Now that the weather is getting colder and it’s getting darker earlier, you have the opportunity to improve your golf game at home with very little equipment.

We have the advantage of the Net Return golf net and the Skytrak launch monitor. We know that most people do not and we want to help you improve your slice at home with just a golf club and a little bit of space.

In our golf studio, we are able to work with our students during inclement weather. For some people, it makes sense to deck out their space with all the gadgets but for some people, this may not be an option.

If you are struggling with a slice, your club face is probably open relative to your swing path. Most of the time this means that the club face is open and the path is moving to the left. The first thing we want to do is make sure we have a good grip. A strong grip means that the V between my thumb and forefinger on my top hand points toward my back shoulder. For someone who has had a chronically weak grip, this may be something that you have to work on for awhile to get comfortable. Once you have committed to that strong top hand, we can move onto the next thing. If the grip is strong and you’re still struggling with a slice, we may want to start looking at the next thing which would be swing path.

We need to keep our hands in front of our chest for as long as possible. Visualize yourself holding a 50 pound sandbag. We are going to need to rotate our torso in order to get that bag to swing. We want to mimic that same body movement when we hold our club, keeping our hands and arms fairly inactive. At home, you can also use a soccer ball or basketball to try to keep your hands in front of your chest during the swing. Once you put the club in your hands, try to keep the club parallel to the ground when it’s parallel to the target.

It’s helpful to have something to swing into but if you can get started off correctly, working on those things at home, when you get to the range, you will be able to use what you’ve been working on at home. In our next instructional blog, we are going to talk about how to start your downswing inside while you practice to have a better chance to swing the club in-to-out and hit the ball straighter. Click the picture below to watch the video.

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To watch our instructional video

Let’s keep this super simple. When you are practicing indoors, if you don’t have feedback as to where the ball is going, things can become difficult. When it comes to finding the latest and greatest in technology, understanding what is important on a screen full of numbers is also confusing and overwhelming. So today we are trying to keep it simple when it comes to comprehension of the numbers on your screen.

To watch the full video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URKSZlTXg8o&feature=youtu.be

We were on the third take of our instructional video when Lauren peered over the camera and said to me, “You’re making this too complicated. I don’t understand what half of these numbers mean. Give it to me straight. Which numbers are important when it comes to understanding ball flight?” The result was the final cut of the video.

In a nutshell, when I hit a ball indoors, possibly into a net, I want to make sure that the numbers I am seeing are giving me an accurate depiction of what my ball flight would do if I were on the range. Here are the important things to know on your launch monitor: how far you are hitting the ball and whether the ball is going left, right or straight. The Skytrak gives you a shot tracer so you can have a general idea of what your ball flight would look like. But there are also some other numbers to look at when it comes to ball flight. In this video we looked at spin axis and side angle. Spin axis, provided there’s no wind, will tell you if your ball would be curving right or left. Side angle will tell you which direction your ball launched in relation to the target. Next week we will dive more into some of the more common swing flaws and what they might look like on the Skytrak. In general though, if your spin axis is tilted to the right, you probably have an open club face and you are probably swinging on an out to in path. This is often true especially if your ball launches left with a spin axis to the right.

If you are practicing indoors and you can’t see where the ball is going, you may be in for a rude awakening. It’s very important to understand what is going on with your ball flight. The Skytrak is a fantastic product with a reasonable price point and is a very durable machine. We have used our Skytrak Launch Monitor for 6 years in a commercial setting and it still works great. If you have any questions about what you are seeing on your Skytrak, please reach out with questions. If you are interested in purchasing the Skytrak, click here for more information.