Hit Up On the Driver: Here's a Great Drill

How can I stop Hocking my shots

This is more like a test. What is the correction if you hit the box?

Knowing how hard that is by using a foot width I am impressed that you don't hit the cardboard box

Nice drill and simple concept ! Thanks for posting.

Seems you left out " don't hit the box" to hit up on the ball.

This WORKS!!!! I'm a low ball hitter, 6 handicap. Went from an average launch angle of 9 to a launch of 16 degrees with low spin, 1900rpm. I do not know how much my AOA increased as I don't have a launch monitor with that info. Stay with the drill. First several sessions I kept hitting the box, but your body will soon adapt to the new task of missing the box. This training aid [the box] is even better than having access to trackman. Andrew, thank you so much!!

This is helpful, I have been hitting the ball square on the face like crazy but I still get such wicked side spin that it absolutely kills my distance. Can't wait to try this out and see if it helps.

How much would this increase hitting up on the ball? 1 or 2 degrees?

Andrew, are you curving the ball?

Good idea thanks for sharing!

will be trying this Friday  thanks, been hitting right at the top edge of club face in center, I lower tee and just not working )

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I've been trying to tell my buddie this .. but he insist on hitting the driver like a iron and defacing it so he hits low worm burners down the fair way lol

Nice tip, thanks!

A golfer can easily cheat this drill. You can just pull your arms up (bend at the elbows) to hit up and miss the box. That being said, Andrew Rice is one of the top instructors out there and a great guy.

A piece of soft foam like from a Nerf ball works good too and you can keep it in your bag.

Good drill!

Thank you Andrew for a great drill! I'm a teaching professional and I found your website while reading all the Trackman info I could find (though I don't have one-YET!) Thanks for your great insights into teaching! JRMPGA

This is hands down the single most effective drill I have ever used. I tool one sleeve box and was able to hit up on the ball by the end of a bucket. The feedback was frustrating at first as I destroyed the box. But I stuck with it and was quickly hitting up and launching balls with much less spin. Fantastic.

@darkenney

I am sure this will help you hit up on the ball more as it has with players of mine. Nobody likes to repeat something where the feedback clearly shows the skill was performed wrongly! Also having an external focus of attention rather than internal leads to great changes and retention too. Great drill!

Got a better method?

Beautiful swing and very nice tip.