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The Laws of Ball flight

Here are the 5 ball flight laws that determine the flight of every shot that we hit. If we can learn to perfect these influences within the swing we can influence the golf ball to do what we want it to do. The ball does not always tell us what we want to hear, but it never lies. The ball is always reacting to one or more of these influences.  Fixing your ball flight will come from correcting one or more of these faults.

 
 
Golf Club Face Angle
Golf Club Path
Angle of Approach
Golf Clubhead Speed
Centeredness of hit on the golf club face

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Ball Flight Characteristics
 
Trajectory
Distance
Initial Direction
Curvature in the air

Copy this move and you will be fine.
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Relationships

Trajectory and Distance  Centeredness of hitAngle of ApproachClub head speed Initial Direction factors Club head PathClubface angleClub head speed Curvature in the air Relates to clubface positioning: (example) A swing with a perfect path and a clubface left at impact will cause the ball to curve to the left.

 

Great players set up for success during the swing.
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Correct set-up gives you the confidence to trust.
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Path of the Golf Club 

 

Greatest influence on golf ball-flight:

Initial Direction

 

Set up flaw:

Alignment, Ball position, Grip,

 

Greatest influence from the swing:

Shoulder rotation, too slow or too fast not returning to square shoulder position at impact.

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Clubface Angle

 

Greatest Influence on ball-flight:

Curvature of the ball in the air.

 

Greatest Set up Flaw:

Grip, Aim, Alignment.

 

Greatest influence from the swing: 

Manipulation of the hands.

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Angle of Approach

 

Greatest Influence on golf ball flight:

Fat, thin or topped

 

Greatest set up Flaw:

Posture, Ball position, Grip

 

Greatest influence from the golf swing:

Arms and body working together, Plane, Uneducated hands.

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Clubhead Speed

 

Greatest influence on ball flight:

Distance.

 

Greatest influence set-up:

Grip, Alignment, Ball Position

 

Greatest influence from the swing:

Release, Forearm  rotation, length of arms, strength, co-ordination, line of compression, applied force from pivot of the mid-section and linkage of the mechanics.

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Center Hit (ideally sweetspot)

 

Greatest influence on golf ball flight:

distance and direction

 

Greatest set-up flaw:

Ball position, grip, posture, aim and alignment.

 

Greatest influence swing:

Trained hands, monitoring and delivering the clubface.

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Print

Faults work in pairs. A set-up fault will generally lead to a swing fault or manipulation. If we have two set-up faults we may need two manipulations to get the ball to the target. Now if we have 5 set up faults we have to time a lot of manipulations. You get the picture?

 

When looking at your ball-flight please assess your set-up first before working on steering the ball with the clubface. 

 

 

If you need more help, book in with your favorite P.G.A professional to get set-up for consistently long and straight shots.

 

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