How do you hit a golf ball to be able to get a back spin?
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Moving the ball back in your stance is very dangerous.  The ball can go way right on you.  Making proper contact and the type of ball you use are the key.  You have use a ball that will spin.  Balls like Pinnacle, Top Flite, and HVC don't have a lot of spin.  Pro vi is good.  Your groves should be clean, and you can't spin the ball out of flier lies.  Which are grassy lies.  The club hitting the ball and the ground pinch  the ball and create the spin.  You may want to go to www.playgolfamerica.com and take a free golf lesson from a PGA pro in your area.  You can also go to www.pga.com improve your game section and look at all the tips.
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Starters you can get some great used golf balls at www.mygolfballstore.com they look like new without the high price.  \n\nYou have golf balls for distance - The golf balls the promote distance don't spin as much as the golf balls with feel.  The distance ball will fly straighter but it want stop very well.  The ball is durable.  All you can do is try to hit the ball straight, you can control it like the balls that spin.  \n\nThe balls with feel - Pro -VI types - Since they spin more if you hook or slice you will end up further off course.  They don't go as far.  They will hold on the greens and you can move the ball around better than the distance ball.  Better golfers seem to like this ball.  The better feel and spin helps with chipping and putting.  The distance ball bounces off the club and takes off.
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I an, I'd really like to see your ball flight. I'd imagine you're hitting the ball with your driver very low and it's rolling most of the 240 yards. \n\nThe most important thing for irons is clubhead speed and ball position. The ball has got to be in the middle of your stance, not back towards your right toe (for a righty). And then you have to generate sufficient clubhead speed, at least 85 MPH, with a good strike on the ball that should get pretty decent distance. \n\nIf you can't swing at least 85 MPH with a 5 iron (have your swing speed measured at a Golf Galaxy or other store) then you might want to look into a hybrid set of irons that have large soles to help get the ball up. \n\nGood luck!
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I used to be a very long hitter (with drivers) and not very good at iron shots. I spent a good amount of time in the driving range practicing on iron shots, that I can hit quality shorts from every iron (including 1 and 2 irons), but then I can't hit any of the woods anymore. There were five years long that I can't hit a solid driver shots until recently, my ex boss pointed out that I teed up too low (driver these day are 460 cc), and another friend pointed out that I position my tee too far back in the stand.\n\nI suddendly realise the important of ball positioning, and words like drivers are hit on the way up whilst irons are hit on the way down. I reposition my ball, tee up much higher, and now I have a very quality driver shots without sacrificing my iron shots.\n\nThe important is the swing is the same. If you could hit good iron shots (assuming your swing are OK), I suggest you try moving the ball forward in your stand as much as possible and try hit many short for a test in the range, and don't forget to tee up high for drivers.
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If you are going to "get back into playing a lot again this summer" I'll assume you haven't been playing as much recently, right? I'm thinking that just playing more will bring back some yardage.\n\nYou also mentioned that you won the "club championship 2 years ago" but you "have been significantly shorter with all my clubs for about 4 years now." Maybe being shorter is a good thing. Did you win any championships over four years ago when you were longer?\n\nWhen playing golf we do some peculiar things. The main thing better players do is learn is how to score. Scoring comes from putting the ball in good positions to attack pins. However, players that hit it full bore on most shots have to contend with issues of poor accuracy. Even Tiger Woods has learned to back off a little.\n\nI believe that once you start playing (read: practicing) more, then your crisp ball striking will come back. With it will come some (or all) of your lost yardage. \n\nNow, concerning shallowing out your swing...\n\nBen Hogan states on page 79 of "Five Fundamentals..." the following: "HOWEVER, YOU ARE HEADING FOR DISASTER IF YOU THRUST YOUR ARMS UP ABOVE THE PLANE SO THAT THEY WOULD SHATTER THE PLANE OF GLASS. Poor golfers [I'm not saying you're a poor golfer...poor golfers don't win club championships] make this error at any and all stages of the backswing, but it occurs most commonly when they are nearing the top of the backswing. Then, when their hands are about shoulder high, they suddenly lift their arms almost vertically towards the sky--crash goes the glass... and their shot. They conclude the backswing on an entirely different and far more upright plane, ...."\n\nWhen you start trying to get a little of that lost yardage back, you probably try to get a little more backswing. In doing so I would wagger a small bet that you are lifting your hands towards the end of your backswing instead of continuing AROUND in your backswing. Doing so will cause several bad things to happen. The first thing to go will be accuracy. If you played a slight draw before, then the draw will now be more pronounced. To straighten out the shot, you start blocking the shot by hanging on or you weaken your grip. An overly weak grip then causes you to flip at it to square it up. By this time the whole swing has fallen apart. You lost your fundamentals.\n\nAssuming your fundamentals were sound in the past, your fix is probably very simple and very slight. Don't go making any sort of major overhauls. Concentrate on the last part of your backswing. Do not let your hands shoot up towards the sky at the very end. You will need to feel your flaw before you can fix it. Swing very slowly and concentrate on the end of your backswing (the part leading up to the transition from back to forward). This is where you've gone wrong. \n\nOnce you get your swing back on plane, then your ballstriking will return. When you are on plane you don't have to make any compensations. You just drive through the ball without fear of it turning left (for a right-handed  golfer). \n\nOne other note... Driver and ball technology has improved in the last few years. You might consider looking into the latest drivers and balls. Your friends can buy an extra ten yards even with their swings. Why not get a little yourself? But first work out the flaw you developed by not playing lately. \n\nGo practice.
