🛑STOP TRYING to Hit Down on the Golf Ball!

Golf coach Matt Baker refutes the common advice to forcefully hit down on the golf ball, explaining how it causes fat and thin strikes. He introduces the elevated plane drill to show how relaxed wrists and natural gravity allow the club head to descend and strike the ball cleanly without manual forcing.

• Avoid forcing or steering the clubhead downward with your hands and arms during the downswing.
• Practice swinging on an elevated plane to feel gravity pull the club down naturally.
• Keep wrists relaxed so gravity unhinges them at the proper moment into impact.
• Trust natural momentum and gravity to eliminate fat and thin ball-striking misses.

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