44. Contrary to what many golfers think there are only three ways you can hit a ball

In this posting, I would like to try and simplify and make sense of what has become more complicated than it need be. Contrary to what many golfers think there are only three ways you can hit a ball. They are, hit early, hit late or to hit on time.” When we hit it on time, shouts of jubilation are generally heard - the problem is that it is too infrequent.

Let me now explain what we mean by late and early. In a golf swing, we have two primary movements, the body action rotating around itself with weight transference from one foot to the other is the first. Second, we have the hand and forearm action, often called the wrist action. When we hit on time, these two actions co-ordinate perfectly. Most of the time, they do not. Now if you are more body active than hand active, the chances are you will not get the club to the ball early enough, resulting in a LATE hit. If on the other hand, you are more hand and arm active, the chances are you will get the club in ahead of yourself resulting in hitting EARLY. All the bad shots you will ever hit come from these two tendencies.
         
As a general guideline, LATE hitters have a tendency to either fade, slice, socket, thin or top their shots while EARLY hitters draw, pull, hook, hit fat, thin, toe end and top. It all depends to what degree we are hitting early or late that determines whether we hit a nice draw or a terrible hook or a gentle fade or vicious slice. Identify the shot or shots you suffer with which will give you an idea of which way your swing is working.
                              
I think it is very important that we realise that one swing can hit a multitude of different shots. If you are one of those people who believe they have several bad swings you are making the game more complicated than it need be.