Keep Your Knees Flexed To Swing Down and Out.

There's a golf web site out there called Hit Down Damn it! Funny title but they don't give you the whole story. Bottom line is you need to compress the golf ball against the ground.

To compress the golf ball better you need to have what tour players call today "shaft lean" which is produced when the hands are in front of the club head at or just before impact. Not only does this position compress the golf ball but it also reduces loft on the golf club so you increase distance. Now, one much overlooked factor is the knees. I see a lot o golfers that "jump"at impact. They lift up thinking they will lift the golf ball up. Jumping sometimes comes from the knees straightening up at impact. The result of jumping is you catch the ball on the up swing and on the bottom part of the club face, (catch it thin).

Try and keep your knees flexed well through impact and swing out between first and second base, (for right handers). Don't forget to start rotating your forearms well BEFORE you reach impact!

You can try some face impact tape on the front of your club face and if it shows that your impact is on the bottom edge of the golf club you're probably jumping or flipping your hands at impact. If you don't have any impact tape just come on out to Patterson and I'll give you some to test your swing free.

You can find me at www.bobbylopezgolf.com

Here's a video with a drill on developing shaft lean. By the way...I've lost 27 pounds since this video was taken. I'll tell you how I did it. My wife yelled at me, "STOP EATING YOU FAT BAS____! It worked!