02:11.840 --> 00:02:13.160
of the arm, position
53
00:02:13.160 --> 00:02:15.880
of the shoulders, and the angle of the wrist.
54
00:02:15.880 --> 00:02:19.950
By focusing on the proper movements of the body and the arms, you'll learn a
55
00:02:19.950 --> 00:02:20.720
good impact
56
00:02:20.720 --> 00:02:24.520
position that controls your low point and ensures solid contact.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.400
Why do we need to make solid contact?
2
00:00:02.400 --> 00:00:05.840
Well, here's a high speed clip of me bouncing a golf ball with my wedge.
3
00:00:05.840 --> 00:00:09.680
Now, you'll notice the first few I was trying to do it right, and so I was
4
00:00:09.680 --> 00:00:10.260
making solid
5
00:00:10.260 --> 00:00:14.680
contact, and you'll see that the club face stayed relatively stable.
6
00:00:14.680 --> 00:00:17.630
Towards the end of the clip, you'll see that I started to hit the ball out more
7
00:00:17.630 --> 00:00:18.040
towards
8
00:00:18.040 --> 00:00:22.740
the toe, and you will see that as I hit the ball further away from the sweet
9
00:00:22.740 --> 00:00:23.640
spot, less
10
00:00:23.640 --> 00:00:27.800
energy is transferred to the golf ball, and the club ends up rotating a lot
11
00:00:27.800 --> 00:00:28.360
more.
12
00:00:28.360 --> 00:00:33.080
This is one of the main reasons why we want to hit the golf ball with solid
13
00:00:33.080 --> 00:00:33.880
contact, because
14
00:00:33.880 --> 00:00:38.590
we want to transfer as much energy as we can, and understanding the tool or the
15
00:00:38.590 --> 00:00:39.400
golf club
16
00:00:39.400 --> 00:00:42.640
will help us do so.
17
00:00:42.640 --> 00:00:45.000
So let's take a look at the tools that we're using.
18
00:00:45.000 --> 00:00:49.630
Here in this snapshot, you can see that the center of the highlighter is in the
19
00:00:49.630 --> 00:00:50.200
middle
20
00:00:50.200 --> 00:00:53.600
of the face, which is much higher up than the bottom of the club.
21
00:00:53.600 --> 00:00:55.360
Now let's take a look at the driver.
22
00:00:55.360 --> 00:00:59.540
So as we pan around, you'll see where the center of the highlighter is again in
23
00:00:59.540 --> 00:00:59.800
the
24
00:00:59.800 --> 00:01:02.560
middle or slightly above the middle of the club.
25
00:01:02.560 --> 00:01:07.720
Here we have an iron with the shaft vertical, and then here we have that same
26
00:01:07.720 --> 00:01:08.440
iron from
27
00:01:08.440 --> 00:01:13.040
a different perspective, and what you'll see is that from this other
28
00:01:13.040 --> 00:01:14.160
perspective, you
29
00:01:14.160 --> 00:01:16.960
can see that the part of the club that would make contact with the golf ball is
30
00:01:16.960 --> 00:01:17.320
going to
31
00:01:17.320 --> 00:01:21.160
be down around the second, third, somewhere in there.
32
00:01:21.160 --> 00:01:23.920
So one of the grooves lower than the sweet spot.
33
00:01:23.920 --> 00:01:28.680
Now here we have an iron that has forward shaft lean, and what you'll see is
34
00:01:28.680 --> 00:01:29.280
the part
35
00:01:29.280 --> 00:01:32.760
of the golf club that is making contact with the golf ball is going to be
36
00:01:32.760 --> 00:01:33.480
closer to the
37
00:01:33.480 --> 00:01:36.320
middle of the club about the fourth groove.
38
00:01:36.320 --> 00:01:40.530
So this is how we're going to want to make solid contact is by having shaft
39
00:01:40.530 --> 00:01:41.400
lean anytime
40
00:01:41.400 --> 00:01:44.880
that we're hitting an iron.
