SLOPING LIES: The ultimate guide on how to play them correctly!

In golf, this is the kind of lie we dream about when it's nice and flat, nothing interferes with our shot, the ball sits a little bit absolutely perfectly, but as we know in golf, that's not the case, since We know that golf courses are rolling, there are hills. there are mounds so in this video I'm going to show you how to hit certain shots when the ball is above your feet, below your feet, when you're in an uphill position and what I would consider the most difficult to

play

and one. what you need to be able to

play

is when the ball is downhill, let's get to the first shot, so the first shot we're going to talk about is when the ball is above your feet, for a lot of golfers it doesn't really matter this guy. of shot and in fact for some slicers this makes players hit it a little bit straighter but let me show you what you need to do to be able to play this shot efficiently now that I'm hitting a time from this shot to that green from down there, but I want to show you something that I think is very, very important, loft plays a huge factor in how much the ball will move to the left, so in a lie like this, when the ball is above your feet, it is more than likely that the ball will have a tendency to move more to the left, but it depends on the loft you play, so for example, this is me with an eight iron in my hand and I am going to use this golf club to Show the loft of the golf club now, that lie angle right now is perfect for where it should be when I start tilting this line.

The golf club sticking out of the face is starting to go much more to the left and plays a big role. The influence on where the ball goes now becomes more severe when I do that with a pitching wedge when there is more loft on the face when I start to tilt the lie angle of the golf club because of the hill the loft goes even more towards The Left is now not severe when you use a flatter face club, so to make it very simple, the more loft you are using, the more likely you are to pull to the left side, keep that in mind, that's why many players will shoot. his wedges are more to the left because of the loft and the way the angle sits, so keep that in mind, but how do we prepare and how do we hit this shot well?

As for the setup, we need to adapt to the slope, so when placing a ball above your feet here, it is important that in our address position we are higher, so now is not an opportunity to sit too low on your legs, it is an opportunity to stand much higher and also lightly grip the golf club. To accommodate that slope, so I'm standing higher, I'm going to grip a little bit more and I know this ball is going to go slightly to the left because of the loft, so I'm going to aim for the right hand. side of this hole that will allow the curvature of the ball to return to our center and the last thing I think this is very, very important when hitting from any slope, but this particular one does not become static, it does not just move your arms towards it , make sure you rotate your body, so from this position I'm still going to rotate my body during the shot, as you can see, I've finished in a very, very complete way and that golf shot has been tied because of the loft because of the shape that I've set it up, backed up to the flag which is number one, by the way, let me show you this is apparently very close, so if we have a little bit of oh wow, zoom in a little on that flag, you'll see it's already passed the hole. , I'm not going to promise you that every shot you have the ball above your feet, we go to the other side of the tee and play the ball under your feet, so the next position will be drilling under your feet now, this one for For many golfers it is a little more challenging because it disrupts balance a lot more.

What I want to talk about first is what I mentioned in the other shot when the ball is above the feet about this stance angle. Which is it? Really interesting now with the ball under your feet, the club will be higher up. Believe it or not, the actual loft doesn't move as far to the right on the other shot, if under that handle, the loft points much more to the left, but on the other side, actually, because you can't get past the point at which the club is perfectly parallel pointing up, so the farthest to the right it will go is not that far to the right, it's worth keeping that in mind, so on a shot like This yes, I'm probably going to Aim a little to the left of the target, but not too much.

Next is how we place this golf ball because the ball is under our feet. Now we have to adapt our body again to lose a couple of things we have. I have to take a slightly lower position. I want you to feel like you're bending your knees more, sticking your butt out, and allowing your upper body to lean more. The mistake, I'll see. Players make

them

just lean more, the problem is that it greatly upsets your balance and therefore you will lose balance on your shot and make a terrible shot, so make sure you lower your knees to get your center of balance. you're leaning forward again you're maintaining your balance you're going to feel a lot more weight towards the front of your foot and that's okay just make sure you're in a good stable position and just like the ball on your feet make sure you rotate through of the shot you don't stay static so I'm going to aim just to the left of the flag I'm just making sure I keep my balance and I'm going to spin through the shot now I'm going to I'm going to be super super honest with you because I think this is important.

