How To Compress All Your Golf Shots | Point The Ball!
5 golfers recommended it · ✓ 1 said it fixed their problem · 2022–2024
Explainer · Intermediate
Explains how to compress shots with a descending strike instead of scooping, by holding the hinge longer.
Part of Strike your irons cleanly in 6 videos · step 4 of 6
Why golfers recommend it
- Correct impact position
- Hold hinge longer, compression
- Explains well why negative attack angle beats scooping
- Compression added 20 yards
- Hips on line, wrist flick
Summaries are written by AI from what golfers said about the video.
5 comments from Reddit
u/SHANE523 2024 · r/GolfSwing · in “20 Handicapper struggle with distance. This is a 6 iron shot and the max I can get is 140 yards. I can keep my”
Outside of all other comments that I agree with, severely over the top, you are not "compressing" the ball. You are "sweeping" through it. My friend explained it to me as if I am "pinching" the ball between the club and ground even though your are technically not doing that. After I started doing that, I added 20 yards to every iron and got better as I started fixing my swing. ▶ this video
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u/SpoonBendingChampion 2024 · r/GolfSwing · in “Shallow divots?”
My understanding is that scooping will never be as efficient and get the expected ball flight (especially with shorter irons) relative to a proper negative AoA. This goes into why very well ▶ this video
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u/bestsleepofyourlife 2022 · r/GolfSwing · in “[deleted by user]”
I think in general you have a decent swing. The biggest problem I see is that at your impact position, your left wrist most likely breaks too early (casting, scooping up). Search for videos YouTube on correct impact position for compressing the golf ball. Here’s one. ▶ this video
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u/DB377 2022 · r/GolfSwing · in “Took 2 lessons. Lost Power. How can I add more distance?”
You’re releasing your club too early and not getting enough compression on the ball. You need to hold your hinge longer and drive your hands through the ball and then release the club toward the target. It will give you great compression and add a lot of yardage to your irons. Also this is shot preference but your hands are finishing very high most likely causing a high ball flight. Try finishing with your hands …
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u/PNWSki28622 2024 · r/GolfSwing · in “Would you make any major changes to this swing?”
A couple of other major ticket items that would be good to build in are 1) learning to keep your hips on line and eliminating your early hip extension. See video below for what I'm talking about ▶ this video 2) eliminating the wrist flick in your release and getting them in a better position. Gold standard is to have both wrists over your left leg at impact. ▶ this video
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