When you *need* to hit the fairway, do this, says Top 100 teacher

We’ve all been there: You’re coming down the stretch. Your dream 18-hole rating is inside attain. And all you want is a par on the final gap to do it.

But in fact, the final gap is a troublesome one, and protecting it in play off the tee is essential. A wayward drive spells doom. You’re tense in all places as you put together to hit your shot. What can you do to improve your probabilities of hitting the fairway underneath these circumstances?

“Relax your arms,” GOLF Top 100 Teacher Trillium Rose mentioned at this week’s Top 100 Teacher Summit at Talking Stick Resort in Scottsdale, Ariz.

Wait, that’s it?

Though it sounds easy, Rose says it’s a universally relevant tip as a result of it could actually’t actually go flawed.

“Oftentimes, people are thinking, ‘I need to hit a fairway,’ and they’re using everything they’ve got to try to make it work,” Rose mentioned. “But that often backfires. When you have a lot of tension in your hands and don’t allow the club to move freely, you’re either going to slow the club down or move the clubface offline a little bit.”

Rose recommends taking a sluggish breath with an extended exhale and consciously considering of loosening your grip strain and enjoyable your bicep muscle groups. You may even bodily shake out your arms earlier than addressing the ball to reinforce the concept of releasing rigidity from the physique.

“When your muscles are loosened, you tend to get faster, and you’re more apt to turn the face over,” Rose mentioned.

So subsequent time you’re going through a do-or-die shot off the tee, strive Rose’s recommendation: Take a deep breath, shake the rigidity out of your muscle groups and deal with gripping the membership calmly. Then make your swing and discover that fairway.

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