Tom, I just watched your tip of the day and as I was mirroring you here in my office, I noticed that when I"m halfway up my clubface is a hair closed. I'm not rolling my wrists, manipulating anything at all. Is this bad?
Face angle relative to target line at impact determines starting direction. Face angle at impact relative to swing path determines curvature. There's your first lesson in Ball Flight 101.....🤣
If you navigate to the Appendix section of the Golf Swing Simplified course you'll find Tom's Golf Survival Guide. In the table of contents you'll see several pages on ball flight. In that same Appendix section immediately following the Survival Guide you'll see three lessons on ball flight.
Let me know if this information helps in your understanding.
@kevin - The first thing I would check is the clubface alignment at address. Oftentimes what we think is a square face on the ground can actually be slightly closed due to our somewhat skewed side-on view from a few feet above the ball. If you are absolutely certain it is square (or even a couple of degrees open), then check the following to ensure that your wrists are hinging properly and on autopilot: 1) Your grip is correct and includes some downward pressure from the trail hand onto the thumb of the lead hand, and 2) Your upper arm connections are intact.
Face angle relative to target line at impact determines starting direction. Face angle at impact relative to swing path determines curvature. There's your first lesson in Ball Flight 101.....🤣
If you navigate to the Appendix section of the Golf Swing Simplified course you'll find Tom's Golf Survival Guide. In the table of contents you'll see several pages on ball flight. In that same Appendix section immediately following the Survival Guide you'll see three lessons on ball flight.
Let me know if this information helps in your understanding.
Thanks!
Tom
Thanks, Tom. I do think I'm a slight bit closed at address! What does that cause? Pulls?
@kevin - The first thing I would check is the clubface alignment at address. Oftentimes what we think is a square face on the ground can actually be slightly closed due to our somewhat skewed side-on view from a few feet above the ball. If you are absolutely certain it is square (or even a couple of degrees open), then check the following to ensure that your wrists are hinging properly and on autopilot: 1) Your grip is correct and includes some downward pressure from the trail hand onto the thumb of the lead hand, and 2) Your upper arm connections are intact.
Let me know if this helps.
Thanks,
Tom