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Hey Shawn, I have been noticing that my distance seems to drop off as my clubs get longer. Today I was at a Top Tracer range, so I got carry and roll distances but no spin numbers. I hit my 6i about 180 carry, the 5i was not that much farther, the 4 hybrid 22º was about 190, the 3h 19º was 195-200 and my driver was ranging from 205-230 on my best shots.
The question is what is causing the apparent drop off in distance with the driver? I am guessing it has to be launch and spin? I have a GC Quad simulator on order but it will not be here until April.
Also I do not seem to be able to get distance with the range balls, but when I play, my distances are much longer with the Driver and longer clubs – according to Arccos.
Thanks,
Andy
The range you are practicing at has limited flight balls it looks like; this is exactly what happens to my distances when practicing at a range like that. If you are able to get 180 on a 6 iron, you are all good!!
Well another day another epiphany 🙂 I went out back to hit maybe 20 balls due to a sore arm, and was trying to do the 2 ball drill. I can not seem to do it because there is nothing that I am swinging at or to (no task) for that second swing other than swinging. That is the reason I stoped taking practice swings 30 years ago.
So I modified the drill. I put a second ball down just past the first ball. Not perpetual motion because the first shot/swing is normal. I hit ball 1 and then ball two – bingo, everything locks in and makes sense.
Next step – let’s not line the balls up, let’s move them around to make it harder. This is even more fun since I really have to react to various ball positions and also the ball from shot 1 coming back from the net. If 2 balls is good, 3 balls is better. Now I changed the ball positions to be a triangle or a diagonal line, or any combo you could think of. And 150 balls later I had had a practice session that really showed me what it was like to eliminate all thought and just react while swinging the club.
The ball contact was amazing and I could evaluate what was happening with each swing (contact quality), line up the next swing and watch out so I did not hit 2 balls at once with return balls.
This was the most fun I have ever had practicing. Lots more laughing and it locked in my regular swing because as you have said, I am thinking that next swing so my posture is better maintained and I am really focused on the task at hand for my swing.
Thanks for all the great drills and videos! I think the modified 2-swing drill is going to be my stock practice method from now on. Oh yeah, I was using a hybrid and a 6 iron and thought how would it work with a driver? Yup, it totally works with a driver – flushed them all 🙂
Wow! This is so cool! Would love to see a little video of one of those series!
OK -0 I tried to reproduce the magic today – it was fairly cold and I did not warm up well and had some bad shots mixed in here – I left everything in for realism 🙂 The first video is 6 iron, then 4 hybrid and finally 5w. The second video is with the driver. I noticed today when I was editing these that my footwork was really bad. My stance was too wide and I was really flaring my left foot towards the target. Always fun to watch what is really going on.
Video #1
Video #2 – Driver
I did not produce the videos at the resolution they were recorded at and they are a touch blurry. You can get the idea of what I was talking about even though day 2 was not as successful as day 1 – I will continue to refine the process – and I think that is kind of the Wisdom in Golf way – you give us things to apply to our swing and we run with the ball and experiment to get to know our swings better so that we are better golfers and can diagnose things better (not fix things, but to understand what is happening).
Keep that twin angle camera coming…it’s a big help. Thanks again for the driver setup review videos.
Thanks for another great video. The paint brush video was brilliant.
That is now my main task! I combine that with the 2 swing drill and plug that into my pre-motor cortex just before I make my swings; just live the results and the way it activates my CNS and my Kinetic chain! 👌💪👍😀
Shaun Clement, you freeking genius. x6 balls over the fence at the back of the range today, no wind and cold golf balls. I nailed everything, irons, and woods. My club head speed must have increased by 10% since listening to you. This will make you laugh, but timing-wise, I was mentally swinging a dog lead, waiting for it to hit my back before starting the downswing – it really helped – weird – but that was my mental image. Everything came together today.
How cool is that! You the man! Yes, I know what you mean about the Dog Lead; you have to wait for it to settle before you sling it into the picture! Gather it before delivering it!
👌💪👍😀