Hybrids Hybrids Beginner / Intermediate ⏱ 6 min 🇬🇧 Video in English, summarized

Hitting Your Hybrid Well: Ball Position and Drill with Aimee

Name: Hitting Your Hybrid Well: Ball Position and Drill with Aimee
Uploaded: 2017-03-22T12:00:00+00:00
Duration: 5 min 39 s
Channel: Aimee Cho
Description: Is your hybrid, supposedly easy to hit, giving you bad shots? Aimee, from the Golf with Aimee channel, speaks to amateurs who often miss with it: she first corrects the ball position, then suggests the coin drill to brush the ground with your body rather than your hands.

Is your hybrid, supposedly easy to hit, giving you bad shots? Aimee, from the Golf with Aimee channel, speaks to amateurs who often miss with it: she first corrects the ball position, then suggests the coin drill to brush the ground with your body rather than your hands.

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To be continued

8 minSame problemHow to Hit a Hybrid Like a Long Iron: The Tee DrillGiles Gill Golf · Beginner / Intermediate 7 minNext Level UpBall position and lie angle of the hybrid: 3 settingsMark Crossfield · Intermediate 11 minNext Level UpHands Forward with Hybrids and Long IronsDanny Maude · Intermediate / Expert

What the lesson shows

According to Aimee, from the Golf with Aimee channel, a hybrid has a larger head than a long iron and a shorter shaft than a fairway wood: it’s therefore an easier club, and yet many amateurs struggle with it. Her principle: the longer the club, the more you need to bring it down with the lower body, and the more the separation between the lower and upper body grows. With a short iron, the hips and torso turn almost together; with a long club, the hips do more of the work and the arms stay relaxed. Using your hands to bring the club down mostly produces missed shots.

First thing to check: the ball one or two ball widths inside the left heel, when the 7-iron is played in the middle of the stance and the driver off the left heel. With the ball too centered, you arrive at impact with an open face, then the body stops moving and the hands compensate. If you’re going to err, she prefers the ball too far left. Second point: the coin drill. Place a coin, here one cut out of cardboard, where the ball would be, and try to brush it using the separation, arms relaxed, until you get ten out of ten. You then feel the difference between arms hitting down and a body brushing the ground.

The Exercise, Step by Step

Place the ball one or two ball widths inside your left heel.
Place a coin or a cardboard disc where the ball is.
Relax your arms and ease up on your grip.
Make a swing, letting your hips lead the downswing.
Brush the coin without trying to hit down with your hands.
Repeat until you get ten out of ten, then go back to a ball.

Key Takeaways

The longer the club, the more the lower body leads the movement.

Keep your arms relaxed and let them follow the rotation.

Ball one or two ball widths inside the left heel.

If in doubt, play the ball a little too far left rather than too centered.

Brush a coin on the ground with your body, not your hands.

Mistakes to Avoid

Playing the ball in the middle of your stance like a 7-iron.
Bringing the club down with your hands.
Tensing your arms and hitting down.
Stopping your body and releasing the club with your hands alone.

Driving Range Mode

Keep it in plain sight, on the rug.

Cardboard coin to brush, ten out of ten
Ball one or two ball widths inside the left heel
A few swings comparing a 7-iron and the hybrid

Your Questions

Where should you place the ball when using a hybrid club?

According to Aimee, one or two ball widths inside the left heel, between the 7-iron, played in the middle of the stance, and the driver, played off the left heel.

Why is the hybrid supposed to be easy?

Its clubhead is larger than that of a long iron, and its shaft is shorter than that of a fairway wood.

What does she mean by “separation”?

The difference in movement between the lower and upper body. The longer the club, the more the hips are engaged, and the greater this difference becomes.

How do you do the coin drill?

Place a coin or a cardboard disc where the ball would be, and brush it while letting your body do the work, with your arms relaxed. It’s harder on a mat than on grass.

Learn More

All “Hybrids” videos →Find the lesson that's right for you How to Hit a Hybrid Like a Long Iron: The Tee DrillThe hybrid replaces a long iron, and it’s played just like one: aim to strike the ball from below, practice by cutting through a tee lying flat on the ground, and take a full swing. Ball position and lie angle of the hybrid: 3 settingsBall positioned too far forward, hands too far back, weak grip, clubhead too high: the common mistakes that cause a hybrid to top the ball—corrected with three adjustments and a committed swing. Hands Forward with Hybrids and Long IronsKeeping your hands and weight forward creates a slight angle in your back arm, which keeps the club on its path: more loft, more height, and a draw. Aimee ChoAll of his lessons

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