Hitting Balls, or Directing Impact?

In an effort to improve, we probably have gone out and "hit balls; sometimes with success only to find that next time out, we can't duplicate or demonstrate the same consistency.

Professional Golfers, when "hitting balls", are directing their focus on controlling the club shaft, club face and club head. They are working on impact positions, aim and controlling the force applied to the ball. Ben Hogan was famous for his ball striking and was a master at controlling the forces of golf, down out and forward in his swing.

It may sound confusing, but when you control the club shaft, head and face you can start to control the ball.  Just hitting balls is sometimes fun, but often produces inconsistent results and frustration.  A worthy effort and a way to improve your ball striking control would be to understand and apply the basic forces of physics and golf dynamics. Besides, it's more fun to know where the ball is going!

The pure ball striker give you a sense of how  to control the club shaft, club face and club head, how to move you hands and how to direct a proper force into impact. Give it a try! Stop hitting balls and start controlling your impact.