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Identify Path vs. Face Issues for Better Contact

After this video, you'll be able to:

  • Recognize if your contact issues are due to path or face alignment
  • Understand how path tendencies affect your overall contact
  • Identify key adjustments for improving your swing path and face angle

Learn how to quickly determine whether your golf swing issues stem from path or face problems, and why this distinction is crucial for solid contact on the course.

Video Transcript
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this video is path for contact face for control so I have I had a student on

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here who asked if there was a quick way he could on the golf course determine

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if

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it was more of a face or a path problem so as you can imagine most golf

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problems

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or golf swing issues have a face and a path component so they might have the

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path coming way into out or they might have the path going way out in and the

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face that is either too open or too closed so it can be challenging to figure

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out

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where to start so as a general rule there there are always exceptions but as a

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general rule if you are having contact issues then your path is off if you're

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having contact issues then there's a path problem if you're having contact

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issues it's path either from the down the line getting too much in the out or

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too much out to in or getting too too flat for the club or too upright for the

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club or it could be from the face on camera too much of a low point behind

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the ball or too much of a low point never getting down to the golf ball

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those are all path issues and if you have a path issue you're not going to make

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solid contact because essentially a good solid shot results from having a

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relatively neutral path so if you are struggling out on the course and it's

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mostly contact issues run through your old ex of what are my normal path

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tendencies and what are some of my normal path solutions those are probably

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the better place to start now if you're having more of a direction issue let's

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say it's either hitting big pulls or hitting shots that slice a whole bunch or

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hook a bunch if you're having more of a direction issue then I'd tend to think

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more about the club face again both each situation is typically going to have a

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path and a face component to it but if the main problem is contact is usually

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path if the main problem is more direction then it's usually club face

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common club face issues are either not getting it closed early enough not

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having

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it close gradually enough or using the path to adjust for a club that

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basically never gets closed so I could either not close the club face and stand

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up to kind of flip it and I could get really big blocks or hooks or I could

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never close the club face and so I just swing left enough so that it's pointing

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in the direction of the target but I hit a lot of thin shots I have really

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steep

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contact especially with the driver so ultimately your goal is to figure out a

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face and path combination that gives you good low point and direction control

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but if you're struggling out there on the course or if it's more of a long-term

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struggle and you're trying to use video to help diagnose you can use your

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feedback to help guide what you see on the video if it's more contact look at

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path from both face on and down the line and if it's more direction look at

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face control especially from about shaft parallel here until shaft parallel

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parallel through there hopefully with some practice you'll be able to dial in

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00:03:19.880 --> 00:03:22.080
both

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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.

Identify Path vs. Face Issues for Better Contact

After this video, you'll be able to:

  • Recognize if your contact issues are due to path or face alignment
  • Understand how path tendencies affect your overall contact
  • Identify key adjustments for improving your swing path and face angle

Learn how to quickly determine whether your golf swing issues stem from path or face problems, and why this distinction is crucial for solid contact on the course.

Video Transcript
WEBVTT

1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.680
this video is path for contact face for control so I have I had a student on

2
00:00:07.680 --> 00:00:12.920
here who asked if there was a quick way he could on the golf course determine

3
00:00:12.920 --> 00:00:13.000
if

4
00:00:13.000 --> 00:00:17.530
it was more of a face or a path problem so as you can imagine most golf

5
00:00:17.530 --> 00:00:18.040
problems

6
00:00:18.040 --> 00:00:23.440
or golf swing issues have a face and a path component so they might have the

7
00:00:23.440 --> 00:00:28.240
path coming way into out or they might have the path going way out in and the

8
00:00:28.240 --> 00:00:34.160
face that is either too open or too closed so it can be challenging to figure

9
00:00:34.160 --> 00:00:34.200
out

10
00:00:34.200 --> 00:00:39.760
where to start so as a general rule there there are always exceptions but as a

11
00:00:39.760 --> 00:00:44.240
general rule if you are having contact issues then your path is off if you're

12
00:00:44.240 --> 00:00:47.960
having contact issues then there's a path problem if you're having contact

13
00:00:47.960 --> 00:00:53.040
issues it's path either from the down the line getting too much in the out or

14
00:00:53.040 --> 00:00:59.680
too much out to in or getting too too flat for the club or too upright for the

15
00:00:59.680 --> 00:01:05.280
club or it could be from the face on camera too much of a low point behind

16
00:01:05.280 --> 00:01:09.360
the ball or too much of a low point never getting down to the golf ball

17
00:01:09.360 --> 00:01:14.640
those are all path issues and if you have a path issue you're not going to make

18
00:01:14.640 --> 00:01:20.000
solid contact because essentially a good solid shot results from having a

19
00:01:20.000 --> 00:01:26.960
relatively neutral path so if you are struggling out on the course and it's

20
00:01:26.960 --> 00:01:32.120
mostly contact issues run through your old ex of what are my normal path

21
00:01:32.120 --> 00:01:35.600
tendencies and what are some of my normal path solutions those are probably

22
00:01:35.600 --> 00:01:41.280
the better place to start now if you're having more of a direction issue let's

23
00:01:41.280 --> 00:01:46.160
say it's either hitting big pulls or hitting shots that slice a whole bunch or

24
00:01:46.160 --> 00:01:51.080
hook a bunch if you're having more of a direction issue then I'd tend to think

25
00:01:51.080 --> 00:01:56.160
more about the club face again both each situation is typically going to have a

26
00:01:56.160 --> 00:02:01.700
path and a face component to it but if the main problem is contact is usually

27
00:02:01.700 --> 00:02:06.120
path if the main problem is more direction then it's usually club face

28
00:02:06.120 --> 00:02:11.760
common club face issues are either not getting it closed early enough not

29
00:02:11.760 --> 00:02:12.160
having

30
00:02:12.160 --> 00:02:18.760
it close gradually enough or using the path to adjust for a club that

31
00:02:18.760 --> 00:02:26.160
basically never gets closed so I could either not close the club face and stand

32
00:02:26.160 --> 00:02:31.440
up to kind of flip it and I could get really big blocks or hooks or I could

33
00:02:31.440 --> 00:02:37.840
never close the club face and so I just swing left enough so that it's pointing

34
00:02:37.840 --> 00:02:40.940
in the direction of the target but I hit a lot of thin shots I have really

35
00:02:40.940 --> 00:02:41.160
steep

36
00:02:41.160 --> 00:02:47.040
contact especially with the driver so ultimately your goal is to figure out a

37
00:02:47.040 --> 00:02:52.640
face and path combination that gives you good low point and direction control

38
00:02:52.640 --> 00:02:56.520
but if you're struggling out there on the course or if it's more of a long-term

39
00:02:56.520 --> 00:03:01.840
struggle and you're trying to use video to help diagnose you can use your

40
00:03:01.840 --> 00:03:06.280
feedback to help guide what you see on the video if it's more contact look at

41
00:03:06.280 --> 00:03:10.880
path from both face on and down the line and if it's more direction look at

42
00:03:10.880 --> 00:03:15.120
face control especially from about shaft parallel here until shaft parallel

43
00:03:15.120 --> 00:03:19.880
parallel through there hopefully with some practice you'll be able to dial in

44
00:03:19.880 --> 00:03:22.080
both

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