3 REASONS YOU COULD BE TOPPING THE GOLF BALL

Chris Ryan shows you 3 of the most common causes of the dreaded top shot with your irons clubs.

If you struggle with thin or topped shots then there is a very good chance it will be downto one of these 3 reasons.

Chris also shows you some drills and fixes to help you rid yourself of this destructive shot.

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[putzgadol]

Thank you for using the terms, " lead" and " trail." As a lefty this makes this excellent lesson easy to understand. From the States.

[_cohen]

“You often feel embarrassed in front of your friends” every time lol

[danield]

Can't wait to try these tips out! As soon as the driving ranges open of course lol. Today was my first time out this year and I probably topped 20 shots. It was absolutely maddening!

[BombheadGuitar]

This video was exceptionally helpful! For me it was reason #2, and was very easy to fix once I knew what the problem was. Thanks very much.

[martinpicker]

Chris, you are the best on YouTube, explaining in simple, yet comprehensive ways, the problems all of us amateurs face while trying to play this game we love. Thanks for all you do.

[johnschaefer]

This video saved me! I went to the driving range today and I was topping everything! Then I looked up how to fix this and used your third tip. I went back and a was doing so much better! I went from topping every other ball to barley ever at all. Thank you!

[perthnomad]

This was a lifesaver. Lately, I have been topping the ball on repeat. #2 was my problem. As soon as you demonstrated it everything fell into place. This has improved my consistency greatly.

[jonwright]

thanks Chris, been topping a lot with my new irons, will put your advice into practice tomorrow, many thanks

[puttsure]

Chris, this is an excellent video and it helped me to stop topping my irons. Today I went to the range and tried squeezing my elbows together, moving my weight forward, and turning my upper body to face the target. It Worked! GREAT DRILL

[timking]

Chris, Thank you thank you thank you. I was clueless to what I was doing incorrectly. I am so glad someone takes the time to demonstrate in session to the possibilities of why this is happening. Especially the variances as there are different possibilities. Can't want to to work on my errors and share with my wife for her possible toppings. Again Thank you!

[scotta.]

Thanks so much for the easy to understand instruction... Been fighting the dreaded topped ball for some time now and I will be trying these fixes ASAP.

[kashifsherwani]

Yes! Squeezing the elbows together... wow, what a game changer!

[marky]

I think I have been responsible for all 3 of these mistakes and have been having a terrible time with my long range iron shots on the fairway. Will try to correct and practice at the driving range later. Thanks for the info.

[deanpotter]

Got myself into a rut of really poor ball striking. These drills got me back to hitting the ball properly again, cheers!

[sunisa]

I’ve started topping and even doing air shots when I tee off to the point I’m consistently doing the same shots it’s frustrating and embarrassing and demoralising. I’ve had no idea how to get back to hitting decent tee shots. These tips will now give me a plan to take to the range and hopefully get back enjoying golf again. Thanks for you videos.

[JamieKill]

Great video, thank you for the tips. Will definitely be trying them out at the range this week 👍🏼

[themassofmen]

This helped me tremendously. I also changed my shoes that had a less thick sole, which I think helped. I particularly concentrated on not swaying back, but turning and kept my iron ball position mostly centre. The tip of squeezing my arms together at impact has straightened my shots from a fade and I am trying to roll my hands over so that the side of my left palm faces the ground at follow through impact.

[JMK]

excellent advise, pushing down at impact made all the difference for keeping my arc intact, thanks man!

[richardwaldron]

Thank you, great video. Both #1 and #2 were my issues. After some serious driving range time I've now eliminated my topped shots. Cheers!

[CT]

Oh my lord! I just started getting into golf and last weekend I must have come over the top of the ball no less than 30 times. Tip number 2 fixed my swing! I was using my trail leg to power my shot causing me to lean back. I went to the range earlier and started leaning into my lead foot and EVERY SINGLE SHOT WENT STRAIGHT without topping a single ball. I can not thank you enough man!