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Ball Curvature Fix Concept
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Ball Curvature Fix Concept
I listen to golf podcasts regularly, and one of my favorites is "Golf In The Life". I recently listened to a two part broadcast featuring Jim Hardy, who is a one plane swing advocate. I read his book "The Plane Truth For Golfers" several years back.
I'm now reading a new book that he was talking about in the podcast called "Solid Contact" which I bought because he claimed that most golf swing problems have a "one fix" solution. Spoiler alert - if ain't so. He stated that if that fix doesn't work try this, then this, etc.
However, the book does have redeeming value.
I got that from Jim Hardy, and interestingly it wasn't from the book - it was from the podcast which was recorded well after the book was published. Apparently Jim Hardy is open to new concepts also.
Concepts
The reason that I pay close attention to concepts, or new ways to express concepts to my students, is that I believe that they are instrumental in improving your swing and your game in general.
It has been scientifically proven that thinking often, deeply, and correctly about a swing concept actually reinforces the neural pathways in your brain that you are physically working on to create your swing skills.
The Important Concept From The Podcast
Every golfer who studies ball flight, and every student that I teach. gets exposed to the physics involved in the curvature of ball flight.
- The ball curves left to right or right to left because at impact the clubface is either open to the path (left to right curvature) or it's closed to the path (right to left curvature).
- A ball curves left to right because the path is to the left of the clubface, and the ball curves right to left because
the path is to the right of the clubface.
To me this concept is profound in it's simplicity.
His research showed that better players that were experiencing unwanted or unexpected curvature were actually zeroing out the clubface at impact. That means that the face was square to their intended target.
Most players experiencing unwanted curvature think that the clubface orientation to the path is the first thing that needs to be addressed, when actually a path direction adjustment may need to considered first.
I'm making an experienced based guess here that there may be players in addition to "high level players" that are also zeroing out the face at impact and observing unwanted curvature.
The profound takeaway here is to add the thought of the path having at least equal weight in influencing the curvature in addition to the clubface orientation, and perhaps trying a path related fix initially - not the more frequently recommended face orientation related fix first.
I'm not suggesting that you should ignore the face fix as an option, just that you give each a try separately and see what works best.
A ball curves left to right because the path is to the left of the clubface, and the ball curves right to left because the path is to the right of the clubface..
Don't let the simlplicity fool you - think about it, you might like it.
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