Renowned golf instructor Martin Hall takes to Five Star Golf’s Premium Residential Golf Mat to explain how your ball position and eye position at address play a pivotal role in hitting your hybrids and fairway woods solid. Make these two simple set-up adjustments and you’ll hit slightly down on the ball, a key to maximizing distance with these important utility clubs.
Video Transcript
[Music]Martin Hall here for Five Star Golf Mats and I'm showcasing the Swing Master Net. Now, why am I doing that? It's the best net I've ever seen, that's the first thing, but I also have this to say: the ancient Spartan warriors used to say, “he who sweats most in training bleeds least in battle.” What does that mean in golf? The people who train the best away from competition play the best in competition.
So, in this instance, on the residential mat, I'm going to talk about ball position for a fairway wood or a hybrid. A lot of people get this horribly wrong! How would I want you to practice it? I'd want an alignment Rod perpendicular to the edges of the residential mat, and for a fairway wood or a hybrid, I'd want that a couple inches inside the lead here. It's not like a driver, you wouldn't a driver you'd be hitting there. No, no, no! A five wood or a hybrid you're going to be about here, it's a couple of inches inside – almost the head of a club width – and this is a sneaky little tip: I would want you to be looking at the top of the golf ball. Driver – you'd be looking at the back of the ball. But five wood hybrid – you're looking at the top of the ball.
Now those two things help you hit the ball and the ground at about the same time, which is so important. You cannot be hitting up with a hybrid or a five wood, it doesn't work. You can be hitting down, but you can't be hitting up. So, let's make sure you get the ball position correct. Let's make sure you're looking right at the top of the golf ball, and then if you make a good swing from there, you should feel that you're going to hit down on the ball, very slightly. Here we go! I would be very happy with that. I can't tell you how important I think it is that you use mats and nets to practice with. The harder you work away from the golf course, the better you will be when you get to the golf course. Those are almost direct words from Tiger Woods. So that is going to help you!
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Renowned golf instructor Martin Hall takes to Five Star Golf’s Premium Residential Golf Mat to explain how your ball position and eye position at address play a pivotal role in hitting your hybrids and fairway woods solid. Make these two simple set-up adjustments and you’ll hit slightly down on the ball, a key to maximizing distance with these important utility clubs.
Video Transcript
[Music]Martin Hall here for Five Star Golf Mats and I'm showcasing the Swing Master Net. Now, why am I doing that? It's the best net I've ever seen, that's the first thing, but I also have this to say: the ancient Spartan warriors used to say, “he who sweats most in training bleeds least in battle.” What does that mean in golf? The people who train the best away from competition play the best in competition.
So, in this instance, on the residential mat, I'm going to talk about ball position for a fairway wood or a hybrid. A lot of people get this horribly wrong! How would I want you to practice it? I'd want an alignment Rod perpendicular to the edges of the residential mat, and for a fairway wood or a hybrid, I'd want that a couple inches inside the lead here. It's not like a driver, you wouldn't a driver you'd be hitting there. No, no, no! A five wood or a hybrid you're going to be about here, it's a couple of inches inside – almost the head of a club width – and this is a sneaky little tip: I would want you to be looking at the top of the golf ball. Driver – you'd be looking at the back of the ball. But five wood hybrid – you're looking at the top of the ball.
Now those two things help you hit the ball and the ground at about the same time, which is so important. You cannot be hitting up with a hybrid or a five wood, it doesn't work. You can be hitting down, but you can't be hitting up. So, let's make sure you get the ball position correct. Let's make sure you're looking right at the top of the golf ball, and then if you make a good swing from there, you should feel that you're going to hit down on the ball, very slightly. Here we go! I would be very happy with that. I can't tell you how important I think it is that you use mats and nets to practice with. The harder you work away from the golf course, the better you will be when you get to the golf course. Those are almost direct words from Tiger Woods. So that is going to help you!
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