| There are many golfers who believe they will | | | | When taking our back swing we should be aiming |
| never be able to hit long bomb tee shots like the | | | | to put more of our body weight on to the back |
| professionals for a myriad of different reasons | | | | foot and try to maintain this throughout the shot, |
| such as being too old or not being fast enough, | | | | if we don't then we may not get the required loft |
| many golf tutors have been able to successfully | | | | and our tee shots are not going to go as far as |
| teach how to take a tee shot that goes 300 | | | | we'd want. The down swing should be helped |
| yards or more with plenty of different golfers of | | | | along by the rotation of our core; some golfers |
| varying ages and abilities. | | | | can try to add a bit more spice by allowing their |
| There are many basic changes you can make to | | | | hands to break as they make contact with the |
| your tee shots that can magically begin to pile on | | | | ball. This can alter the launch angle of your drive |
| the power and distance of your drives which can | | | | which again can have an undesired effect on your |
| slowly start getting closer to the goal. One of the | | | | tee shot distances. |
| first things to get addressed is the stance; you | | | | As you follow through some people may fall back |
| will need to have a wider stance than other shots | | | | slightly as their body weight being on the right |
| such as iron shots and have the ball fairly far | | | | foot and the swinging motion can throw you off |
| forward, preferably in line with your leading foot. | | | | balance, this is fine as the ball will have already left |
| With the ball addressed in the correct position you | | | | the club face by this point during your swing and |
| can begin to practice your back swing, drivers will | | | | be headed forward with the right angle and |
| be used on a ball that is elevated on a tee which | | | | power. |
| means we can't 'pinch' the ball like we would with | | | | Obviously you won't suddenly be hitting 300yd+ |
| other shots, the only trouble is that this is where | | | | drives initially but by bearing these tips in mind |
| a lot of our power comes from. To make up for | | | | when you step up to the tee then you will slowly |
| this drivers have a longer shaft which allows for a | | | | start to increase the yardage of your tee shots |
| longer swing that allows us to gather significant | | | | as you progress and become a stronger golfer. |
| club head speed when we hit the ball. | | | | |