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Old 04-30-2005, 07:54 PM
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Re: skying the driver

This could be any one of a number of faults BigBird.

Make sure you arent swaying into the ball by keeping your weight back on the right hand side longer. Turn, dont sway. I dont wish to sound rude but I think you may be trying to hit the ball too hard as well, that always leads to a lack of balance.

Tee the ball lower! Surprising as it sounds this is actually a good thing. Many pros say that when they want a little extra control over a drive they knock the peg in another centimetre or so. Try it, make sure the whole ball is going to get hit.

Hit the ball on the up. Make sure when your driver makes contact it has already reached the bottom of the swing path. Catching a drive like this puts a little more topspin on the ball and is great into the wind.

Play the ball a little farther back in your stance. Having the ball too far forwards whilst promoting the last point, can, if combined with a sway into the ball lead to a sky shot.

Lastly......swing smoothly and deliberately. You may have goten into one of those horrible lack of confidence spirals that males you rush the drive because you just want it over with which in turn leads to a bad shot and even more anxiety over the next one. Take a few deep breaths before every drive swing back slowly and keep the head down until the ball is on its way.

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