Covering the ball

[joeparr]

Mike i know what it means but in detail what must you do to accomplish it right?

[trickyric]

throw a towel on it

[Michael Jacobs]

Mike i know what it means but in detail what must you do to accomplish it right?

Joe,

I assume we are talking about the POP golf instruction term 'covering the ball'


I have heard it passed around many times, is there a certain topic that you heard it in that you are looking for an explanation of??

It is one of those poor open ended golfing terminologies that doesn't help a sole

[joeparr]

Well if pro`s and teachers use this term why would it be a pop term? What am I never to believe in any thing said on tv. I`m always looking for answers thats why I ask you. TRicky that wasnt funny

[Michael Jacobs]

Joe,

I have heard the term 'cover the ball' used many times.

The most useful would be the notion of the club face de-lofting or closing down to cover the ball through the hitting area. Having a preset notion of doing that before the striking move could improve the impact conditions.

The club face is not going to do much closing while in contact with the ball, maybe a maximum of a .5-1 degree but the notion of doing it may help the golfer's delivery.

So, thats about all I can come up with for the phrase 'cover the ball' helping a golfer

[joeparr]

The way I heard it by a pro was covering the ball with the body. Thanks for answering me appreciate it. I was curious as much as knowing about your teaching with tgm when I first heard of it. So you never know what your going to find out. Now you are learning NEW things in the science end of it and looking forward to learning more so I can achieve my goal of hitting my age, got close this year going to get it this year seeing i`ll be a year older. If I dont talk with you soon happy holidays and stay healthy gonna need you this spring....joe the real italian stalian

[Michael Jacobs]

The way I heard it by a pro was covering the ball with the body. Thanks for answering me appreciate it. I was curious as much as knowing about your teaching with tgm when I first heard of it. So you never know what your going to find out. Now you are learning NEW things in the science end of it and looking forward to learning more so I can achieve my goal of hitting my age, got close this year going to get it this year seeing i`ll be a year older. If I dont talk with you soon happy holidays and stay healthy gonna need you this spring....joe the real italian stalian

Joe,

Covering the ball with your body?? I have heard some people who came for their first lesson say that this is what they were working on. I sometimes see people trying to imagine they are covering the ball with the right shoulder through the strike. Could help someone, anything could help in some cases.
Thanks for the holiday wishes, same to you.... I will be ready for the spring!

[joeparr]

For those that want to know,and i`m not crazy

Covering the ball, in the vernacular that I am familiar with, means a higher, "on top of it" right shoulder through impact.

this works very well with flatter eventual sweetspot CoG paths.

So, an example of a golfer who would aim left and cover it would be Ben Hogan.

[Michael Jacobs]

For those that want to know,and i`m not crazy

Covering the ball, in the vernacular that I am familiar with, means a higher, "on top of it" right shoulder through impact.

this works very well with flatter eventual sweetspot CoG paths.

So, an example of a golfer who would aim left and cover it would be Ben Hogan.

Joe,

We never said you were crazy Thats what we assumed you had meant, we hear from time to time, a concept that could help many!