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My standard disclaimer, I'm not an expert just a high school golf coach that loves to play the game.
I've been working on the soft draw pattern for several weeks and just haven't been able to make it work. I was working to hard at trying to make the ball draw. I'm not sure when the light bulb came on but I finally realized that a draw isn't the ball flight that my brain sees before I hit the ball.
When I first started playing golf I read a lot about Jack and that he hit a fade. I decided that was what I wanted to do so I learned how to hit a fade, really a slice in my early days, on every shot. I few years ago I decided to get rid of my slice with never slice again. After that I learned to hit a draw because that was what all the good players at my club hit. Then I started hitting a flip hook after I decided I needed more distance.
That basically brings my swing to now. I wanted to get rid of the flip/snap hook and just hit a ball that was mostly straight. I just couldn't seem to make soft draw work for me. That flip hook would always creep back in.
So I went back and watched soft draw for the umpteenth time. I had heard Brian say it a dozen times or more but my brain skipped over it every time till this time. He stated that Jack's swing was a softdraw swing but he learned to hit a fade with it.
So that's what I did. I went to the range and learned to hit a fade with soft draw 1.0. Just thinking about hitting a fade with that swing freed up my swing and my mind. I started hitting shots that didn't really fade but just refused to go left. I felt like there was a wall behind me that went all the way to the target. Step, step, ball go there. To easy.
I know that this isn't a band-aid or temporary swing thought fix. This is a swing that will stick. I know this because I wasn't able to hit a ball for over week. I went back to the range and picked up right where I left off. I don't hit every ball perfect but it is so much easier and stress free than it was. I know that 99.9 balls out of 102 are not going to go left.
Thanks Brian and everyone else that contributes to this forum. It may take some of us a while for it to sink in but eventually it does.
I've been working on the soft draw pattern for several weeks and just haven't been able to make it work. I was working to hard at trying to make the ball draw. I'm not sure when the light bulb came on but I finally realized that a draw isn't the ball flight that my brain sees before I hit the ball.
When I first started playing golf I read a lot about Jack and that he hit a fade. I decided that was what I wanted to do so I learned how to hit a fade, really a slice in my early days, on every shot. I few years ago I decided to get rid of my slice with never slice again. After that I learned to hit a draw because that was what all the good players at my club hit. Then I started hitting a flip hook after I decided I needed more distance.
That basically brings my swing to now. I wanted to get rid of the flip/snap hook and just hit a ball that was mostly straight. I just couldn't seem to make soft draw work for me. That flip hook would always creep back in.
So I went back and watched soft draw for the umpteenth time. I had heard Brian say it a dozen times or more but my brain skipped over it every time till this time. He stated that Jack's swing was a softdraw swing but he learned to hit a fade with it.
So that's what I did. I went to the range and learned to hit a fade with soft draw 1.0. Just thinking about hitting a fade with that swing freed up my swing and my mind. I started hitting shots that didn't really fade but just refused to go left. I felt like there was a wall behind me that went all the way to the target. Step, step, ball go there. To easy.
I know that this isn't a band-aid or temporary swing thought fix. This is a swing that will stick. I know this because I wasn't able to hit a ball for over week. I went back to the range and picked up right where I left off. I don't hit every ball perfect but it is so much easier and stress free than it was. I know that 99.9 balls out of 102 are not going to go left.
Thanks Brian and everyone else that contributes to this forum. It may take some of us a while for it to sink in but eventually it does.
