Golf Ball Flights Explained - Draw, Fade, Hook, Slice, Push, Pull
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- Опубліковано 29 сер 2024
- Do you know the difference between a golf draw and a golf hook? How about a golf fade versus a golf slice? Follow the golf tips in this video to learn the names of the various ball flights and more importantly the causes behind each one.
Let’s start with the good ball flights, i.e., those that finish at their target. Obviously, a straight golf shot is a shot that starts straight at the target and stays straight until it lands on the target. Some say this is the most difficult of ball flights to produce consistently! It happens when the clubface is straight at the target and a club path that is straight also, a match that produces no sidespin.
Next you have the golf draw, which starts right of the target but then curves back to end its flight at the target. Conversely, you have the golf fade that starts left of the target but then curves back to end its flight at the target. To produce a golf draw you need the clubface to be pointing right of the target slightly and a club path that is of the in-to-out variety. To produce a golf fade you need the clubface to be pointing left of the target slightly and a club path that is of the out-to-in variety. The fact that the clubface and club path don’t match will create sidespin midair.
Next you have the undesirable ball flight pairs - those that miss their intended targets - starting with the golf push and the golf pull. A push (sometimes referred to as a block) is a ball that starts right of the target but stays straight on that line, finishing to the right of the target. A pull is a ball that starts left of the target but stays straight on that line as well, finishing left of the target.
A push is caused by a clubface that points to the right at impact and a club path that matches that direction. And a pull is caused by a clubface that points to the left of the target and a club path that matches that direction. The clubface being in line with the club path explains why there is no sidespin, resulting in a straight golf shot, even if it misses the target.
The pair of a golf slice and a golf hook come next. A slice is a ball flight that sees the ball starting left of the target but that curves mid-air to finish right of the target. It is caused by a clubface that aims to the left of the target and a club path that is outside-in. A hook is a ball flight that sees the ball starting right of the target but then spinning mid-air to finish left of the target. It is caused by a clubface that aims to the right of the target and a club path that is inside-out.
Finally, probably the worst pair of them all, the push-slice and the pull-hook. A push-slice sees the ball starting to the right of the target (as was the case with a push) but then curving to the right still and finishing well right of the target. A pull-hook sees the ball starting to the left of the target (as was the case with a pull) but then curving to the left still, finishing well left of the target.
(Note that all of these refer to right-handed golfers)
For more on how to understand and reproduce every golf ball flight see:
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Concise and so helpful
Always a great video and your explanations are easy to understand Thanks
"You cannot fade a ball into a house"
Challenge accepted!
Great video btw. Very clear.
Thanks for the concise explanation of ball flight patterns!
Glad it was helpful and thank you for watching!
Thank you for this wonderful illustration!
Confirm that the curvature spin on the *Pull Hook* & the *Push Slice* shots can also be contributed to gear effect from non-centered strikes ?
Which is why you can still produce i.e. a *Push Slice* shot even on an out-to-in path with a closed face to path & target line. 💡 ?
Does that mean, that a slice and a fade are mostly the same, with the only difference, that the fade hits the target and the slice does not (bc the curve was not wanted)?
Yes, a slice is a golf shot error that will miss the target whereas a fade will finish on target. You can't slice a ball onto the green but you can fade one. Thanks for the question and for watching!
So are they not just extreme versions? Like is a hook shot not an extreme draw and a slice shot not an extreme fade?
Draw fade hook slice .
If house is in my target line, can it be considered as a fade?
That would be quite an impressive fade indeed but yes, if the ball finishes on target it would be a fade and not a slice.