How do I create a more consistant ballflight?

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ChrisBell

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Too many shots are starting at the target and turning left or right, especially with the driver.

Also, with the driver, It goes FAR too high - not ballooning, but a launch angle akin to a 7 iron [:I]

Thanks, Chris.

--Oh yeh, what is the #3 pressure point? Again, Thanks very much.
 
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Mathew

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A consistant ball flight is basically what everyone seeks... whilst perfection is perhaps never totally attainable the golfing machine provides the detailed precision needed to understand the golf stroke.

You must control the three parts of the golf club - the clubface, the clubhead, and the clubshaft through the three imperitives - flat left wrist (clubface), lag pressure points (the head), the straight plane line (the shaft).

The pp3 is the first fleshy nugget on your trigger finger. This point is important for purposes like tracing the plane line, feeling the lagging clubhead....
 
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ChrisBell

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Sorry-- Perhaps I should have given more details. I'm a lanky (for want of a better word) 6 foot 1, 150lbs. My index hovers around 14 and right now my shots tend to be a tiny hook/pull draw. I'm prone to hitting towering slices, as well as generally too tall drives. I can hook my irons too, for no apparent (to me) reason, but it's been months since I've hit a straight shot. I'm averaging around 25-30% fairways because of this... When I say consistant ballflight, I'm not looking for perfection (right now, at least) just a straighter flying shot that starts at the damn flag and STAYS THERE!

Thanks again.
 
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Mathew

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Being 6ft 3inches and 140 lbs I can guarantee you its no disadvantage being 'lanky'.

Ps Just out of curiousity where are you in UK....
 
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efnef

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Chris, what Mathew says still apllies here. Your same swing produces the slice and the pull hook. Your clubhead is on the same pathway. The slice is produced by a glancing blow and the clubhead is produced by a more squared. You want to hit the inside aft quadrant of the golfball with the clubface slightly open. Go to Brian's instruction articles. And check out Chuck Evans' forum. A gold mine.
 
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denny.

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Originally posted by Mathew

A consistant ball flight is basically what everyone seeks... whilst perfection is perhaps never totally attainable the golfing machine provides the detailed precision needed to understand the golf stroke.

You must control the three parts of the golf club - the clubface, the clubhead, and the clubshaft through the three imperitives - flat left wrist (clubface), lag pressure points (the head), the straight plane line (the shaft).

The pp3 is the first fleshy nugget on your trigger finger. This point is important for purposes like tracing the plane line, feeling the lagging clubhead....

Well said Matthew.
Plane controls the shaft.The pressure points control the clubhead.
Hinge action(left wrist roll)controls the clubface.
Homer said the bare boned idenity of the golf swing is "A angular motion(circular) on a inclined plane with a hinge action.
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