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Keep Your Eye on the Ball
You hear this mantra in
every sport – keep your eye on the ball!
It’s a perfect chant for the golf player at
every turn. If you can’t see the ball
clearly, your chances of hitting it are slim
to none!
When you look at the
ball, you want to keep your eyes on one
spot. Don’t look at your club to see if
it’s squared to the ball. Don’t let your
eye follow the club as you draw it away
Just focus on the ball
– nothing else.
Also, when you look at
the ball, try to get a bird’s eye view of
it. Your eyes are about a foot above the
pivotal center so raising your shoulders
isn’t going to help you see the ball
better. Don’t gaze at the ball along the
line of the shaft of your club. Look down
on the ball rather than get your angles
along the shaft. This will give you much
better results and you won’t have a tendency
to look up too soon.
Now, there’s a natural
tendency in everyone to look away when you
start to draw the club back. Ignore that
tendency and just keep looking down on top
of the ball.
When you’re looking
down you’ll notice that (if you’re leaning
over properly) the only way you can keep the
club head in the line of flight is to keep
your hands moving along parallel with that
line. Sweep your hands along with the club
head while the ball and head are in contact.
Mastering the skill of
seeing the ball clearly until you hit it is
true of every kind of shot. Whether the ball
is in long grass, on an up or down slope, no
matter what’s around you -the main thing is
to see the ball clearly to hit it
accurately.
Very few golfers stand
still when looking at the ball and
concentrate their attention on seeing the
ball clearly. A lot of the times people will
give a glance in the direction they want the
ball to go, then they look back at the
ball. Many golfers would be shocked to find
out that they don’t stand still and keep
their eye on the ball. The second your gaze
shifts from the ball during any part of the
swing, problems occur.
Really, a lack of
concentration is responsible for most
golfing mistakes. You can hit the ball
well when you can clearly see the ball at
every point in your swing from start to
finish.
If you want to wipe out
one of the worst golf faults, determine that
from the top of your swing until you hit the
ball you will keep your eye clearly on the
ball. You’ll find your golf game improving
so significantly – your friends may start
asking you for lessons!
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