Learn how to strike your hybrid and fairway woods like never before with this simple golf drill created by Danny Maude. No one talks about this in the golf swing and it’s crazy because it’s so easy to work on and you can be striking hybrid and fairway woods longer and straighter in a matter of minutes.
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1. No more fat shots or topping your fairway woods with this simple change in set-up
2. The golf swing should feel effortless. Danny shows you how some small changes in set up can make a huge difference
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This golf lesson provides a couple of wonderful drills to help you hit your driver straight.If you are a beginner golfer and are looking for some golf driver tips that are simple and easy to do then you are going to love this.
I will show you the golf swing slow motion so that you can see what you need to do to improve.
We look at 3 things:
1. How to stop slicing your driver
2. How to swing more in to out or how to swing more inside out
3, How to get the correct impact position with driver
and I hope to do all this with simple golf tips so you can create an effortless golf swing
So, a few days ago, I asked the community here
on YouTube, “What would you love to know about how to hit your fairway woods?” And it was
apparent that there’s something that nobody’s really telling you when it comes to hitting your
hybrids and your fairway woods. And if you happen to be somebody who maybe struggles to get fairs up
in the air, maybe you top the ball now and then, you want to have some more consistent contact,
or you just kind of want to know how to set up to them every single time. In this golf lesson
video, I’m going to show you everything you need to know about how to hit your hybrids and
your fairways consistently off the ground. Now, before I do though, if you’re new to
the channel, some your first lessons of mine, please consider subscribing. I release videos
just like this one every single week to try and help you improve your game. Plus, you never
have to remember a thing. Everything we do here, I’ll put into a free downloadable practice guide
in the description box below. So, I think today’s video is going to be a real eye opener for you.
In fact, data from Shot Scope shows that amateur golfers use their fairway woods and hybrids 25% of
the time on average. So, if I can help you today become more consistent with these clubs, it’s
going to super super help. Now, you’ll notice I’ve got an iron in my hands first. And the reason why
I want to show you because one of the questions I got asked is is what is the difference between
like setups between hybrids and fairway woods? Why can I hit my hybrids better than my fairway woods
and so on? So, I want to show you something super super important or introduce you to a concept.
So, in every golf swing, there is a bottom to your golf swing, right? And a bottom I mean by
this is you can see here as I’m swinging there’s an arc to this club and there’s a bottom to this
arc. Now, with great players, the bottom of their arc is always forward. I mean, way forward in the
sense, almost opposite their their lead foot here. What we’ve noticed is that the higher handicap
you are, the further this bottom of the arc is further and further this way. It’s also very, very
inconsistent. The best players don’t just get it way forward every time. They also naturally get it
there every single time within half a degree. It’s incredible. So, being able to control the bottom
of your swing is absolutely paramount when it comes to hitting your hybrids and your fairway
woods. Now, to maximize your distance and your consistency, we want to make sure that we strike
the ball first every time. We don’t want any form of ground contact behind the golf ball. That ruins
your strike consistency and your distance. So, what we do is this. If the bottom of the swing is
here, right opposite our lead foot with an iron, what we do is is to make sure we hit the ball
first, we kind of cheat it a little bit. We don’t put the ball there, do we? We move the ball
to the middle of our stance. So, in theory, we’re cheating the system a little bit. By moving
it to the middle of our stance, we’re increasing the likelihood that we’re going to strike the
ball first. If the ball was forward in our stance, you can see here, we’ve more likely, that’s the
reducing the margin of error. We’re more like we could, if we just move back just a little bit,
strike the ground behind the golf ball. So that’s why ball position is super important with irons.
