Ball Position- How Fundamental to a good pivot?

[golfball323]

Pretty self explanatory guys, If I'm hitting a mid iron with the ball positioned back toward the middle of my stance, we'll say 3-4 inches before my low point (opposite of left shoulder); what effect will this have on my downswing? I tend to hang back after making a good backswing and hit it thin.

When I moved the ball more forward, I noticed a tremendous difference in ballstriking.

Thoughts? I mean its just ball position

 

[tongzilla]

Ben Doyle has this demonstration where he moves the ball all over the place and can still "hit it".

 

[jenhaoyen]

Ben Doyle has this demonstration where he moves the ball all over the place and can still "hit it".

yeah....wallop that ball brother.

 

[golfball323]

man, my pivot just blows. Good backswing, then my left hip just turns behind me, no shift :-( The problem is that I still can hit the ball well...

 

[Richie3Jack]

man, my pivot just blows. Good backswing, then my left hip just turns behind me, no shift :-( The problem is that I still can hit the ball well...

Might be your pivot on the backswing isn't as good as you think it is. Once I improved my back pivot, it made my thru pivot much easier to execute and my swing and ballstriking improved by leaps and bounds. Gained a lot of power as well.



3JACK

 

[birdie_man]

man, my pivot just blows. Good backswing, then my left hip just turns behind me, no shift :-( The problem is that I still can hit the ball well...

Just curious.......you tried any "Soft Draw" stuff or anything over in the Draw/Hook Side Of The (Ballflight) Matrix...

...?

 

[golfball323]

no, I've been a hold on and hit it straight or fade it kind of guy for a long time now...

 

[birdie_man]

I meant "The Soft Draw Pattern." You haven't tried it I guess though? Just curious gb323.

 

[Kevin Shields]

man, my pivot just blows. Good backswing, then my left hip just turns behind me, no shift :-( The problem is that I still can hit the ball well...

Your face is probably open or you have out hand path from the top and need to bail out that left hip to fit the club down in there.

 

[golfball323]

Can I post a video to the site?

I think it would help if maybe you guys had some reference. I know there are rules...what are they?

 

[Kevin Shields]

No frontal nudity

 

[puttmaster]

No frontal nudity

Whew! Sometimes ... rules are good things.

 

[golfball323]

Well, 9 out of the 10 swings I have on file just went out the window...