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Angle Of Attack - Club To Ground
It has long been said that we should hit down on the irons and sweep the driver and fairway woods. But I find that a lot of golfers miss this subtle implication of that advice. If you are going to sweep the driver, then the clubhead has to be low before it hits the ball. This drill helps you bring your focus to where is the clubhead and how does it relate to the vertical path.
It has long been said that we should hit down on the irons and sweep the driver and fairway woods. But I find that a lot of golfers miss this subtle implication of that advice. If you are going to sweep the driver, then the clubhead has to be low before it hits the ball. This drill helps you bring your focus to where is the clubhead and how does it relate to the vertical path.
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Video Transcript
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This drill is angle of attack club height to the ground. So basically what we
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're
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going to do in this drill is we're going to look at how high is the club off
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the
5
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ground and use that to relate to the angle of attack or the path through the
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golf ball kind of from high to low. So what a lot of amateur struggle with is
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if
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you're trying to hit a driver they will tend to have too much of a negative
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angle
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of attack or the club will be going downward kind of like so as it's making
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contact with the golf ball. So one way that I've had a lot of success
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explaining
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this to students is just with a simple spatial illustration. So if I were to
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tee
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up a golf ball just like so in order for the club to be going flat or hitting
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up
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on the golf ball the club head is going to have to be relatively low to the
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ground
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about a foot behind the golf ball even on the ground works pretty good. So if I
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was to take my normal driver setup and go into a good delivery position and
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then
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I was to continue using my body side bends and rotations you can see that the
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club is actually slightly lower than the golf ball so that when I go to extend
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my
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arms it's actually hitting it slightly on the way up. What a lot of golfers who
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struggle with the driver tend to do is they will do the angle of attack similar
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to if I had an iron. So if I were to take my normal iron setup and get into
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that
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same delivery position but now with my upper body slightly in front because I'm
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doing a good iron swing what you'll see is when I'm a foot behind the golf ball
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the club is going to be you know three four five six inches off the ground
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because it's going to be traveling downward when I make contact as opposed
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to upward like it would with the driver. So you can use this club height to the
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ground as a great reference for your angle of attack. So if you look on video
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and
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you happen to see that the driver looks like this when it's even with your
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right
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thigh you're gonna have to straighten your arms but the club is going to be
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probably traveling downward as you make contact with it. So one of your
40
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challenges
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is to get the club almost on the ground even or just in front of your right
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foot
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so that when you swing through with the driver you can hit the driver on a flat
