So, I came up with a new visulization on the fly and here’s how it goes. I asked him if he had ever skipped stones before. He’s pretty young but he said, “Sure, at our cottage.” I said great. So, I set out a towel on the ground and we backed away about 30 feel or so. I asked him to throw a ball like he was skipping a stone and try to fly the ball and land it on the towel. He gave it a nice and low sidearm throw but never really came close. I asked him if he could see how low the ball was and how shallow the angle to the target was. He said sure.
Then I told him to move up until he was six feet away. Make the same side arm throw and see how you do now. Obviously, he hit the towel everytime. Then I asked him if the ball angle of attack into the towel had changed. He said, “Yea, it’s more up and down instead of across now.”
Perfect. That’s what we need the club head to do. Your angle of attack was too similar to that far side arm throw. Within 2 balls, he was striking the ball then the turf and he had a bunch more speed with it. So I asked him how it felt different. He told me that he felt like he was trying to hit the ball so it would go deep into the ground.
Perfect, great picture. I really liked this picture. It made it very obvious why we want the clubhead to come in with a bent right wrist vs. a straight right wrist.
I hope this picture helps everyone.
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Great comment… one of greatest successes of the Golfer’s Footprint Swing Trainer is getting golfers to hit down and through impact. I love working with the kids and having them hit the yellow circle three time – get harder with each hit. Then I put a ball on the trainer and tell them not to hit the ball – hit the yellow circle – and wow.. the club goes down – the ball goes up – and the kids (and parents) are amazed. It’s why I love teaching…
Marshall