41
00:01:44.880 --> 00:01:48.960
Another interesting correlation is between divot location and the golf ball and
42
00:01:48.960 --> 00:01:49.320
how it
43
00:01:49.320 --> 00:01:50.920
relates to handicap.
44
00:01:50.920 --> 00:01:54.910
In the book Impact Zone by Bobby Clampett, he discusses a correlation between
45
00:01:54.910 --> 00:01:55.480
low point
46
00:01:55.480 --> 00:01:57.360
location and handicap.
47
00:01:57.360 --> 00:02:01.380
Basically, the more skilled the golfer, the further forward the bottom their
48
00:02:01.380 --> 00:02:02.000
swing was
49
00:02:02.000 --> 00:02:03.240
with an iron.
50
00:02:03.240 --> 00:02:08.000
This puts the sweet spot on the ball and helps create consistent contact.
51
00:02:08.000 --> 00:02:11.840
Factors for controlling the low point are location of the sternum, straightness
52
00:02:11.840 --> 00:02:13.160
of the arm, position
53
00:02:13.160 --> 00:02:15.880
of the shoulders, and the angle of the wrist.
54
00:02:15.880 --> 00:02:19.950
By focusing on the proper movements of the body and the arms, you'll learn a
55
00:02:19.950 --> 00:02:20.720
good impact
56
00:02:20.720 --> 00:02:24.520
position that controls your low point and ensures solid contact.
Have questions?
Ask Mulligan for help
Tyler Ferrell is the only person in the world named to Golf Digest's list of
Best Young Teachers in America AND its list of Best Golf Fitness Professionals in America.
Why Solid Contact is Key to Better Golf Shots
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Identify where to strike the ball for maximum energy transfer
- Understand how clubface stability impacts shot direction
- Recognize the effects of hitting the ball off-center on distance
In this video, you'll learn the importance of making solid contact with the golf ball and how it affects your shot's distance and accuracy. Understanding the mechanics behind your club's sweet spot will help you improve your overall game.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.400
Why do we need to make solid contact?
2
00:00:02.400 --> 00:00:05.840
Well, here's a high speed clip of me bouncing a golf ball with my wedge.
3
00:00:05.840 --> 00:00:09.680
Now, you'll notice the first few I was trying to do it right, and so I was
4
00:00:09.680 --> 00:00:10.260
making solid
5
00:00:10.260 --> 00:00:14.680
contact, and you'll see that the club face stayed relatively stable.
6
00:00:14.680 --> 00:00:17.630
Towards the end of the clip, you'll see that I started to hit the ball out more
7
00:00:17.630 --> 00:00:18.040
towards
8
00:00:18.040 --> 00:00:22.740
the toe, and you will see that as I hit the ball further away from the sweet
9
00:00:22.740 --> 00:00:23.640
spot, less
10
00:00:23.640 --> 00:00:27.800
energy is transferred to the golf ball, and the club ends up rotating a lot
11
00:00:27.800 --> 00:00:28.360
more.
12
00:00:28.360 --> 00:00:33.080
This is one of the main reasons why we want to hit the golf ball with solid
13
00:00:33.080 --> 00:00:33.880
contact, because
14
00:00:33.880 --> 00:00:38.590
we want to transfer as much energy as we can, and understanding the tool or the
15
00:00:38.590 --> 00:00:39.400
golf club
16
00:00:39.400 --> 00:00:42.640
will help us do so.
17
00:00:42.640 --> 00:00:45.000
So let's take a look at the tools that we're using.
18
00:00:45.000 --> 00:00:49.630
Here in this snapshot, you can see that the center of the highlighter is in the
19
00:00:49.630 --> 00:00:50.200
middle
20
00:00:50.200 --> 00:00:53.600
of the face, which is much higher up than the bottom of the club.
21
00:00:53.600 --> 00:00:55.360
Now let's take a look at the driver.