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or slightly upswing. This is that classic sweeping image that they talk
45
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about we're just going to use the height to the ground as a good reference
46
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point
47
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for feeling this concept.
1
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This drill is angle of attack club height to the ground. So basically what we
2
00:00:05.510 --> 00:00:05.560
're
3
00:00:05.560 --> 00:00:09.350
going to do in this drill is we're going to look at how high is the club off
4
00:00:09.350 --> 00:00:09.520
the
5
00:00:09.520 --> 00:00:12.880
ground and use that to relate to the angle of attack or the path through the
6
00:00:12.880 --> 00:00:17.900
golf ball kind of from high to low. So what a lot of amateur struggle with is
7
00:00:17.900 --> 00:00:18.040
if
8
00:00:18.040 --> 00:00:23.160
you're trying to hit a driver they will tend to have too much of a negative
9
00:00:23.160 --> 00:00:23.600
angle
10
00:00:23.600 --> 00:00:28.000
of attack or the club will be going downward kind of like so as it's making
11
00:00:28.000 --> 00:00:31.560
contact with the golf ball. So one way that I've had a lot of success
12
00:00:31.560 --> 00:00:32.120
explaining
13
00:00:32.120 --> 00:00:38.080
this to students is just with a simple spatial illustration. So if I were to
14
00:00:38.080 --> 00:00:38.320
tee
15
00:00:38.320 --> 00:00:44.520
up a golf ball just like so in order for the club to be going flat or hitting
16
00:00:44.520 --> 00:00:44.800
up
17
00:00:44.800 --> 00:00:49.820
on the golf ball the club head is going to have to be relatively low to the
18
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ground
19
00:00:50.060 --> 00:00:55.320
about a foot behind the golf ball even on the ground works pretty good. So if I
20
00:00:55.320 --> 00:00:59.610
was to take my normal driver setup and go into a good delivery position and
21
00:00:59.610 --> 00:00:59.680
then
22
00:00:59.680 --> 00:01:04.000
I was to continue using my body side bends and rotations you can see that the
23
00:01:04.000 --> 00:01:09.560
club is actually slightly lower than the golf ball so that when I go to extend
24
00:01:09.560 --> 00:01:09.680
my
25
00:01:09.680 --> 00:01:13.840
arms it's actually hitting it slightly on the way up. What a lot of golfers who
26
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struggle with the driver tend to do is they will do the angle of attack similar
27
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to if I had an iron. So if I were to take my normal iron setup and get into
28
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that
29
00:01:25.520 --> 00:01:28.920
same delivery position but now with my upper body slightly in front because I'm
30
00:01:28.920 --> 00:01:33.160
doing a good iron swing what you'll see is when I'm a foot behind the golf ball
31
00:01:33.160 --> 00:01:38.440
the club is going to be you know three four five six inches off the ground
32
00:01:38.440 --> 00:01:43.760
because it's going to be traveling downward when I make contact as opposed
33
00:01:43.760 --> 00:01:50.720
to upward like it would with the driver. So you can use this club height to the
34
00:01:50.720 --> 00:01:56.640
ground as a great reference for your angle of attack. So if you look on video
35
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and
36
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you happen to see that the driver looks like this when it's even with your
37
00:02:00.630 --> 00:02:00.920
right
38
00:02:00.920 --> 00:02:04.520
thigh you're gonna have to straighten your arms but the club is going to be
39
00:02:04.520 --> 00:02:09.640
probably traveling downward as you make contact with it. So one of your
40
00:02:09.640 --> 00:02:10.280
challenges
41
00:02:10.280 --> 00:02:15.490
is to get the club almost on the ground even or just in front of your right
42
00:02:15.490 --> 00:02:15.720
foot
43
00:02:15.720 --> 00:02:20.240
so that when you swing through with the driver you can hit the driver on a flat
44
00:02:20.240 --> 00:02:25.040
or slightly upswing. This is that classic sweeping image that they talk
45
00:02:25.040 --> 00:02:28.560
about we're just going to use the height to the ground as a good reference
46
00:02:28.560 --> 00:02:28.800
point
47
00:02:28.800 --> 00:02:31.920
for feeling this concept.
Tyler Ferrell is the only person in the world named to Golf Digest's list of
Best
Young Teachers in
America AND its list of Best Golf Fitness Professionals in America.
Meet your new
instructor.
Angle Of Attack - Club To Ground
It has long been said that we should hit down on the irons and sweep the driver and fairway woods. But I find that a lot of golfers miss this subtle implication of that advice. If you are going to sweep the driver, then the clubhead has to be low before it hits the ball. This drill helps you bring your focus to where is the clubhead and how does it relate to the vertical path.
It has long been said that we should hit down on the irons and sweep the driver and fairway woods. But I find that a lot of golfers miss this subtle implication of that advice. If you are going to sweep the driver, then the clubhead has to be low before it hits the ball. This drill helps you bring your focus to where is the clubhead and how does it relate to the vertical path.