I didn't hit that well and if anything I probably didn't get low enough to hit the bottom of the ball. Make sure you get it nice and low, but what we What I did see is that curvature to the right, which I kind of expected to be the ball under your feet. The next one is probably most people's favorite when it's an uphill position and then we'll move on to most people's worst shot when the ball is downhill, let's go uphill next, the next lie is this, the uphill lie, actually, many golfers like this lie because it helps launch the golf ball into the air.

There are three things we need to keep in mind in how we prepare for the golf ball, the loft change and then how we swing, let's talk about how we prepare for the golf ball first. They're an old cliché, but it's very important that you try to adjust your body shape to the hill, so we're on a hill at about that kind of angle right now, so as I approach the golf ball, I'll make sure to position my body so that it is parallel to the ground, so if we straighten up from the ground, it would appear that I am standing

correctly

, so I am leaning my body back a little.

I'm allowing my right leg to straighten a little and my left leg to bend a little more so that my hips are in the correct position. angle and my shoulders are at the right angle we want to match the slope instead of fighting the slope, a lot of golfers will get into the habit of trying to fight the slope and that's not good for us so the first thing you need to set up on the pending is the loft. This is very important. When I hit from here, I would hit this flag with my pick. I'm about 155 yards away.

I'd be hitting my city. The problem is with a slope like this. As you brace for the golf ball and brace for the slope, more loft will be added to your golf club, so suddenly this eight iron has become a nine iron because the ball will launch much higher. . so if I hit this shot with my eight iron, it's going to come out much more like a nine iron and as a result, oh my gosh, that came out like a lob wedge as a result, it's not going to hit the green, it's going to come up short.

You have to do it. take that into consideration you have to change your club you have to go one more because my seven iron that I'm going to hit now is going to become more of an eight iron in the loft so I'm going to play that shot again and then I'll talk about the latest in the swing , very similar to the ball over the feet, the ball under the feet, you still have to turn your body, don't let your arms do the work, so prepare for the slope, I have taken one more club because I know it will come out more high and I'm going to rotate my body during the golf swing and that will come out much higher than a normal seven iron, more like an eight iron, we've landed on the green, let's just do a quick approach. that pin at the top right because I've taken the right precautions to make a good final shot, a downhill slope before reaching the final shot.

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and finally subscribe to the channel, it's free so you don't miss any of the videos downhill, this is a bit of a turn off that many golfers get. We got caught with this shot over and over again because they didn't make the right adaptations. Three things. Three things again. We need to change the loft configuration of the golf ball and the way we swing it very similarly to the other side of the hill, but this time.

We're on the way down, they're leaning now, so first of all, let's talk about the setup. We have to set our body so that we are parallel to the hill again, so that this hill is at an angle similar to this, so this time. I'm going to angle my body a little more so it's parallel to the floor, so this time my left leg is a little more bent, my right leg is a fraction straighter, my hips are higher, my shoulders are higher. Again, if we straightened out the slope, I would look flat, that's number one, number two, how much the loft changes, so from this location I would normally be hitting my seven iron.

Now the problem with lying downhill is that it starts to subtract loft. You're starting to take less, you're starting to take away head height and that's why some players will have a hard time shooting this way. If you change the club it will be a lot easier because now this seven iron because I'm on this slope will probably become a six iron it will launch a lot lower now if you need a shot that launches lower keep playing that shot but You often don't want it to launch that low, so if I hit my seven iron from here again, I'm keeping my weight more on my left side.

I'm still going to rotate my body during the shot, but the shot will come out much, much lower, I mean, it's literally gone like an absolute bullet, it's landed. on the green to be fair, but because it came out so low, it completely skipped and ran, so that's not good for us, what we need to do is change the club, so now I'm going to add more loft. to hit a draw but because of the slope this will become a lofted seven iron and the important factor is very important, don't force the golf ball in the air, it's not your job to do it, it's the club's job It's changing the loft, not the way you swing.

I would say the biggest mistake golfers make with a lie like this is that they are taking too little loft, as I mentioned, and they will try to lean back to try to pick it up. the air the problem with that now you have the ground you are going to hit here first before you hit the ball so take more loft that way the ball will come out a little higher still turn your body during the shot so don't let the body stop and you will make the correct adaptations so that when you hit it it comes out with more correct loft.

I have to be honest, we went a little bit right but either way I'm showing you the good shots and the bad shots, the awkward

lies

and the slanted lies are complicated, but this video will equip you with the skills and tools you need to navigate those. uncomfortable situations. I hope you enjoyed the video if you did make sure to share it like I mentioned before stay tuned. much more to come see you next time