Ball back for a draw and up for a fade #golf #golftiktok #golftok

This is how ball position affects ball flight. Many players believe you have to put the ball back in the stance for a fade and up for a draw, but it's actually the opposite. You swing on an arc. This means when you move ball position, you're hitting it at different points in this arc. When you move the ball back in your stance, you're going to hit it earlier in the arc. Hitting the ball earlier in the arc is going to replicate an in-to-out path with a slightly open face. This is the matchup needed for a draw. You can see here this club path was 5.9 degrees in-to-out. The club face was 2.5 degrees open. The open face gets this ball to start right, and the in-to-out path gets it to draw back. The in-to-out path is a must for a draw, but if this is paired up with a club face that's even slightly closed, this was half a degree shut, it's going to start left and hook even further. Now, if you move the ball up in the stance, this is going to cause you to hit the ball later in the arc. Club will be moving in at impact, replicating an out-to-in path with a club face that's closed. This is the matchup you need for a fade. This fade was hit with a club face that was 0.2 degrees shut, but because the path was 1.3 degrees out-to-in, it faded back nicely. The out-to-in path is a must to hit a fade, but if you try to do this with an open club face, it's going to start right and fade further right than you'd like. This is one reason some players will hit their irons really well, but struggle with slicing their driver. As you just saw, moving the ball up in the stance promotes more of a fade or slice pattern. Driver is a special case because you want to play this ball up in the stance. If you slice, you don't want to move it back because you're going to hit too far down on it. Leave it up, but drop your back foot and close your shoulders. This encourages a more in-to-out path to neutralize that ball position. At the end of the day, face angle, control start direction, and path control, shot shape, and ball position is a huge factor for both.