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How to Hit the Ball Then The Turf With Your Irons

Top Speed Golf - Clay Ballard

2 golfers recommended it · 2023–2025

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Drill · Intermediate

Explains hitting the ball then the turf with irons, using a weight shift drill and staying tall.

Why golfers recommend it

  • Great intro and weight drill
  • Stack up and stay tall video

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2 comments from Reddit

u/TurdFurgeson18 2023 · r/GolfSwing · in “18 handicap, tips”

▶ this video is a great ‘introduction’ to the concepts. ▶ this video is a great drill to help build the feeling of shifting the weight to your left heel instead of your left toe. ▶ this video is a great drill to build the feeling of your weight going forward. It’s important to remember that the goal is not to slide, but to shift onto that left heel. The phrase i like to use to help people develop this feeling is …

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u/doug4630 2025 · r/GolfSwing · in “Why am I chunking it?”

▶ this video Go to 5:40 first and see if that look familiar. LOL Then watch the whole thing. I've been having the same problem for a while now. Stand up tall, "stack up" more vertically instead of bending over so much, and STAY there, especially the head, through the swing. Also (my biggest fault), hands just slightly ahead of the ball. Too much forward shaft lean causes too much vertical during the downswing - need …

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