by Ryan | Nov 16, 2015 | Ball Flight, Club Face, Club Path, Driver, Fitting, Gear Effect, Power, Shot Shape, Smash, Speed, Spin Axis, Spin Rate, Uncategorized
Spin Axis (right handers) It is incredible the effect ball contact has on shot shape, and knowing this can help you understand why a ball flies the way it does!We must first understand what happens with the ball that creates shot shape… Although some of...
by Ryan | Jun 7, 2015 | Angle Of Attack, Aoa, Bunkers, Coaching, Mental Game, Sand, Scoring, Spin Rate, Uncategorized
Getting safely out of a fairway bunker can be the difference in 1 to 2 shots for your score. As with many of the shots in this game, we need to look not only at the physical cues necessary for success, but also some of the mental pitfalls that can make the...
by Ryan | Sep 24, 2014 | Angle Of Attack, Aoa, Bunkers, Flop, Sand, Short Game, Spin Rate, Uncategorized, Wedges
The most dangerous shot in golf… You’ve short sided your self in a bunker with the pin cut close to the edge and the green is running away from you. The only option is to hit something high & soft, and not very far.First and foremost,...
by Ryan | Sep 8, 2014 | Angle Of Attack, Aoa, Ball Flight, Scoring, Short Game, Spin Rate, Uncategorized, Wedges
There have been many things said about how to get your wedges to spin more, and some of them were correct to a certain degree, however, we aim to get past many of the myths with this edition. First & foremost, hitting down on the ball does not make it spin...
by Ryan | May 21, 2014 | Angle Of Attack, Aoa, Distance, Driver, Launch Angle, Pga Tour, Spin Rate, Uncategorized
In our world of golf, we finally have some proof of what most of us have thought for years….the key to lower scoring is distance, not putting! There is a great book out by Mark Brodie, a statistician, who has evidence that the correlation to your position...
by Ryan | May 8, 2014 | Distance, Driver, Launch Angle, Spin Rate, Uncategorized
In the great quest for more distance and control with the driver, a closer look must be given to spin rate and the accompanying launch angle. There are many different options of spin rates and launch angles that will vary, not only based on ball speed, but also...
