I have read this forum religiously twice daily, but have not found an answer to my question. After unsuccessfully trying to hit down on the ball using the wooden "truth board" described in a previous post (square 1/2" plywood with rectangular cutout at one end) I am wondering about where I should focus my aim. For the life of me I can not catch the ball solid without first contacting the board. Maybe once or twice I was able to miss the board by focusing my aim about 2" in front of the ball. This is so foreign to me I can not believe I would ever become comfortable doing it. Through reading all I can about the Golfing Maching and taking a lesson from Brian last fall in Baton Rouge I have heard the term "aiming point". Is this where I am describing above or a term used elsewhere? And can anyone help with correcting my tendency to not be able to contact the ball first?
Aiming Point
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starretj
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Coach,
It is fine to try and aim in front of the ball to hit the ball correctly. You will become comfortable using this procedure as you watch the ball fly solid and true and start feeling and hearing true compression. You may find that you need to move your "aiming point" on different days and also for different clubs to get the contact and flight that you are desiring. Keep at it.
Jim S.
It is fine to try and aim in front of the ball to hit the ball correctly. You will become comfortable using this procedure as you watch the ball fly solid and true and start feeling and hearing true compression. You may find that you need to move your "aiming point" on different days and also for different clubs to get the contact and flight that you are desiring. Keep at it.
Jim S.
focus instead on where your center of gravity is....you could aim all you want but if your center of g. is to the right of the ball (irons) then you will struggle..try the left leg right toe drill....(davis love' fav. drill) keep all your weight on the left leg and a little on your right toe and hit down on the ball...
2mongoose
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I'm not sure aiming point is the issue, more the fact that you're flippin' it. It could certainly help don't get me wrong, but I would start with understanding the "why" of flippin' rather than the "how" to fix it just yet - your road to compression will be much quicker.
If you have not gotten "flipper" then get it ASAP!
just for your knowledge, not saying this is the ideal procedure to do at this time, but just to let you know, this is what how i see aiming point.
set-up. and push your hands forward to FLW and BRW. and tilt a little to the right. then go back to address. go back and forth between them a few times whilst set up, and when at impact, you'll realise your hands are covering a spot on tha ground. a piece of grass a leaf or something, but it will be left of your left foot. the idea is to have that spot on the ground in your mind and the objective is to drive your hands towards that spot. this should leave the club head 'behind' some-what, creating that nice. crisp, ball-divot contact that you are searching for.
that is not only 'aiming point' but, as Brian says in the Flipper video, it is you hand location, on the ground, as you the golfer sees it.
this is massive as you know realise how far forward your hands have to be to get this contact.
hope this helps
set-up. and push your hands forward to FLW and BRW. and tilt a little to the right. then go back to address. go back and forth between them a few times whilst set up, and when at impact, you'll realise your hands are covering a spot on tha ground. a piece of grass a leaf or something, but it will be left of your left foot. the idea is to have that spot on the ground in your mind and the objective is to drive your hands towards that spot. this should leave the club head 'behind' some-what, creating that nice. crisp, ball-divot contact that you are searching for.
that is not only 'aiming point' but, as Brian says in the Flipper video, it is you hand location, on the ground, as you the golfer sees it.
this is massive as you know realise how far forward your hands have to be to get this contact.
hope this helps
birdie_man
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Coach.....hopefully your clubface is not too open...
(you won't have success with any of the aiming point or delayed release stuff if this is the case)
(you won't have success with any of the aiming point or delayed release stuff if this is the case)
phillygolf
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Hi Pecky...
But the concept is not accurate.
See - you are describing fix location (think thats what its called), not aiming point. Impact fix location is a visual place on the ground you drive your hands to.....aiming point is a place on the delivery line you release to....two different beasts....
Patrick
johngolf33
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Aiming point is on the target line. Visual equivalent Aimong Point as Ben Doyle teaches is the place on the ground where the #3 ppt appears when you are at Impact Fix.
phillygolf
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John,
Are you sure?
I always thought aiming point was on the delivery line. I dont have the book so cannot confirm. Also, what you desribed is impact fix location I believe.
Again, I do not have the book so any help looking both of these up would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Patrick
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