Bear in mind these launch monitor geeks tell me you can get lower spin rates and better trajectories when the Clubhead is going up during Impact.
Long before the advent of launch monitors and long before 'hiting up' with the Driver became all the rage, Homer Kelley had it figured out. He said that when the ball is struck after Low Point (the geometrically correct way to 'hit up'), there is less Compression Leakage due to backspin. The ball goes further, yes, but the trade-off is that you have less control.
Long before the advent of launch monitors and long before 'hiting up' with the Driver became all the rage, Homer Kelley had it figured out. He said that when the ball is struck after Low Point (the geometrically correct way to 'hit up'), there is less Compression Leakage due to backspin. The ball goes further, yes, but the trade-off is that you have less control.
Nice....Lil Green Man...the "trade-off" has been become altered do to tchnology...If you don't care to fix the motion....fix the equipment for the compensation....
I saw this happening when roming the range of PGA,LPGA, and Nationwide tour events..
probably the coolest..."Jimmy-Rig" was when Bobby Clampett was testing out a driver that had the bent shaft like the zebra putter...but it was in a driver...Bobby said" Can you bend it somemore to take a little more of the curve of the ball out!"
Now it's more like move/change a weight here or there....
Long before the advent of launch monitors and long before 'hiting up' with the Driver became all the rage, Homer Kelley had it figured out. He said that when the ball is struck after Low Point (the geometrically correct way to 'hit up'), there is less Compression Leakage due to backspin. The ball goes further, yes, but the trade-off is that you have less control.
That's right Yoda, thanks for reminding us.
Can you explain further why there is less control? Is it purely because there is less backspin? Or are there other factors such as loosing the down-out-and-forwards Impact, or flail going into Angular Deceleration, etc.?
The camera angle must be exact to accurately measure this kind of thing. It should be exactly at a right angle to the player's plane line, directly across from the ball.
There was a fellow that played the Nationwide Tour, and won a tournament, that played the ball forward of the left shoulder(with a driver). His left wrist became the fulcrum... and he was very long, and usually straight. (Rob McKelvey)
Also... take a look at Billy Andrade, and Todd Hamilton... not sure, but they may be in similar positions.
I once saw some footage of Evan Williams(Big Cat)... he had a similar look.(Long Driver)
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