Hide
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.510
This drill is angle of attack club height to the ground. So basically what we
2
00:00:05.510 --> 00:00:05.560
're
3
00:00:05.560 --> 00:00:09.350
going to do in this drill is we're going to look at how high is the club off
4
00:00:09.350 --> 00:00:09.520
the
5
00:00:09.520 --> 00:00:12.880
ground and use that to relate to the angle of attack or the path through the
6
00:00:12.880 --> 00:00:17.900
golf ball kind of from high to low. So what a lot of amateur struggle with is
7
00:00:17.900 --> 00:00:18.040
if
8
00:00:18.040 --> 00:00:23.160
you're trying to hit a driver they will tend to have too much of a negative
9
00:00:23.160 --> 00:00:23.600
angle
10
00:00:23.600 --> 00:00:28.000
of attack or the club will be going downward kind of like so as it's making
11
00:00:28.000 --> 00:00:31.560
contact with the golf ball. So one way that I've had a lot of success
12
00:00:31.560 --> 00:00:32.120
explaining
13
00:00:32.120 --> 00:00:38.080
this to students is just with a simple spatial illustration. So if I were to
14
00:00:38.080 --> 00:00:38.320
tee
15
00:00:38.320 --> 00:00:44.520
up a golf ball just like so in order for the club to be going flat or hitting
16
00:00:44.520 --> 00:00:44.800
up
17
00:00:44.800 --> 00:00:49.820
on the golf ball the club head is going to have to be relatively low to the
18
00:00:49.820 --> 00:00:50.060
ground
19
00:00:50.060 --> 00:00:55.320
about a foot behind the golf ball even on the ground works pretty good. So if I
20
00:00:55.320 --> 00:00:59.610
was to take my normal driver setup and go into a good delivery position and
21
00:00:59.610 --> 00:00:59.680
then
22
00:00:59.680 --> 00:01:04.000
I was to continue using my body side bends and rotations you can see that the
23
00:01:04.000 --> 00:01:09.560
club is actually slightly lower than the golf ball so that when I go to extend
24
00:01:09.560 --> 00:01:09.680
my
25
00:01:09.680 --> 00:01:13.840
arms it's actually hitting it slightly on the way up. What a lot of golfers who
26
00:01:13.840 --> 00:01:20.960
struggle with the driver tend to do is they will do the angle of attack similar
27
00:01:20.960 --> 00:01:25.400
to if I had an iron. So if I were to take my normal iron setup and get into
28
00:01:25.400 --> 00:01:25.520
that
29
00:01:25.520 --> 00:01:28.920
same delivery position but now with my upper body slightly in front because I'm
30
00:01:28.920 --> 00:01:33.160
doing a good iron swing what you'll see is when I'm a foot behind the golf ball
31
00:01:33.160 --> 00:01:38.440
the club is going to be you know three four five six inches off the ground
32
00:01:38.440 --> 00:01:43.760
because it's going to be traveling downward when I make contact as opposed
33
00:01:43.760 --> 00:01:50.720
to upward like it would with the driver. So you can use this club height to the
34
00:01:50.720 --> 00:01:56.640
ground as a great reference for your angle of attack. So if you look on video
35
00:01:56.640 --> 00:01:56.840
and
36
00:01:56.840 --> 00:02:00.630
you happen to see that the driver looks like this when it's even with your
37
00:02:00.630 --> 00:02:00.920
right
38
00:02:00.920 --> 00:02:04.520
thigh you're gonna have to straighten your arms but the club is going to be
39
00:02:04.520 --> 00:02:09.640
probably traveling downward as you make contact with it. So one of your
40
00:02:09.640 --> 00:02:10.280
challenges
41
00:02:10.280 --> 00:02:15.490
is to get the club almost on the ground even or just in front of your right
42
00:02:15.490 --> 00:02:15.720
foot
43
00:02:15.720 --> 00:02:20.240
so that when you swing through with the driver you can hit the driver on a flat
44
00:02:20.240 --> 00:02:25.040
or slightly upswing. This is that classic sweeping image that they talk
45
00:02:25.040 --> 00:02:28.560
about we're just going to use the height to the ground as a good reference
46
00:02:28.560 --> 00:02:28.800
point
47
00:02:28.800 --> 00:02:31.920
for feeling this concept.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.510
