swing problems

[GreeBoman]

Re: swing problems

If the equator of the ball is not above the crown and you do not ground the club, you can not sky a ball. It's just not possible. Skying the ball is a result of one of those two, or both. Try it out if you disagree....

You do not hit straight down on top of the ball with your irons. You are striking with a descending blow, but you are still going to hit the ball at the equator of the ball or lower with the clubface. You are not trying to drive the ball into the ground!!! We hit the ball on the downswing to improve the chances of a good strike as well as creating more backspin. When the ball is resting on the turf, it is difficult to hit hit exactly at the bottom of your swing and even harder to hit on the upswing without chunking or thinning the ball. If this isn't true, how do you hit an iron off the tee??? The ball ONLY compresses on the clubface. That is what propels the ball forward, and depending on the angle of the clubface, the launch angle. Watch this video to see how compression works with the clubface (it's right at the end) http://www.golf-tuition-online.com/v...cat/500/page/1

But if you move the ball back in your stance you also have to lower it.
When you hit an iron off the tee you are sitll hitting it with a descending blow, lower irons are hit on the upstroke to promote a high ball flight with the lower loft.
Actually you are driving the ball into the ground, but the path of least resistance for the ball is to roll up the clubface and into the air, the roll causes backspin which in turn helps the ball into the air and to stay there.
Actually you are trying to hit the equator of the ball every time, anything else loser forward momentum.

At this point I think we are not helping the OP so I will bow out.