This is insane! #golf

If this 🧵thread🧵 doesn't highlight how good we ALL have to be at this game, I don't know what will.

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Here we see a square clubface with an iron. With a square path, this would go straight

See more 👇👇 Now we see a face that is just 1 deg closed (left image)

At 170 yards with a 7 iron, this would go about 5-6 yards left (with the same club path), as shown on the map with the yellow line.

You'll hit most greens with this.

Want to hit longer #golf drives? Read this 🧵thread🧵

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The LAUNCH ANGLE of our drives is very important for distance.

Launch angle, or LA, refers to the initial launch of the golf ball. The ball launches between the loft and the face, typically closer to the face.

So even if your angle of attack is down (red), if the face angle points to green, the ball can still launch up.

The ball will typically launch closer to the face (around 75% closer)

Are you a slicer or hooker of the #golf ball? Read this thread 🧵

Golfers often have a hard time changing their club path, sometimes spending many years trying to go from an out to in path to hitting their first draws.

This easy drill bypasses a lot of hard work 👇👇👇

First thing's first - please understand that changing, or even neutralizing, your path is not going to guarantee great shots.

Path direction simply determines the SHAPE of your good shots.

in-to-out players will draw onto their target
out-to-in players will fade onto theirs

Do whatever you have to.

Stick a tee behind your ear, or switch your change from right pocket to left if that's what you feel works.

But it's an absolute fact that if you don't satisfy impact, you're not going to hit a good shot.

What are the laws of impact? Read 👇👇👇👇 1. Ground contact

With full shots struck from the ground, the club should contact the ball first. It then may or may not enter the turf, but if it does, it will be after the ball has been struck

How to increase compression in your #golf shots.

This thread explains how 👇👇👇 Let's start with what compression is NOT

Most people think it's like the first image, where the ball squeezes against the ground. In fact, many tour pros have said this is what happens.

It doesn't

The ball actually shoots up off the loft of the face. Like below

Golfers, here are a few practice ideas for you.

If you've been putting in the work and not getting better (or if you just want to supercharge your learning) this will be a good thread for you.

#Golf #GolfSwing 1. Mix it up - studies have shown that switching between tasks shows greater learning long term (retention of performance), as well as transferring to the actual game

Top 11 tips to play your worst #golf

1. Go down a Youtube rabbit hole.

Try every swing tip, even if it has no relevance to your own swing. Follow every trend. Hooking it? Watch that video on lead wrist flexion and try to implement it 2. Make your practice nothing like your play

Hit balls from the same spot, over and over, with the same club, to the same target. In fact, don't even have a target.... just hit them into the aether, using the full width of the range as your barometer of success

In golf, we are never fixed.

We are always trying to find balance. But even when you find it you won’t stay there forever. Sometimes we revert back, and other times we might over-do a change that initially balanced us.

Read on.... E.g. if you’re a slicer who presents the face open, learning how to close it more will put you in balance

However, next day, the same feel (for many reasons) may now produce a left shot

While this is kind of obvious to anyone who has played, what’s the antidote to this?

Here are a few ideas for you to improve your ground contact in #golf. We all know how important it is

Just a small error here can render the shot useless, even if the swing looks perfect

Continue this thread to learn more… The first step would be to get some feedback.

The simplest form would be a tee on the ground next to the ball, so you can check divot starting location (relative to where the ball was)

Someone recently asked on FB

"What is the best way to develop clubface"?

Great question. Read more of this thread to learn a couple of ways I've found to be effective. You could obviously play around with a technical move that relates to face position.

For example, more lead wrist supination at the bottom (think closing the face down via lead wrist roll) vs less (think holding off the rotation of the forearm).