Golf Ball Flight Laws - 9 Basic Shot Patterns

There are only 2 factors that influence the direction and shape that your golf shots will take, your path of swing and your clubface position!

Path of Swing has 3 variables, it will either be:

   1) Inside to Outside - ball direction starts right of target line
   2) Inside to Inside - ball direction starts on target line
   3) Outside to Inside - ball direction starts left of target line

Clubface Position also has 3 variables, it will either be:

   1) Closed - causing the golf ball to curve to the left (hook)
   2) Square - causing the golf ball to go straight
   3) Open - causing the golf balll to curve to the right (slice)

Every ball flight direction is a result of the partnership between path of swing and clubface position, so if there are only 3 swing paths and only 3 clubface positions then there are only 9 basic shot patterns possible.

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Obviously there will be some varying degrees, e.g. how inside to outside your swing is or how closed the clubface is! but the fact remains there are just 9 basic shot patterns, which are:

   1) Push Slice - path of swing is inside to outside and clubface position is open!
   2) Slice - path of swing is inside to inside and clubface position is open!
   3) Pull Slice - path of swing is outside to inside and clubface position is open!
   4) Push Shot - path of swing is inside to outside and clubface position is square!
   5) Straight Shot - path of swing is inside to inside and clubface position is square!
   6) Pull Shot - path of swing is outside to inside and clubface position is square!
   7) Push Hook - path of swing is inside to outside and clubface position is closed!
   8) Hook - path of swing is inside to inside and clubface position is closed!
   9) Pull Hook - path of swing is outside to inside and clubface position is closed!

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