22
00:00:55.360 --> 00:00:59.540
So as we pan around, you'll see where the center of the highlighter is again in
23
00:00:59.540 --> 00:00:59.800
the
24
00:00:59.800 --> 00:01:02.560
middle or slightly above the middle of the club.
25
00:01:02.560 --> 00:01:07.720
Here we have an iron with the shaft vertical, and then here we have that same
26
00:01:07.720 --> 00:01:08.440
iron from
27
00:01:08.440 --> 00:01:13.040
a different perspective, and what you'll see is that from this other
28
00:01:13.040 --> 00:01:14.160
perspective, you
29
00:01:14.160 --> 00:01:16.960
can see that the part of the club that would make contact with the golf ball is
30
00:01:16.960 --> 00:01:17.320
going to
31
00:01:17.320 --> 00:01:21.160
be down around the second, third, somewhere in there.
32
00:01:21.160 --> 00:01:23.920
So one of the grooves lower than the sweet spot.
33
00:01:23.920 --> 00:01:28.680
Now here we have an iron that has forward shaft lean, and what you'll see is
34
00:01:28.680 --> 00:01:29.280
the part
35
00:01:29.280 --> 00:01:32.760
of the golf club that is making contact with the golf ball is going to be
36
00:01:32.760 --> 00:01:33.480
closer to the
37
00:01:33.480 --> 00:01:36.320
middle of the club about the fourth groove.
38
00:01:36.320 --> 00:01:40.530
So this is how we're going to want to make solid contact is by having shaft
39
00:01:40.530 --> 00:01:41.400
lean anytime
40
00:01:41.400 --> 00:01:44.880
that we're hitting an iron.
41
00:01:44.880 --> 00:01:48.960
Another interesting correlation is between divot location and the golf ball and
42
00:01:48.960 --> 00:01:49.320
how it
43
00:01:49.320 --> 00:01:50.920
relates to handicap.
44
00:01:50.920 --> 00:01:54.910
In the book Impact Zone by Bobby Clampett, he discusses a correlation between
45
00:01:54.910 --> 00:01:55.480
low point
46
00:01:55.480 --> 00:01:57.360
location and handicap.
47
00:01:57.360 --> 00:02:01.380
Basically, the more skilled the golfer, the further forward the bottom their
48
00:02:01.380 --> 00:02:02.000
swing was
49
00:02:02.000 --> 00:02:03.240
with an iron.
50
00:02:03.240 --> 00:02:08.000
This puts the sweet spot on the ball and helps create consistent contact.
51
00:02:08.000 --> 00:02:11.840
Factors for controlling the low point are location of the sternum, straightness
52
00:02:11.840 --> 00:02:13.160
of the arm, position
53
00:02:13.160 --> 00:02:15.880
of the shoulders, and the angle of the wrist.
54
00:02:15.880 --> 00:02:19.950
By focusing on the proper movements of the body and the arms, you'll learn a
55
00:02:19.950 --> 00:02:20.720
good impact
56
00:02:20.720 --> 00:02:24.520
position that controls your low point and ensures solid contact.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.400
Why do we need to make solid contact?
2
00:00:02.400 --> 00:00:05.840
Well, here's a high speed clip of me bouncing a golf ball with my wedge.
3
00:00:05.840 --> 00:00:09.680
Now, you'll notice the first few I was trying to do it right, and so I was
4
00:00:09.680 --> 00:00:10.260
making solid
5
00:00:10.260 --> 00:00:14.680
contact, and you'll see that the club face stayed relatively stable.
6
00:00:14.680 --> 00:00:17.630
Towards the end of the clip, you'll see that I started to hit the ball out more
7
00:00:17.630 --> 00:00:18.040
towards
8
00:00:18.040 --> 00:00:22.740
the toe, and you will see that as I hit the ball further away from the sweet
9
00:00:22.740 --> 00:00:23.640
spot, less
10
00:00:23.640 --> 00:00:27.800
energy is transferred to the golf ball, and the club ends up rotating a lot
11
00:00:27.800 --> 00:00:28.360
more.
