Head behind ball

[benben]

I put the ball at center for short irons and left heel for driver. Should head behind ball position change according to the ball position at impact? Like driver, should my head just behind the ball at right heel at impact? If not, what is the reference point for head back position? The address position? Ball position? Center of stance? Head position at the top? Hope I make myself clear.

Thank you!

[GoNavy]

Re: Head behind ball

Here is the deal with head, I see it all the time, people try to keep the head behind the ball, worst golf instruction ever given, because that is what they think they should do, and to an extent yes, but, and I had this problem for a long time, they move their head too far behind the ball, or worst they just let the head flop over to the right in the swing, then they start down hips and legs shoot forward but the head never moves from were it was at, or flops over further right and down, and they hit it fat, why because the weight never left the right side, your head and shoulders are really heavy, if they stay back, so does the weight.

Your head needs to be over the ball for short irons and only slightly behind for driver (left ear at most), to acomplish this as cmays says turn your chin to right, but also make sure your eyes are level, by this I mean, when you tilt the upper body at address, don't allow the head to tilt with it, this would put the right eye lower then the left, and the eye line points right, in addition to a sckewed sight line it also promotes all kind of head movement. Leveling the eyes and head allows for a more easy turn with little head movement back, but more importantly it allows the head to move forward as the downswing progresses, you really have to have an outrageous amount of leg drive to ever get your head ahead of the ball, so don't worry you won't do it. If you purposely tried to move your head forward you might, just don't do that..remember at the finish you need to be balanced on the left foot with your head over there too, if you try to hold the head back, it ain't going to happen, you'll end up in a reverse "C", Johnny Miller was the only one that could get away with that ****, but he had an incredible leg drive.

[cyc53870]

Re: Head behind ball

Those were good posts which cover the head zone adequately. Yes, all the golf magazines say to keep the head behind the ball...

For myself, I dare not think of the head or even the feet for that matter or else I could get into trouble... However, I do try to think what went wrong during any mis-hit and adjust accordingly...

A while a back I posted about focusing on the arms but that may have been purely psychological. But there are some body parts that seem to cause trouble if'n you think about them.

Eventually we want to achieve a "thoughtless" automatic swing, eh?