We move it to the middle of our stance. But this is really important. Very few people are aware
of this. We can do that with irons. You can do that with irons because when you move the ball to
the middle of your stance, I’ve got an eight here. What do you notice about the face, it’s still
pointing to the sky. So, if I strike a ball in the middle of my stance, beautiful. The ball’s
still going to go up in the air, right? Without even thinking, even though I’m coming down on
it, there’s enough loft in that club to get the ball there bomb. problem happens. However, if we
then grab a 3-wood in an ideal world, what would we do? We’ve just said, look, if we can move the
ball back in our stance, we increase our margin of error, don’t we? Because if if the ball’s further
forward, we’re more likely to strike the ground behind the golf ball. So, we move the ball to
our center of our stance. What’s the problem now? There’s no loft on the golf club. There’s only
15 degrees of loft on a 3 wood. If you move the ball back in your stance like this and have all
the shaft lane, suddenly there’s no loft. So, we don’t have the luxury like an iron of moving
the ball back in our stance. We must therefore have the ball further forward in our stance if you
want to hit a 3-wood well. But the problem with that then becomes this. If you don’t have control
over the bottom of your swing like a tall player and every so often it starts to drift back like
here, you will strike the ground behind the golf ball and you will fat it, you’ll top it, you’ll
thin it. You can see here, look, if my bottom my my swing starts to drift backwards here, I’m now
look the club’s working. Look, almost above the ball. There’s my top. There’s my uh thin shot. So,
we don’t have the luxury of moving the ball back. So before we work on hitting teaching you how to
hit a 3-wood, what I’m going to do is I’m going to go and take a 7 wood. So when I’m developing
and helping players get better and better, I think it’s a process. And remember, just like
irons, loft is your friend. So what I’ve got now is I’ve got a 7 wood, which has 20 degrees of loft
on. Now what I do is I want to help my students increase the margin of error. So, what I do is if
I can get that ball further back in their stance, I know I’m going to help them more likely strike
their fairways better. So, rather than have it on the instep here, I’ve got 7 wood. 7 wood’s got
more loft on it. So, I’m going to move that ball back now another inch or two. Now, look, if I move
it back in my stance just to about just ahead of center, I’ve still got enough loft on that 7 woods
to get the ball airborne and I’m going to increase the chances of you striking the ball brilliantly
well. So, let’s have a look at this in action. So, let’s set a 7 wood. And what I’m going to do
is I’m going to get the low point here. Make sure by putting the ball position just ahead of center.
I now know I’ve got seven wood. This ball’s still going to come out low because I’m still I’ve
almost reduced this 7 wood now to a 3-wood, but it gives me the margin of error.
So, I can hit this almost like a 3-wood. So, take a look at this. What you’re going to see,
look, is a low point. Look, 4.1 in after the golf ball. Carried it 240 yards with a 7wood. And what
it does for me is it gives me and you a massive margin of error. Loft is your friend. So, as an
amateur golfer, my bet is that you don’t have complete control over the bottom of your swing. It
moves around a little bit, unlike a tour pro. So, if we can kind of bear that in mind and just give
you a bit of a helping hand by just moving that ball back, giving you more chance of striking
it, that’s what loft gives you. Seven woods, nine woods, even five woods, you can probably just
about get away with. That’s what we want to get to first. And look, even for someone like myself,
look, 3-wood, we’ve just said, we have to have the ball forward. It’s the only way we can get
the ball up in the air. But you therefore need to recognize that if you’re going to use 3-wood and
the ball’s forward, you need to be an expert at controlling the bottom of your swing. So, let me
show you how you can start to do that while we’re learning this. Use loft as as your friend. Move
the ball back to cater for that right while you’re developing this skill. Now, to move the low point
forward, I spend most of my time teaching people this because, like I said, there’s a massive
correlation with quality of player. The further it’s forward, the better player you naturally
will be. All you’ve got to think of is this is the first thing is to pay attention. I get people
to put a tee peg in the ground next to their golf ball. And I get them to make a few swings and
notice where that club is actually striking the ground relative to that golf ball. Now, there are
two ways to get the bottom of your swing later. The first way is the incorrect way. Most people
do it like this. They throw their torso over here. Good players, they keep their head in the middle
of their stance and they work on getting forward whilst keeping their head centered. So, they have
to move more this way laterally. The trail side moves forward. Look how everything’s going this
way. The foot’s banking. Everything’s working. Look forward through the impact area. That’s how
I get forward in my swing. That’s how I control my low point. These are simple things you can do. And
what I would often do with players is is so your body can feel this. I would make some swings where
you fall backwards. So you feel where the low point is there. And then look, just gradually move
that low point further and further forward. And it, you’ll notice I even just felt my toe wanting
to pop out here because the more that toe goes forward, the more mobility I’ve got to stretch and
go forward. But at no stage am I getting my low point or the bottom swing forward this way. All
right. So, rule of thumb, use loft. Loft is your friend. Don’t try and use 3-wood if you haven’t
got control of the bottom of this swing. It’s a hard club for us all to hit. We want loft. If
we move the uh the ball back in our stance, use 5-woods, 7-woods, nine words. Smash them. And
in the meantime, develop the bottom of your swing here by pushing it further and further forward.
