I see that you recommend even more weight on left side with longer clubs. I have found for me that when I want to get that nice upswing on driver, that my weight is more balanced. I like to tilt my torso to the right(I'm a right handed golfer) to get that upward path and launch the ball higher. If I don't tilt and balance my weight(at least my perception), but simply have weight on the left side, that my path is a bit steep and I will hit lower line drives with my driver. Any thoughts are appreciated in advance. Thank you, just joined today to become a member.
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@Tom Saguto Yes, your how to fade the driver video helped me also. I got 15 holes in today, 7 pars and 1 birdie. Thanks brother!
@Doug S - Remember, if it feels different/weird and/or doesn't make sense to you, then you're probably on the right track.....🤣
As a follow up from my original post. I don't think tilting to the right and keeping weight balanced is all that good for the lower back. Especially if you want to swing hard, like we all tend to do with driver, lol. So yesterday I tried something different to hit ball on upswing. Weight forward, closed stance, ball high and forward. The idea being I would catch the ball on upswing as the club is going around and starting to come up. I think I had ONE good drive the entire day, high draw that stayed in fairway, actually it didn't I was a few feet to the right of the car path. Everything else was anything from a duck hook to thin low shots, not good! So lesson to self, listen to Tom.
I was happy though because my iron play was KFC!
@Doug S - If you'd like to tag someone directly as @Gerry_Lager did to you or as I just did here (twice, actually 😂), just use the "@" sign followed by to first few letters/numbers of that person's Forum name. You should then see some choices appear from which you can simply select the correct one.
As for hitting up with the driver, think of proper impact position - hands leading the clubface, bowed lead wrist. It'd be difficult to retain those angles if we were actually hitting up on it. So, perhaps with the exception of folks with slower swing speeds – or those Long Drive participants using extra high tees and hitting maybe 1-2 balls out of 10 onto a 60-yard wide "fairway" - the path is still ever so slightly down. In fact, believe it or not the PGA Tour average with the driver is actually minus (e.g.: downward) 1.3 degrees - nearly level but slightly down nonetheless! Thus, I do not advocate trying to hit up on the ball, and efforts to do so due to erroneous advice has caused many an amateur significant issues with their driver.
The additional forward weight load with the longer clubs syncs up the low point of the swing with the more forward ball position; it has nothing to do with creating steepness. Shaft length - not weight distribution - determines backswing path; the longer the shaft, the more around the body the club should naturally work. With the driver setup we emphasize this even more by pushing the hands slightly farther from the body.
Having said this, as I regularly tell folks, let your ball striking and shot shape be your guides. The vast majority of my students and members drive the ball considerably longer after properly ingraining and trusting the S&T swing, however it's your swing, your game, your decision!
@Doug S ... I have similar situation. Line drives and when using my simulator my backspin is really high. I too need to get more launch and lower backspin rate. This is a part of my game I need to improve so i'm not 150+ out on my second shots.