How to hit A Driver Off The Tee
Set up and tee height for golf driver (crucial tip)
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hi guys it's Rick shields PGA golf
professional and this is the complete
driver guide this is setup chapter I've
just done the overview this is setup
I've also got videos about backswing
impacts and follow-through all up here
in the corner but setup for me is an
integral and incredibly important part
have successfully been able to hit
driver well it's a huge part the biggest
difference between and I am swinging the
driver swing and the way we angle into
the golf ball
I had iron hitting down and Driver
hitting up can be influenced heavily by
the way we sell to the golf ball so the
important facts have settled and we're
going to go through first off stance
ball position and body tilt and I'm
going to talk a little bit more about
distance away from the golf ball and
then tee height or very important
aspects the first thing that we want to
do when looking at hitting a driver well
again hitting that golf ball more on the
way up is key for a successful driver
shot as I addressed the golf ball here
I'm addressing this almost straight up
my feet and narrow and my golf club is
absolutely dead straight now what I'd
like to see with a driver setup is a
very small step with the left foot
keeping that golf ball inside the left
heel from looking on in this line here
just inside the left heel and then
taking the right stance wide enough to
support my shoulder frame and at all
times I'm keeping that golf club as
straight as I can keep it I don't want
that golfer cool to be leaning forward
or leaning back I'm keeping that Golf
Club really straight so that ball is
inside my front leg like that's closest
to the target and mat now my rights
thought has moved far enough back to
incorporate this width of stance great
the same width as my shoulders the club
is staying level and that's when I'm
gonna take hold of the golf club now the
hold I've got a video all about the hold
and the hole doesn't change from an iron
shot to a driver shot
click link up there in the corner if you
want to learn a little bit more about
how to hold the golf hooks I've covered
that in the last wing series as I set up
the golf ball now that ball is much
further forward in my stance than what
let's say an iron would be
where we'd aim to have it more in the
middle so that ball forward position
really helps that club move up into the
back of the ball and get that positive
angle of attack we're looking for we
driver I'm also keeping that shaft level
to make sure I don't take too much loft
off the golf club or even add too much
loft so I'm keeping that golf clubs
level I can get it and then when I've
got hold of the golf club that does not
change now what we'll notice here
because the ball positions gone further
forward this right shoulder has had to
dip a little bit this is a very
important part and this is going to help
you hit the driver higher let that right
shoulder dip let it drop and you'll
notice here I'm just putting my hand on
the side of my leg I'm just trying to
get my hand to touch the side of my knee
so that I get this angle in my shoulders
of an op tilt then I'm gonna get older
the golf club I'm almost more behind the
golf ball than ever before now and again
that's going to really help me hit up
into the ball so from this front view
we're looking at ball position inside
the front foot the width of stance to
support our shoulder frame keeping that
shaft super level and just dropping that
right shoulder down and keeping that
position of my shoulders that's what we
need to look at from this front view
from the behind angle there's a couple
of things that change compared to ions
now iron the complete golf swing guide
with iron I was very much talking about
getting the arm coming straight down
with the iron not so much with driver
I'd actually like to see a slight angle
of your arms where your hands are a
little bit more below your chin as
opposed to below the chest because the
club's longer we need to give ourselves
that space and that freedom so when I
settle to the golf ball here my hands
are more below my chin and you'll see
I've got more than ever stretch outwards
going forwards and that's a good thing
to create power as well as I've got that
right shoulder down a one thing that I
really want to be aware of sometimes
this can happen in the golf swing where
the shoulders start to aim for the left
we're gonna try and keep those shoulders
and it'll feel too many that that
shoulders being pulled back to behind we
want to keep those shoulders level
with the fee so I've now got this tilt
and behind the golf ball from this angle
that shaft is level I've got that
distance away from the ball and then I
can hit on the way up and it allows me
to move into my backswing really nicely
which is what we're going to cover next
lesson
I'll be honest doesn't go a lot bad not
so the way that I've give myself space
the way that I've tilted behind the golf
ball allowed my golf club to hit up into
the ball but there's still slightly more
to it what I wanted to do is get
comfortable in that setup and remember
this is only set up for driver she's so
different compared to an iron setup and
this is where we see the biggest
separation between hitting down on the
golf ball with an iron and hitting up on
the golf ball with the driver if we can
change our setup in the best way
possible it's going to allow us and
unlock so many possibilities as we move
forward in our progression and what I
would look what I would definitely
advise everybody to do is film
themselves with these angles film
yourself from directly behind and film
yourself from from the front and feel
free to screenshot those positions that
I showed you earlier we'll put them up
on screen now and let's see if you can
get into something similar I'm not
saying it has to be perfect but let's
get something similar to that it'll help
you definitely hit into the golf ball
better another really important aspect
to hitting driver well is Drive a tee
height as you can see here the golf ball
is half above the club head's crown
that's gonna help me hit up on the golf
ball and get a strike that's high on the
clubface to reduce the spin rate and
that's an ideal tee hi every driver size
is different so it's gonna be slightly
dependent on each of the individuals
driver but as a rule of thumb we're
looking for half the golf ball to be
above the delete the top edge of the
golf club in contrast to that we look at
this one here and the golf ball is
sitting too low on the driver head so I
can't effectively hit up on the golf
ball there and still expect a strike
high enough on the club face as I go
across to this one this is a tee height
that's too high golfers who generally
hit up up on the golf ball too much like
to have the ball teed up this high but
there's always a fear when you're
hitting up by so much that you're also
hitting a little bit too much from the
inside and creating too much curvature
but when we're looking for optimum tee
hi we're looking for half the ball to be
above the equator line
the coalface and that kind of works
perfect this one is a great example if
you've ever in doubt do what I'm doing
here in film the close-ups of the golf
club sat behind the golf ball and that
gives us a really good indicator to be
able to tell what tee height is best
suited for you so so far we've done
overview talked about the importance
between irons and drivers and how they
are different how we hit the golf ball
different with irons and drivers then
we've talked about setup now we're going
to move into the backswing this is where
we're going to create this power and
this way of being able to generate speed
which is going to help you hit the
driver much further I mean actually be
able to hit up on the ball a bit further
let's now talk about hitting the ball
even further and harder I think this
chapter has the most amount of
instruction in so take your time
absorbing all this information because
this this setup has got the most amount
of information in it thanks for watching
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