So, let’s have a look at me hitting 3 wood. So, I didn’t kind of strike that that
great. And there you go. Look, look, I I did get it a little bit too far behind
the golf ball, so my margin wasn’t great. Very similar club head speed and almost the same
carry as I got with 7 wood. So you can see, look, even for a professional like myself, it’s not
easy club to hit. So while you’re developing your swing and improving it, use loft because of course
I’m going to hit one or two really, really good, but I want consistency with your fairway woods.
So while you’re developing that, getting that bottom of your swing further and further forward
as you’re learning to kind of feel what that’s like by noticing where that club is striking on
the ground relative to that tee we mentioned. Just keep playing with that, making sure your head
stays back as you’re doing it. You’re not trying to get it that way. As you’re developing that and
you’re becoming better at it, you’ll become better at moving the ball further forward and then taking
advantage of clubs like 3-wood. But until you get there, stick with five woods, stick with seven
woods, and stick with 9 woods. I promise you, your scores will tumble. And in the meantime, in the
background, you’re building that skill of pushing that low point forward. By the way, if you’d love
some help getting that low point further forward, check this video out right here. If you enjoyed
this video, give it a thumbs up, share it with a friend, and of course, look, if you’re new to the
channel, press that subscribe button down below, and I’ll pin a link to the practice plan
in the uh the top comment below this one, so you don’t have to remember a thing. But
until next week, have a wonderful golfing
18 Comments
Thought I’d be first today. 👍👍
Hi!
Mmi always shank my hybrid injust give up
7 wood sales spike this week ! What a terrific exposition of the fundamentals that will make us better with the fairway woods. Thanks Danny.
Great lesson, Danny! This helps me so much with my consistency with my 3 wood. Thank you!!!!
Proper comment now Ive watched the video. Great as usual. I do get lazy with set up, but my 7 wood is the best in the bag. Used one for many many years. ( don’t have a 3 wood ). Keep them coming, it gives me focus for my golfing week. 👍👍
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Excellent content Danny on how to control the low point in the golf swing,interesting points on ball position I myself use my 5 wood & hybrids both off the tee and for second shots I’m guilty of playing the ball to much forward in my stance, works well when using a small tee and good distance for a senior,but when hitting from the fairway not so good often produces a slice need to maybe move the ball back and find my low point for different lies to be more consistent and using loft of the club thanks for the contents and beers up Danny 🍻
The problem I have with my ”small woods” is that because of the tiny area of hitting surface on them I have a bad feeling when gripping them. Rather a long iron… but as you grow older I think your advice is worth trying… ( as always 😅)
Great lesson Danny, moving that ball back with my 7 wood will not only help my strike but also give me a lower flight in the wind👏
Brilliant! I love your explanations.
A great visual Danny. I took my 3 wood out of my bag a while ago and now have two 5 woods, 18 and 21 degrees. I have a 9 wood and hybrid. I took the plunge a few weeks ago and took my mini driver out of my bag completely, as my 5 wood was going just as far and more consistently. My game has dramatically improved. Many thanks.
Got rid of 3wd Dan,using my 5wd better,my 7wd is a magic wand,and my HB is a saviour..out of crappy lies.great content as per,teeing off at 4:15 can't wait 🏴⛳
My 7 wood is my go to club when I want to keep it straight(ish). I use it on tight tee shorts which would normally be a driver or just when it's a tee shot that I just don't like the look of visually. Most courses I play you don't need to hit a driver. I'm pretty confident hitting it off the fairway as well. I'm now hitting my 5 wood more as I've got the confidence with them.
I almost didn't click on this due to the cheap, click-bait-y title in the thumbnail.
Very eye opening about the 3 wood not working in the center of my stance. I was wondering why I'd only get low hooks or high slice, and it really goes back to setup! I'll work on my low point!
We have a lot of videos about strike, but what about hitting the green? Both in keeping the shot on line, and getting it to hold. What's the secret to a consistent, spinny wedge/ high iron shot?
Exactly what I need to work on thank you for this ! 👍
This is pure gold, thanks!