Why You Need This: In this video, "Where Should Your Eyes Focus in the Golf Swing?"...

You'll learn great tips to maintain focus on your shots.

It happens to all of us...

Your mind wanders off just before you're about to hit the ball.

Terrible timing right?

It's amazing how small, random, insignificant thoughts can break concentration.

So what should you focus on?

In this video, you'll find out.

You'll learn a great visualization tip to keep your mind focused on the shot...

And you'll learn what part of the ball to focus on for different shot shapes.

Watch now to maintain your focus...

And avoid the frustrating mishits that happen simply from letting your mind wander!

Golf Pros Featured:

Instructors Featured: Clay Ballard    

Video Duration: 5:03

Video Transcription:

Hi guys, great to have you back. In today’s video, we’re going to go over a question I get all the time, and that’s where should I look at the golf ball? Or, where should my eyes be focusing when I hit a shot?

Some people try to look at the back of the ball, some people try to look at the top of the ball, and I think what this really stems from is being a little bit uncomfortable over top of the ball and being unsure of what you’re trying to do.

The way that I like to this of this, is not as much where you’re looking at the golf ball, I don’t necessarily look at any piece of the golf ball.

I will go over, for those of you struggling with this, I’ll give you somewhere to visualize and what to visualize. But the main thing is to be visualizing in your mind the type of shot that you’re going to be playing.

If I’m looking up, looking down the fairway here, and I’m thinking I want to hit it straight down the middle of the fairway, I want to visualize my entire ball flight.

I want to visualize how high the ball is going to go. A lot of times I’ll pick out clouds, if you can see some of those clouds up in the distance, I’ll kind of visualize, OK, I have a 6 iron here, and it’s going to get a certain height up in the clouds.

Is this ball going to draw or is it going to fade? I want to feel the entire flight of the ball. A lot of times what we do is we set up over top of the golf ball, we’re a little bit uncomfortable, we have a couple quick glances up toward the green.

We see the flag out in the distance, and we just focus in on the flag and we really don’t think about much of anything else. Then we get uncomfortable when we make a swing that feels pretty forced.

We want to take a little bit extra time before we swing, or before we hit the ball. Make a couple practice swings, and visualize exactly what you’re going to try to do with this ball flight. If you have trouble visualizing the shot shape, then keep on working on it.

Don’t ever hit a shot until you can see that picture very, very clearly. Usually what’s happening is, I know I want to hit a draw, or a fade, or whatever the shot is.

Let’s pretend here it’s going to be a nice, high draw, just to give an example. When I make my swing, I just can’t make myself visualize that. All I can see is the fade, or a different type of shot.

Well sometimes it’s OK to switch up your shot, what your body’s telling you is the way that I’m moving my body is going to result in a fade much more likely than it is a draw. That’s just my body giving feedback of what it’s feel is, and what it thinks is going to be easier to do.

So if I’m behind the shot, I’ll want to play a draw, but I just can’t get myself to feel anything or to visualize anything but a fade, I can always step back, change the game plan, decide to hit a fade, and then go with that.

I find that that actually helps a little bit when you’re out on the course and things aren’t particularly going your way that day. Sometimes all you can see is a big fade, and there’s nothing you can do about it.

Well go ahead and play that fade. When you get back to the range, then we’ll work on hitting the draw after the round is over.

So here I want to go ahead and visualize this. I want to hear the sound of the ball. I want to see, visualize how my club would be moving through this golf ball. I want to feel what that would feel like on the face, and I want to just see the entire shot like it’s playing in a movie.

Now if you want something to focus on, what I would say is as you step up to the ball – so I’m going to go ahead and make a couple practice swings. I’m visualizing that shot in my mind, I’m seeing the entire ball flight.

As I step up, I’m watching that movie over, and over, and over again in my head. I’m watching that ball fly through the air. I’m watching it land right beside the pin.

I’m watching all this good stuff happen, and then at the last second, I’m just letting that movie happen.

So I’m not really focusing on any particular piece of the ball. I know some people like to, though, and what I’d recommend you do is pick out a spot directly in the back of the ball.

If I’m going to play a draw, that spot may be a little bit on the inside of the ball and I’m going to feel like my club face is going more toward the outside of that spot.

I’m going to visualize basically hitting a draw through the ball. Visualize that line kind of coming inside out, and that divot coming through the ball a little bit more to the right. Then I’m going to see that shot shape.

If it’s going to be a fade, we’ll do the opposite. As I’m standing over top of the ball, instead of visualizing the center of the ball, maybe I’m visualizing a little bit more toward the outside of the ball.

I’m seeing that divot after the ball come more to the left, and then I’m picturing my ball fly through the air. For a dead straight shot, it would be right through the center of the ball, divot right in the middle, right in front going toward the target.

So it really comes down to what we’re visualizing, what type of shot we want to play. Now for this particular shot, I’ve got a little bit of a left to right wind.

I’m going to set up for a slight fade here, so I’ll come behind this shot. I’m seeing it get up in the clouds, fade a couple yards off to the right. As I set up, I’m watching that movie over and over in my head again, time and time again.

I’m visualizing my divot being in front of the golf ball a little bit more to the left, and then that ball just fading slightly over to the right. Let’s go ahead and try it out.

There we go, just like I envisioned it. Start out a little left, had a slight fade on it. My divot was moving a little bit left, and I played that in my head like a movie, and then I just let it happen.

I’m not trying to manipulate things when I’m out on the course, I’m just giving myself a great visual. I’m learning to do these skills when I’m at the range, and then I’m just letting myself visualize and let it happen, totally reactionary when I get out on the course.

So try that out, use visualization to your advantage, and you’re going to shoot some better scores.