This morning, I ordered the Tour Striker Smart Ball on Amazon. I finally reached my breaking point yesterday and decided it was time to make a change.
Below, I will step through what lead to this decision and why I think it will be a good investment into my game.
Identifying the Problem
If you have been following along on the blog the last several weeks, then you know that I am in a bit of a slump when it comes to my golf game. My handicap has been on a consistent rise over the last year and a half and I cant seem to get my shit together, so it is time to start trying something new.
The biggest problem I am having with my golf game, is ball control. At the moment, I have no idea where the ball is going on any given shot and that is kind of a problem.
For the last several weeks, my miss has been predominantly a hook. Missing left is out of character for me. My normal tendency is to miss to the right.
Yesterday however, I was missing shots in both directions. In my last four holes, I hooked one out of bounds left on a par 3 and then two holes later I hit my drive out of bounds to the right. I don’t care who you are, good golf is impossible with a two way miss.
Missing both ways tells me two things are wrong:
- I have no control of the clubface
- My swing is out of sync
Typically when I lose control of the clubface it means that I am getting too handsy with my swing. In my experience, my swing gets handsy when my arms are out of sync with the rest of my body. The first step in getting control of my golf ball is by working to get my swing back into sync.
The Solution: The Tour Striker Smart Ball
I need to find a way to sync my arm swing with my body rotation in order to regain control of the clubface. Which lead me to the purchase of the Tour Striker Smart Ball.
The Tour Striker Smart Ball is a training aid that helps golfers sync the arms and body in golf swing.
Exactly what the doctor ordered.
How does the Smart Ball work?
If you want a description of how this product works straight from the horse’s mouth, you can follow this link –> (Tour Striker). In simple terms though, you place the Tour Striker Smart Ball between your forearms and make full swings with or without the golf ball in place (pictured below).
Making swings with the ball in between your forearms forces you to sync your body rotation with your arm swing. If your arms don’t swing in concert with the rest of your body, then the ball falls out from between your forearms.
The thing I like about this training aid is that I think it will keep me more centered throughout the entirety of my swing. Having the ball between my arms is going to force me to keep my arms centered to my chest. That in turn will force me to rotate my body more aggressively to square up the clubface. Using more rotation is a good way to take the hands out of the swing.
Follow up blog to come
As you can tell, I have pretty high hopes for this Tour Striker Smart Ball. Obviously, this is the beginning of the process for me, so I am not entirely sure that this ball is the answer to my prayers, but I do think it matches up with my current needs as detailed above. Once I have had some time to use the ball to see what benefits it actually presents, I will post a follow up blog with a full review of the product.
Stay tuned!
Until next time,
Enjoy the chase!
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