Ahhh, thats what it means to hit down on the ball!

[footballking732]

definately dont practice on mats.. as ez said, if i practice my irons on mats, i find my swing gets very shallow, and i blade or thin the ball in my realy rounds.. and the mats hide all your faults with the irons.. if you have a tendency to hit it fat you wont notice as much.

 

[5iron]

the thing with the mats is i dont know if im not really doing my regular swing. If i usually took a divot, i couldnt because the matt would stop me. But the grass is like not fairway its like rough, i may just sometimes go to the other range that has better grass.

 

[Dannykos]

i came of 9 hole a while back having struck really bad irons - and i was really ticked off, so i hit their range straight away, off mats. Well - i was hitting nice high draws with every club for the whole bucket, which is odd - as i play a fade, and thinking - WOW - i've cracked this golf lark...

poor deluded me.

NEVER EVER hit irons off mats. period.

 

[DVS]

You can get away with hitting woods and hybrids off mats maybe....but again only to practice a sweeping action.

But for true, "hit down", take a divot, watch that sucker fly effortlessly....you gotta go to the real stuff.

-DVS

 

[5iron]

thanks for the tips guys :laugh:

 

[DaveK]

any drills for hitting down on the ball

I've definitely learned to pick the ball off of the ground thanks to the mats at driving ranges. I want to learn to hit down on the ball more because I get the feeling I'm making the game harder than it is.

Does anyone have any suggestions for drills to reinforce striking down on the ball off a mat? I've tried teeing it up slightly. The bulk of the ranges around where I live just have mats.