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The Key To Consistency: Mastering Swing Path
To achieve a reliable golf swing, you need to understand how the club moves through impact. Swing path plays a crucial role in ball flight and accuracy, making it one of the fundamental elements of consistent game. Discover how it influences your performance and how to improve it.
Goals
01
Swing Path
Learn what how the swing path impacts your ball direction
02
Consistency
Identify the things that can impact your swing path
Items Needed
- A Club
- Space
Impacted
- Consistency
- Ball Direction
- Swing Path
Definition of Swing Path
To put it simply the swing path is the path the club takes to hit the ball. The golf swing is a circular motion. When swinging there several types of swing paths:
- Straight Path – Produces a straight shot, the most difficult shot in golf.
- Inside-to-Outside Path – a draw shot, the most coveted shot.
- Outside-to-Inside Path- the dreaded slice, the most common path.
The Ideal Swing Path
To put it simply the swing path is the path the club takes to hit the ball. The golf swing is a circular motion. When swinging there several types of swing paths:
- Straight Path – Produces a straight shot, the most difficult shot in golf.
- Inside-to-Outside Path – a draw shot, the most coveted shot.
- Outside-to-Inside Path- the dreaded slice, the most common path.
In order to fix your swing path you first must understand what the potential swing paths look like. Review the
Straight Swing Path
Inside-to-Out Swing Path
Outside-to-In Swing Path
Things to work on
- Takeaway
- Turn
- Ball position
- Setup
- Equipment