2.8 is great. Any time I start hitting thin shots I know something in my swing is not interfering wiht the club head to reach the ground at impact. Here's my checklist:
Standing too far away from the ball. Wedges are obviously some of the shortest clubs in the bag aside from the putter. Plus, typically the "prior shot" that we hit before hitting a short iron is often a driver or a long iron/hybrid. Thus by default it's easy to setup too far away from the ball with the short irons.
Shoulder tilt / swing plane. Tom's recent video about getting the shoulder to point at the ball at the top was excellent because he noted in the video that pointing the lead shoulder at the ball with a shorter irons requires close attention.
Shoulders flattening at the top and/or on the downswing. This correlates to the above because many folks start their backswing with good shoulder tilt, but then as the club reaches the top their shoulders start to flatten. On top of that, many folks flatten their shoulders even more on the downswing. This will very likely promote a right hand flip because the swing plane is too flat.
Stance Width. A narrower stance promotes a more downward arc while a wider stance promotes a shallow arc, like with a driver. The driver stance arc is like a United Airlines plane landing on a runway. A PW stance is more like a fighter jet landing on an aircraft carrier, or a steeper angle of attack. Almost every time I see a guy sky his driver is because the stance was too narrow. Think of it this way, take as super wide a stance and try to hit the ground, then put your feet together and swing. The latter will be promote the steepest angle of attack.
Weight Rocking. If I start off with too much weight on my toes I will rock back to my heels on the backswing. At that point my torso has moved away from the ball with a front to back motion. Thus on the downswing I am too far away to get the club back to the ball, thus the only saving movement is to flip the right hand to "make the club longer" to reach the ball.
2.8 is great. Any time I start hitting thin shots I know something in my swing is not interfering wiht the club head to reach the ground at impact. Here's my checklist:
Standing too far away from the ball. Wedges are obviously some of the shortest clubs in the bag aside from the putter. Plus, typically the "prior shot" that we hit before hitting a short iron is often a driver or a long iron/hybrid. Thus by default it's easy to setup too far away from the ball with the short irons.
Shoulder tilt / swing plane. Tom's recent video about getting the shoulder to point at the ball at the top was excellent because he noted in the video that pointing the lead shoulder at the ball with a shorter irons requires close attention.
Shoulders flattening at the top and/or on the downswing. This correlates to the above because many folks start their backswing with good shoulder tilt, but then as the club reaches the top their shoulders start to flatten. On top of that, many folks flatten their shoulders even more on the downswing. This will very likely promote a right hand flip because the swing plane is too flat.
Stance Width. A narrower stance promotes a more downward arc while a wider stance promotes a shallow arc, like with a driver. The driver stance arc is like a United Airlines plane landing on a runway. A PW stance is more like a fighter jet landing on an aircraft carrier, or a steeper angle of attack. Almost every time I see a guy sky his driver is because the stance was too narrow. Think of it this way, take as super wide a stance and try to hit the ground, then put your feet together and swing. The latter will be promote the steepest angle of attack.
Weight Rocking. If I start off with too much weight on my toes I will rock back to my heels on the backswing. At that point my torso has moved away from the ball with a front to back motion. Thus on the downswing I am too far away to get the club back to the ball, thus the only saving movement is to flip the right hand to "make the club longer" to reach the ball.