Titleist Tips: Golf Myths - Keep Your Head Still - Jonathan Yarwood

You have a much greater chance of topping the ball and hitting a poor shot by keeping your head still than you actually do in letting your head move. In this video, Titleist staff member Jonathan Yarwood dispels the myth of keeping your head down. Irons With an iron, as the club moves back and you move pressure into your trail foot, allow your head to move SLIGHTLY to the right (for a right-handed golfer). If you brace into your trail side properly on the backswing, there’s not a great deal of swaying with your head, but on the way back, allow it to move naturally with your weight shift. In the downswing, your head should move down as you move into your lead side and pressure moves into your lead foot. From there it moves forward from its position at address and moves up as you swing through and into your finish position. Driver The head movement is similar for a driver, but with one important difference. On the backswing, let your head move slightly to the right as you move pressure into your trail foot. In transition, your head should move down slightly as you shift your weight and pressure into the lead foot BUT, here’s where the world’s best drivers of the golf ball do something a little different. Because the ball is teed up, the objective is to hit the ball on an ascending angle of attack. As the club swings down, it will reach the bottom of its arc behind the ball and then start to rise up as it moves towards your lead foot. To support this upward angle of attack, allow your head to move back slightly to the right. You want the feeling of your head staying behind the ball at impact, not swaying past it. Allowing your head to move allows your body to move freely, gives your swing flow, produces more speed and allows you to strike the ball more consistently.