Golf Tips To Help Make Perfect Contact With The Golf Ball

Golf requires a lot of skill but a lot of this can easily be learnt if you are an absolute beginner. The fundamentals of golf should not be a problem for you initially but some people can find they develop bad habits through lack of tuition or they have altered their swing or stance over time. These problems can be ironed out really easily by practicing proper form and before long your shots should begin to take shape again.

Making contact with the ball can be a source of frustration for some people as they may swing at the ball and either hit the ground (known as �grounding’ the ball) or hitting the top of the ball causing it to either pathetically roll forwards or fire off the front of the tee box and go straight up in the air. Either of these are often symptoms of underlying problems with our swinging motion and stance, fortunately these can easily be rectified.

If you have been grounding the ball a lot then there is a good chance that your swing is too steep, this happens when the shoulders don’t rotate, your arms instead wrap around and can even cause you to tilt to the left (if you are right handed) when you take faster swings.

If you have been hitting the top of the ball and the ball hasn’t gone very far or not had enough loft then you could be rotating your shoulders as well as your hips, this brings your club away from the ball and produces a really shallow swing. This swing means your club will not return to the bottom of the ball and they will scuff the top of the ball or miss completely.

The correct way to set up and swing is to make sure your trailing shoulder (your right if you are right handed) leads the rotation with your hips staying as still as possible, you’ll rotate around your hips but don’t allow your lower half of your body turn to the right. As you begin your downswing rotate back and follow through the ball after you hit it, soon you’ll hit the ball cleanly in the sweet spot and start hitting shots where they are supposed to go.

If you are still having trouble maintaining your form then you may be taking your eye off the ball, this can lead the rest of your body to move away from the target and have similar effects that grounding and topping the ball can have. Make sure you maintain eye contact with the ball throughout the swing and you’ll start to become more consistent.