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Harrie’s Training: I’ll be working on these low digs with Harrie during our next training session on Saturday. His pushing is ok, but it could be a lot better and more dangerous. #2: Keep your loops deep

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Instead of a steady slow loop game, you want to wait for a ball that is slightly higher, or slightly slower, or comes more into your hitting zone, and then go for it with a winning shot. Take your chance once you get it and put the ball away. Harrie doesn’t serve like that anymore. He’s advanced to more fancy serves. But fancy topspin serves aren’t going to be much good either. Your flat hitting opponent might not be particularly skilled at reading the spin on serves, but they do tend to have a sixth sense for detecting hittable balls. Somehow, they’ll instinctively know which of your serves have topspin and will aggressively pounce on them. Over longer distances, the flight of a flat ball isn’t as steady as a pumped-up ball. A very flat ball can be particularly difficult to read through the air and so provides an interesting challenge. Since a flat ball should be easier to grip, try playing the one-hand game. It’s actually any rugby-related game that has passing in it – such as touch or rugby netball – except that players can only catch and pass with one hand. You can’t pass a semi-flat ball as far as a normal ball. In practice games where you want players to avoid using miss passes but instead concentrate on short, accurate passes, a flat ball is a natural barrier.The odd flat ball, with its different shape and weight, provides enough of a contrast to keep them thinking without devaluing the rugby aspects of the drill. Note that while the IzzoFlatball is a quarter-inch high, allowing for the elimination of the ‘thin’ and the ‘fat’ shots, a regular golf ball is 1 5/8 inches in diameter. These differences in size mean that you have more room for error. And with the thinness of the Flatball, you have to hit it right or miss it altogether. What does it mean to have ‘Thin’ or ‘Fat’ Shots?

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Ok, so we’ve covered what not to do. Here are a few things you should try against a flat hitter. #1: Keep the ball low It’s far harder to rip out a flat ball than a normal ball, so players have to work on ingenious solutions to win the contest. Old flat balls are useful for players to stand on as they perform simple handling drills. It’s a terrific balance exercise which helps players work their core muscles. Some intermediate players still choose to serve with what you might call a ‘rally’ serve. Basically, just a long topspin serve that gets a topspin rally started – like you’d do in a training drill. The features that make this swing plane training aid a good option for you pretty much have everything to do with its design. This IzzoFlatball is a soft, rubber disk that stands tall at ¼” and has the same diameter as an actual golf ball.

You can experience real flat hit if you take you blade alone (without rubbers) and try to hit the ball. It goes straight without spin. Get two players to hold a flat ball at each end and then pull – it helps them improve their grip strength. You can also get players to wrestle a flat ball from another player. Your opponent is probably standing quite upright and not moving his feet. But you need to be crouched down, leaning forwards, and on your toes, ready to spring into position for a big loop.