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Old 05-02-2006, 08:30 AM
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Re: Hooking the ball....

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Originally Posted by trialsbiker2005
Hi the past 4-5 games i have been hooking the ball every time with my driver,it starts low and stays low and gradually off to the left,im riht handed by the way.

Whats the reason for hooking the ball.
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IMHO, and remember I see the swing as just that, a swinging motion, nothing much more complicated, a hook is just a timing thing where your arms are outracing your lower body. The annoying thing is one day you can have them and the next day they're gone, but thats how fickle the timing thing is!

Whenever Ive struggled with hooks in the past Ive concentrated on two things

- Checking my backswing isnt getting too far inside and too far around
- Making sure Im not overswinging so my arm swing is too long
- Making sure I start my downswing with my knees and hands. That is I feel like my knees drive left of the target line and at the same time I swing through the ball keeping my upper body behind the ball

What Im trying to do is time my right side elements (right hand, right hip, right knee) to come down together in order to end up in Gregs impact position. Its when the arms go too quickly or too slowly that I hook/pull/slice/push

Timing, tempo and rythmn are so important ...
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