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You are most likely trying to hit the ball too hard.  The golf swing for most people should be a controlled, slower movement.  Allowing the club to do "all the work".  Slow down and move the club head through the ball where you can make contact.  Develop a tempo/rhythm of the club going back on a nice even pace and then coming down and through the ball at just a little faster pace than the backswing.  It doesn't have to be much faster.   Just a slight acceleration.   Don't worry about distance until you get more consistent.  Once you get a feel for the club swinging you will have more success.
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Two things are happening.\n1) You are hitting the ball with a slightly open face.\nThis alone produces a high shot that starts right and goes right. \n\n2) You are swinging from outside to in and not straight through the ball.\nThis alone produces a shot that starts left and slices right.\n\nCombining the above will produce a high shot that starts out straight but then slices badly once the side spin overcomes the velocity.\n\nRe-check your swingpath and grip.
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Two things lead to most topped shots.  One thing you can do is taking something the size of a dime and pretend that the golf ball.  The concentration and the swing speed you use to hit the small item is the same you should use when you hit the golf ball.  Remember to concentrate on the bottom part of the ball not the top.  \nreasons for topping\n1.When you start taking the club back lifting your body up.  This is done by straitening the knees.  Try to keep them bent the entire time.  The ball is 1.5 inches so it only takes a little movement to cause a top.  Here is how you try to prevent this – Take some practice swing hitting something the size of penny.  You have to concentrate on it to make sure you hit it.  That is the same thing you need to do with the golf ball.  You want that concentration to keep you from moving away from the ball.  \n\nYou have to keep that left arm straight.  You bend it ½ and inch and your in the middle of the ball.  This is where you use your hand eye coordination.  The right arm just keeps things going, don’t let it over power your left or you will get those deep bone jaring divots.  You do not want that.
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for me to hit a draw, the first thing I do is widen my stance. I will take a few practice swings normally to see the path of the club coming thru at impact. next I will round out my swing and play the ball a little back in the stance. If you are right handed then you need to swing the club and at the finish your club should point at 2 o'clock.
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The ball position decides the flight of the ball most of the time if it's behind center it will not go very high.  The futher up the higer.  Here are some articles about preswing items \n\nHitting the Ball High -- To hit the ball higher than normal, you need to add effective loft to your club. Here's how you accomplish this: First, play the ball slightly forward in your stance, which \n\n\nhttp://www.pga.com/improve/tips/rickmartino/improve_martino032806.cfm\n\nUnderstanding the components of your address position will allow you to make your best swing. So says PGA Director of Instruction Rick Martino, who offers helpful advice on a solid address.\nhttp://www.pga.com/improve/tips/rickmartino/improve_martino021406.cfm
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Assuming you are a right handed golfer, stand with the ball slightly to left of midline so that it will be struck at the lowest pint of the swing arc. Keep left arm straight and slowly bring the club back and then follow thru. Keep your head down (this is the tough part) during the follow thru and rotate with your hips (it's actually a slide of the hips). This describes the "athletic" golf swing, conversely is the "reverse C" which can cause back problems. Watch Tiger, he's got it goin' on. Remember, don't try to kill it, let the club do the work.
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In order for the ball to curve to the right, your clubface has to be meeting the ball in an "open", that is also facing right, position when you hit the ball.  This imparts the left-to-right spin on the ball.  Try a stronger grip.  This does not mean to squeeze more tightly, but set the club down in its normal position, relax your grip and turn the clubface slightly to the left, and then regrip.  This should square up the face and keep it from spinning off to the right.  Too much and you will hook the ball to the left, so you may have to experiment at the range until your ball flight is straighter.  A little fade, which is a slight left-to-right is OK as is a little draw, which is a slight right-to-left.   Most pros do one or the other as it is more difficult to hit an absolute straight shot.  All this info is for a right-handed golfer by the way.  Hope this helps a bit.
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Try to use stiff shaft, I used to use Regular shaft but after I have changed the shaft to stiff, I can hit it \nmuch further than before and also straighter, so go can change your shaft immediately.\nHAPPY GOLFING!
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Start at 1st teeing ground.  Hit the ball, as many times as it takes until it goes in. Repeat 17 more times. That basic enough for you?  If you want more information, go to USGA.com, sign up and they'll send you the complete rules of golf.  Covers every aspect of the sport.  But the basic gist is, hit, repeat.
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Shot putts to make sure you accelarte as you hit the ball, set the putter about an 1/2 inch behind the ball.  The trick is to think you have cheated yourself on the back swing so you have to make sure you accelarte the stroke.  That is OK came form the pro at Doral.  Here are some more\n\nPressure Putting\nhttp://www.pga.com/improve/tips/shortgame/improve_nesbitt120505.cfm\n\nThe fundamentals of putting\nStrategic planning of the putt\nhttp://www.pga.com/improve/tips/shortgame/improve_beck110904.cfm
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Where is the ball in your address position? It should be in the middle or slightly behind the middle of your stance. Make sure when you swing to not involvle your lower body too much or the result will be an opening of the clubface making your shot go to the right. However, if your ball is hitting the hosel of the club ( the part that connects the club head to the club's shaft) you are shanking the ball. Try to stand a little further from the ball. And make an aggressive swing. if you continue to have problems invest a few bucks and get a lesson from your local PGA Professional.
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practice. take lessons. anyone who is giving you any other answer is only giving you advice from their own experience and their swing is different than yours - guaranteed. Like the guy that said go to the gym... i don't go to the gym, i can hit 300 easy. i do have a naturally fast swing speed, but if i used the wrong club, i wouldn't hit as far, so any equipment suggestion would not be that helpful either. if you take lessons, your coach can send you in the right direction. there's no "secret" everyone's looking for a secret that's why golf magazines keep selling. you want to hit farther? maximize club head speed using the shaft and swing speed. easy to say, not so easy to do.