the_coach
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To really understand & the quickest way that also gives you dead proof of what's happening at impact with what you need to produce to get the +AoA you need, & exactly how thats achieved, you will have to get on Trackman (GC2, Flightscope whichever is available in the area) with a PGA pro who uses these to teach, not just fit.
For an upward AoA, there are a few things that are crucial, listed them on the other threads about this along with some good drills, that if done correctly & persevered with will change a driver AoA to +. But it takes time to do to consistently well especially it the previous AoA was -7 or more.
Things that are crucial in the static set up before motion, are, ball position has to be off the left heel, ball has to be teed up so the equator of the ball is level with the top of the drivers crown, has to be a spine tilt leaning away from target, shoulders have to be square (or slightly closed) to ball/target line. (very easy because of the 'forward' ball position & the spine tilt to set up with open shoulders which will give you a swing path that you cannot get the path to ball you need & cannot get the club shallowing out in order to have the upwards AoA you think you've set up for, as the open shoulders will kill it stone impossible from the get go)
Whether the weight is 50:50 or 40:60 will have little bearing to the outcome, you can easily create upwards AoA with either. Have to be careful if 40:60 though that the weight isn't left on the right side coming into impact, it might seem this would give you an upwards AoA but it won't, & it certainly won't give you solid contact.
The shallow swing path that you need for a level/upwards AoA has to be from inside to out, or in to in at worst, this is not negotiable, has to be a given. The swing direction (which way the club head is traveling from halfways down to halfways through has to be to the right of the ball target line, again non-negotiable.
To get these conditions the swing motion at transition has to start from the lead side lower body, again non-negotiable.
If you at all even minutely start the downswing from the top, hands, arms, shoulders, upper body leading you get an outside to inside path, swing direction swinging a ways left through impact (magnified more left with the forwards ball position, depends where the face angle is looking through impact as to exactly how the ball flies but it will start a ways left some ..
But the answer isn't moving the ball back any at all as that only steepens a steeper approach, gotta leave the ball up & work to change path & swing direction & face angle through impact, again non-negotiable for that upwards or level AoA.
You have to have the correct path, correct swing direction through the bottom half of the swing arc of the club head, with the face angle either square to ball/target line or better a little ways open. You have to realize you are shallowing out the swing so the lowest point of the swings arc is around 3" before the club head arrives to ball.
Worth while if anyone truly serious about trying to do all this for real as a start is to dig out the drills I wrote in the other threads about this. (I'm also taking of course that going to PGA pro who teaches with LM is a given)
Here's a drill & another explanation of what I've written about. As with all drills you gotta start off slow to get to start to do it properly & as with all drills getting someone to do things they're not used to doing it's not at all easy to get at first, so you have to work at it to get any benefits. Worth doing though.
[video=youtube_share;xZoMV_ap4s4]http://youtu.be/xZoMV_ap4s4[/video]
For an upward AoA, there are a few things that are crucial, listed them on the other threads about this along with some good drills, that if done correctly & persevered with will change a driver AoA to +. But it takes time to do to consistently well especially it the previous AoA was -7 or more.
Things that are crucial in the static set up before motion, are, ball position has to be off the left heel, ball has to be teed up so the equator of the ball is level with the top of the drivers crown, has to be a spine tilt leaning away from target, shoulders have to be square (or slightly closed) to ball/target line. (very easy because of the 'forward' ball position & the spine tilt to set up with open shoulders which will give you a swing path that you cannot get the path to ball you need & cannot get the club shallowing out in order to have the upwards AoA you think you've set up for, as the open shoulders will kill it stone impossible from the get go)
Whether the weight is 50:50 or 40:60 will have little bearing to the outcome, you can easily create upwards AoA with either. Have to be careful if 40:60 though that the weight isn't left on the right side coming into impact, it might seem this would give you an upwards AoA but it won't, & it certainly won't give you solid contact.
The shallow swing path that you need for a level/upwards AoA has to be from inside to out, or in to in at worst, this is not negotiable, has to be a given. The swing direction (which way the club head is traveling from halfways down to halfways through has to be to the right of the ball target line, again non-negotiable.
To get these conditions the swing motion at transition has to start from the lead side lower body, again non-negotiable.
If you at all even minutely start the downswing from the top, hands, arms, shoulders, upper body leading you get an outside to inside path, swing direction swinging a ways left through impact (magnified more left with the forwards ball position, depends where the face angle is looking through impact as to exactly how the ball flies but it will start a ways left some ..
But the answer isn't moving the ball back any at all as that only steepens a steeper approach, gotta leave the ball up & work to change path & swing direction & face angle through impact, again non-negotiable for that upwards or level AoA.
You have to have the correct path, correct swing direction through the bottom half of the swing arc of the club head, with the face angle either square to ball/target line or better a little ways open. You have to realize you are shallowing out the swing so the lowest point of the swings arc is around 3" before the club head arrives to ball.
Worth while if anyone truly serious about trying to do all this for real as a start is to dig out the drills I wrote in the other threads about this. (I'm also taking of course that going to PGA pro who teaches with LM is a given)
Here's a drill & another explanation of what I've written about. As with all drills you gotta start off slow to get to start to do it properly & as with all drills getting someone to do things they're not used to doing it's not at all easy to get at first, so you have to work at it to get any benefits. Worth doing though.
[video=youtube_share;xZoMV_ap4s4]http://youtu.be/xZoMV_ap4s4[/video]
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