A lot of golfers never get over the instinct to lift the ball off the ground. They swing off their back foot or flip their hands through impact, both of which make the club bottom out too soon. As a result, they hit the ground first (fat shot) or catch the ball on the upswing (thin shot).
Similarly, why do I hit fat and thin shots? Generally speaking, a thin or fat shot is caused by having your swing center too far behind the ball at impact. This error causes your club to bottom out too far behind the ball and will cause you to hit the ground first (a fat shot) or hit the top of the ball (a thin shot).
Also the question is, how do I stop hitting fat and thin golf shots?
Amazingly, why do I keep hitting my golf shots fat? The main reason that a fat shot occurs, though, is that a player has unnecessarily moved their “swing center.” You can think of your center as one of two things, either your head or your sternum. I tend to use the head reference more often because it doesn’t twist throughout the swing as the sternum does.
Additionally, how do I stop hitting fat iron shots?
Hitting the ball fat is often a consequence of having an angle of attack that is too steep. To prevent this, feel like you take the club back with your arms whilst rotating your shoulders around your spine.Why do I chunk and thin my irons?
Chunked or fat shots are often the result of having a “low point,” the vertically lowest point of the swing’s arc, too far behind the ball. What we see with many golfers that chunk their irons is the upper body bends too far forward in the downswing and then stays there during the follow-through.
How do you fix thin shots?
How do you prevent fat shots?
What causes fat shots?
Fat and thin shots are caused by the same problem: The club bottoms out before the ball. The cause often is that the swing is out of sequence. When I get out of sync–say, an overactive lower body–I feel I’m late with my hands, so I release the club to catch up. And I hit it fat.
Why do I hit thin iron shots?
Golfers who hit a lot of thin shots tend to swing the club too steeply into the ball. That’s because they slide past the ball on the downswing and have to force the club down to make contact. When they slide too far, they catch only the top half of the ball, hitting it thin.
Why am I topping the golf ball with my irons?
Typically, a ball is topped because the club has not gone far enough down towards the ball or you catch the ball on the way up, instead of at the bottom point. A lot of things can cause this to happen: A club that’s too short. An awkward stance.
Why do I hit ground before ball?
When a player hits the ground before the ball it is generally because their club is attacking the ball from too shallow an angle. Golf coaches refer to this as the “Angle of Approach”.
Why am I Skulling my irons?
Skulling the ball often results from a golfer lifting up just before impact – raising his hands, or raising the upper body which in turn lifts the hands. And that can be caused by a feeling of trying to help the ball get into the air – a sense that you need to “scoop” the ball up to get it airborne.
Does getting stuck cause fat shots?
That rotation is what sets your swing in motion going forward, and it pulls your body into the perfect position to strike the ball. … Instead, they use only their arms and shoulders to make the downswing, and their body gets ‘stuck’ behind the ball. When that happens, a fat shot is almost inevitable.
