Tom..Happy New Year!
To be clear on using The Grid...the angled lines...are they backswing and follow-through? In other words, do the angled lines to the left trace the path your club/hands follow after impact? It would seem easier to achieve the finish position following that path....
Second: from your great above the ball video, it appears that the more draw or fade required, the more the laid down lines are just a guide and that the actual angle (inside or out) increases if more draw/fade is required..is that so, or will those laid down lines be enough to achieve the desired amount of curve just from ball-position?
Third: When practising drills, should we be paying attention to those grid lines?
Hope these questions are clear..Cheers!
Thanks..Just concentrating on the 3-ball grid lines is a huge help for me at my level, on the way back and particularly on, as mentioned, follow-through..
If the grid lines become less angled as we move 'up' on the grid toward the driver position, the follow-through would then be correspondingly less 'in' to the left, correct?
Hi Kevin,
Answering your questions in order of appearance:
1) Yes/Yes.
2) Yes. The Grid is preset for a ball position that is three balls back from zero-point. This is the stock position for the slight push-draw shot shape. Moving the ball further back from there will encourage more of an inside path and - with the correct face angle at impact - more of a push starting direction with increased draw curvature. The opposite would occur with a more forward ball position.
3) The grid lines provide useful visual references for hand and club path, as well as (obviously) when working on the Grid itself to produce various shot shapes. The extent to which you might use them for other drills is dependent upon the drill itself and how much value the lines offer to your proper execution of it.
Cheers!
TS