SimonC
Head Pro
I had my first lesson with Scott Howarth using Trackman yesterday, I was very impressed with his teaching style & the instant feedback that I was getting using Trackman. My data is below (this is all after my warm up) unfortunately I was using range balls so the driver spin was a little higher than it would be with my normal ball & there were a few that seemed to fall out of the sky pretty quickly.
After I had warmed up he got me to hit a 10 shots or so with my 6 iron & said I wasn't hitting down enough on it. I was only at approx 1* to 2* down which was causing my shots to be a little floaty & lack penetration which is something I had noticed when I'd been playing over the last month or so. He gave me a couple of pointers, the first was to shift my weight accross & downwards into my left foot then to "feel" like I was casting the club from the top as I was getting a little stuck, this got the club much more in front of me & with a much more downward blow (averaging 4* down). The difference in ball flight & the sound off the face was noticeable, it was a much more penetrating ball flight that carried further with a little draw on it (most of the time). Obviously I need to keep on working at it to make it more natural but it did feel more natural towards the end of the lesson.
Later on he got me to hit some drivers with the same feeling although he changed my setup moving the ball forward, hips & handle pushed to the left slightly to give me more spine tilt which would encourage a more positive angle of attack. I was getting a bit tired by this stage and with the changes to my setup/longer shaft I did find this more difficult. My clubhead speed seemed slightly down on where I have been on previous driver fittings but Scott did say that after 20 shots you will notice a drop in clubhead speed due to fatigue (I had hit around 60 shots by this point including my warm up). I did see an improvement on the swings I got right which was positive, I just need to stick at it and practice hard over the next month or so.
For those who are still with me me data is attached
After I had warmed up he got me to hit a 10 shots or so with my 6 iron & said I wasn't hitting down enough on it. I was only at approx 1* to 2* down which was causing my shots to be a little floaty & lack penetration which is something I had noticed when I'd been playing over the last month or so. He gave me a couple of pointers, the first was to shift my weight accross & downwards into my left foot then to "feel" like I was casting the club from the top as I was getting a little stuck, this got the club much more in front of me & with a much more downward blow (averaging 4* down). The difference in ball flight & the sound off the face was noticeable, it was a much more penetrating ball flight that carried further with a little draw on it (most of the time). Obviously I need to keep on working at it to make it more natural but it did feel more natural towards the end of the lesson.
Later on he got me to hit some drivers with the same feeling although he changed my setup moving the ball forward, hips & handle pushed to the left slightly to give me more spine tilt which would encourage a more positive angle of attack. I was getting a bit tired by this stage and with the changes to my setup/longer shaft I did find this more difficult. My clubhead speed seemed slightly down on where I have been on previous driver fittings but Scott did say that after 20 shots you will notice a drop in clubhead speed due to fatigue (I had hit around 60 shots by this point including my warm up). I did see an improvement on the swings I got right which was positive, I just need to stick at it and practice hard over the next month or so.
For those who are still with me me data is attached
the file size is too big so I couldn't attach the original
