PUBLISHED : 24 Apr 2024 at 05:30
The question a golf coach must consistently deal with is how to persuade their student to stop hitting from the top without becoming too technical or offering more advice than can be absorbed just in one session. I’m aware of five ways of conveying this feeling, one of which is to ask the student to try and hit the ball on the toe of the club for a while. Another is to place two balls on the ground about two inches apart and have the student hit the inside ball without touching the other.
A third method is to hold a shaft about a foot off the ground in front of the student and have him swing beneath it. The most basic is to make the student learn to hook the ball. Strengthen the grip, rolling both…