12
00:00:28.360 --> 00:00:33.080
This is one of the main reasons why we want to hit the golf ball with solid
13
00:00:33.080 --> 00:00:33.880
contact, because
14
00:00:33.880 --> 00:00:38.590
we want to transfer as much energy as we can, and understanding the tool or the
15
00:00:38.590 --> 00:00:39.400
golf club
16
00:00:39.400 --> 00:00:42.640
will help us do so.
17
00:00:42.640 --> 00:00:45.000
So let's take a look at the tools that we're using.
18
00:00:45.000 --> 00:00:49.630
Here in this snapshot, you can see that the center of the highlighter is in the
19
00:00:49.630 --> 00:00:50.200
middle
20
00:00:50.200 --> 00:00:53.600
of the face, which is much higher up than the bottom of the club.
21
00:00:53.600 --> 00:00:55.360
Now let's take a look at the driver.
22
00:00:55.360 --> 00:00:59.540
So as we pan around, you'll see where the center of the highlighter is again in
23
00:00:59.540 --> 00:00:59.800
the
24
00:00:59.800 --> 00:01:02.560
middle or slightly above the middle of the club.
25
00:01:02.560 --> 00:01:07.720
Here we have an iron with the shaft vertical, and then here we have that same
26
00:01:07.720 --> 00:01:08.440
iron from
27
00:01:08.440 --> 00:01:13.040
a different perspective, and what you'll see is that from this other
28
00:01:13.040 --> 00:01:14.160
perspective, you
29
00:01:14.160 --> 00:01:16.960
can see that the part of the club that would make contact with the golf ball is
30
00:01:16.960 --> 00:01:17.320
going to
31
00:01:17.320 --> 00:01:21.160
be down around the second, third, somewhere in there.
32
00:01:21.160 --> 00:01:23.920
So one of the grooves lower than the sweet spot.
33
00:01:23.920 --> 00:01:28.680
Now here we have an iron that has forward shaft lean, and what you'll see is
34
00:01:28.680 --> 00:01:29.280
the part
35
00:01:29.280 --> 00:01:32.760
of the golf club that is making contact with the golf ball is going to be
36
00:01:32.760 --> 00:01:33.480
closer to the
37
00:01:33.480 --> 00:01:36.320
middle of the club about the fourth groove.
38
00:01:36.320 --> 00:01:40.530
So this is how we're going to want to make solid contact is by having shaft
39
00:01:40.530 --> 00:01:41.400
lean anytime
40
00:01:41.400 --> 00:01:44.880
that we're hitting an iron.
41
00:01:44.880 --> 00:01:48.960
Another interesting correlation is between divot location and the golf ball and
42
00:01:48.960 --> 00:01:49.320
how it
43
00:01:49.320 --> 00:01:50.920
relates to handicap.
44
00:01:50.920 --> 00:01:54.910
In the book Impact Zone by Bobby Clampett, he discusses a correlation between
45
00:01:54.910 --> 00:01:55.480
low point
46
00:01:55.480 --> 00:01:57.360
location and handicap.
47
00:01:57.360 --> 00:02:01.380
Basically, the more skilled the golfer, the further forward the bottom their
48
00:02:01.380 --> 00:02:02.000
swing was
49
00:02:02.000 --> 00:02:03.240
with an iron.
50
00:02:03.240 --> 00:02:08.000
This puts the sweet spot on the ball and helps create consistent contact.
51
00:02:08.000 --> 00:02:11.840
Factors for controlling the low point are location of the sternum, straightness
52
00:02:11.840 --> 00:02:13.160
of the arm, position
53
00:02:13.160 --> 00:02:15.880
of the shoulders, and the angle of the wrist.
54
00:02:15.880 --> 00:02:19.950
By focusing on the proper movements of the body and the arms, you'll learn a
55
00:02:19.950 --> 00:02:20.720
good impact
56
00:02:20.720 --> 00:02:24.520
position that controls your low point and ensures solid contact.
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