How to lower launch angle

[albie999]

Ok, heres a drill you can try.
You may want to use plastic balls to prevent injury.
The idea is to hit the front ball without hitting the back ball.
If you get it right and miss the back ball, you should hear a thump as the club hits the mat.

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Tried and ouch and no, could not leave the back ball in place lol

Although, these 2 shots, not to bad, maybe I just have to accept that I don't play enough, and these shots with 7 iron (ignore the 9 iron showing in pic), will do on the course

 

[Imurg]

What ball do you play?

 

[albie999]

What ball do you play?

Whatever I can get hold of .. but more seriously, those 2 shots were taken with a TM Project (S), although I get similar shots with Callaway Supersoft's, and even with the rock hard Slazenger V300's

 

[Deleted Member 1156]

Many shafts are so similar in performance that it's only robot testing that throws up the differences claimed by the manufacturers.

There's no secret, it's just slightly different technique.

That's interesting because I just looked back at my trackman report from my fitting last year and there was an average difference of over 600rpm between the lowest and highest spinning shafts that I tested and they were all what would be deemed 'lower spin' shafts. That would suggest to me that the shaft does make a difference.

 

[chrisd]

That's interesting because I just looked back at my trackman report from my fitting last year and there was an average difference of over 600rpm between the lowest and highest spinning shafts that I tested and they were all what would be deemed 'lower spin' shafts. That would suggest to me that the shaft does make a difference.

Was that the difference between a fat and a thinned chip?
????

 

[Imurg]

Congratulations ?

The OP is asking about how to change launch angle, I'm giving him real-world advice, not forum/advertising BS.

You can change launch angle by 4• just by changing the ball.
That can equate to 5-6 yards....

 

[MendieGK]

With that ball speed you won’t hit it much further anyway. Spin numbers are pretty reasonable, ok you could maybe hit launch a little lower, but peak height is pretty solid too.

Ignore swing speed on Skytrak it’s a guess

 

[albie999]

With that ball speed you won’t hit it much further anyway. Spin numbers are pretty reasonable, ok you could maybe hit launch a little lower, but peak height is pretty solid too.

Ignore swing speed on Skytrak it’s a guess

Would you say that is low, medium or high (not) ball speed then ... am I just average lol

 

[Deleted Member 1156]

Congratulations ?

The OP is asking about how to change launch angle, I'm giving him real-world advice, not forum/advertising BS.

No you're not, you are just trying to belittle other posters. I've given real world advice that different shafts affect spin rates and launch angles. I agree that a degree of skill and consistency is required as well for a noticeable difference but that is down to the OP to work on.

 

[albie999]

OK .. so I am such a data nerd lol ... anyway .. 4 different balls .. Shot 1 Slazenger V300, Shot 2 Callaway SuperSoft, Shot 3 TM Project (S), Shot 4 ProV1 ... also not exactly sure what happens with my 20 yds reduction in distance .. maybe tired ... Tried to make them as similar as possible (took a few shots lol)



V300 Callaway SS TM Project (S) ProV1

 

[MendieGK]

Would you say that is low, medium or high (not) ball speed then ... am I just average lol

I’d have said average ?

 

[Deleted Member 1156]

In an ideal world, the launch angle should be the number of the club -1 x1000 (ie 7 iron should spin approx 6000rpm) or thereabouts so in your picture above you are generating a lot of spin with all 4 different balls.

 

[pokerjoke]

Inconsistency won’t help.
Have you tried googling dynamic loft

 

[jim8flog]

Many shafts are so similar in performance that it's only robot testing that throws up the differences claimed by the manufacturers.

Having tried lots of different shafts on the same head not a comment I would totally agree with. Dispersion and distance can vary quite a lot but I agree height is very difficult with the naked eye.




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[clubchamp98]

I had a fitting at Ping just before lockdown.
I was hitting the ball very low.
Had AWT WHITE SHAFT IN TITLEIST AP2 . Off the shelf prize I won.
Went to XP 95 in ping i210 and the difference was amazing.
Much higher ball flight and 7 yds longer.
So equipment can alter your flight you just need to have the right type.
But you must be able to control the ball and flight is one of the variables.

 

[jim8flog]

So you don't agree that many shafts are very similar?

They are many shafts that are similar there also many shafts that are not.

For anything lower than about 110 gramme shaft I start to notice the difference and if go to 85 the difference is very noticeable.

 

[MendieGK]

That's exactly what I said.

I’m so glad you’ve joined the forum. 2 threads I’ve seen you commenting all you’ve done is tell people they’re wrong.

 

[Griffsters]

Not gone through every comment on the thread but I'm finding that if I can focus on where I want the cub to hit the ground, ie, slightly after the ball, this helps. In theory this means my club head should still be on a slightly downward trajectory in the arc hence lowering dynamic loft. *shrugs*

Edit: If I look at my swing I've normally 'flipped' my wrists on a bad swing. Weight transfer rotation whatever it is I also try and keep my hands quiet as well. Try being the operative word

 

[albie999]

Watched a Dan Hendrickson video last night (below) where he analyses his wifes swing. Although she is still way ahead of me, I could see similar issues in her swing to mind (slight to the right, high loft/launch), he has advised her to feel like the club is exiting left, so I had a go last night ..... the result

 

[patricks148]

or try blades they tend to have a lower flight