This drill is angle of attack club height to the ground. So basically what we
2
00:00:05.510 --> 00:00:05.560
're
3
00:00:05.560 --> 00:00:09.350
going to do in this drill is we're going to look at how high is the club off
4
00:00:09.350 --> 00:00:09.520
the
5
00:00:09.520 --> 00:00:12.880
ground and use that to relate to the angle of attack or the path through the
6
00:00:12.880 --> 00:00:17.900
golf ball kind of from high to low. So what a lot of amateur struggle with is
7
00:00:17.900 --> 00:00:18.040
if
8
00:00:18.040 --> 00:00:23.160
you're trying to hit a driver they will tend to have too much of a negative
9
00:00:23.160 --> 00:00:23.600
angle
10
00:00:23.600 --> 00:00:28.000
of attack or the club will be going downward kind of like so as it's making
11
00:00:28.000 --> 00:00:31.560
contact with the golf ball. So one way that I've had a lot of success
12
00:00:31.560 --> 00:00:32.120
explaining
13
00:00:32.120 --> 00:00:38.080
this to students is just with a simple spatial illustration. So if I were to
14
00:00:38.080 --> 00:00:38.320
tee
15
00:00:38.320 --> 00:00:44.520
up a golf ball just like so in order for the club to be going flat or hitting
16
00:00:44.520 --> 00:00:44.800
up
17
00:00:44.800 --> 00:00:49.820
on the golf ball the club head is going to have to be relatively low to the
18
00:00:49.820 --> 00:00:50.060
ground
19
00:00:50.060 --> 00:00:55.320
about a foot behind the golf ball even on the ground works pretty good. So if I
20
00:00:55.320 --> 00:00:59.610
was to take my normal driver setup and go into a good delivery position and
21
00:00:59.610 --> 00:00:59.680
then
22
00:00:59.680 --> 00:01:04.000
I was to continue using my body side bends and rotations you can see that the
23
00:01:04.000 --> 00:01:09.560
club is actually slightly lower than the golf ball so that when I go to extend
24
00:01:09.560 --> 00:01:09.680
my
25
00:01:09.680 --> 00:01:13.840
arms it's actually hitting it slightly on the way up. What a lot of golfers who
26
00:01:13.840 --> 00:01:20.960
struggle with the driver tend to do is they will do the angle of attack similar
27
00:01:20.960 --> 00:01:25.400
to if I had an iron. So if I were to take my normal iron setup and get into
28
00:01:25.400 --> 00:01:25.520
that
29
00:01:25.520 --> 00:01:28.920
same delivery position but now with my upper body slightly in front because I'm
30
00:01:28.920 --> 00:01:33.160
doing a good iron swing what you'll see is when I'm a foot behind the golf ball
31
00:01:33.160 --> 00:01:38.440
the club is going to be you know three four five six inches off the ground
32
00:01:38.440 --> 00:01:43.760
because it's going to be traveling downward when I make contact as opposed
33
00:01:43.760 --> 00:01:50.720
to upward like it would with the driver. So you can use this club height to the
34
00:01:50.720 --> 00:01:56.640
ground as a great reference for your angle of attack. So if you look on video
35
00:01:56.640 --> 00:01:56.840
and
36
00:01:56.840 --> 00:02:00.630
you happen to see that the driver looks like this when it's even with your
37
00:02:00.630 --> 00:02:00.920
right
38
00:02:00.920 --> 00:02:04.520
thigh you're gonna have to straighten your arms but the club is going to be
39
00:02:04.520 --> 00:02:09.640
probably traveling downward as you make contact with it. So one of your
40
00:02:09.640 --> 00:02:10.280
challenges
41
00:02:10.280 --> 00:02:15.490
is to get the club almost on the ground even or just in front of your right
42
00:02:15.490 --> 00:02:15.720
foot
43
00:02:15.720 --> 00:02:20.240
so that when you swing through with the driver you can hit the driver on a flat
44
00:02:20.240 --> 00:02:25.040
or slightly upswing. This is that classic sweeping image that they talk
45
00:02:25.040 --> 00:02:28.560
about we're just going to use the height to the ground as a good reference
46
00:02:28.560 --> 00:02:28.800
point
47
00:02:28.800 --> 00:02:31.920
for feeling this concept.
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