Hitting down on it

This is an old topic that one can read or hear from everywhere, anywhere that has materials which is golf related. To launch a golf ball, I have to simply hit down on the ball instead of "lift" the ball up. The golf club has to be on a descending path, impacts with the white ball before the club continues its path and reaches the ground, finally scoops away some dirt and grass as divot.

Every golfer knows about this. It is well known fact.

How easy is to execute it? While it is easy to know the idea of hitting down, it is not quite easy to know how to "hit down". At least not for me.

There was a time when my driver was not working well and I relied on my 3 wood most the time. I was hitting down on it well. Though, a few of my friends who were new to the game, as I was back then, kept complaining that their fairway woods are not working well. You know, complaints are contagious; they affect you like rust erodes on steel. I lost my trust on the 3 wood one day. I could hit it well one day, the other day I would topped the ball, pulled or simply just skulled the ball. Surprisingly, I was hitting the driver relatively well then.

To hit a good driver, I need a good ascending blow to the ball. To hit a good 3 wood, especially when the white ball is on the ground, I need a good descending blow. The length is similar for both clubs, it is easily confusing for me to address the ball wrongly. If I am not able to distinguish between the two, I could simply hit the driver and not the fairway wood, or vice versa.