Best ways to lower dynamic loft

[tongzilla]

Let's say you have a pretty orthodox looking swing but you think your dynamic loft is a few degrees to high and you want to lower it a bit.

Without doing something goofy like tugging, dragging, forcing some arch in left wrist, putting ball way back in stance, etc (which tends to steepen attack angle too much), what are some ways to deloft the club at impact?

 

[ej20]

What's wrong with arching the left wrist?Demaret and Hogan did it.Not saying you need to do it as much as they did but that is the only way to take loft off a club in my opinion.Another added bonus is that you get ball first contact without fail for all shots hit off the fairway,just like Hogan said.Punch shots are great under pressure.

On teed up shots,arching is not necessary especially if you want some height.The old teaching philosophy of hitting down with your irons and up with your driver was not too far off the mark.

 

[Kevin Shields]

Lower your plane angle. It can allow your hand path to move more left while the club head is still coming from the inside and thus cover the ball more

 

[wulsy]

Which plane?

 

[coach]

Which plane?

And how would you do that ?

 

[lia41985]

1.) VSP

2.) More tangential to the trail side (sagittal plane) and posterior side (coronal plane)--"back, behind, and down."

old Trackman numbers for Rory and Sergio:

 

[Burner]

1.) VSP

2.) More tangential to the trail side (sagittal plane) and posterior side (coronal plane)--"back, behind, and down."

I love it when you talk dirty.

 

[Robbierob99]

I had a similar issue... Turned out I had something goofy going on with my pivot, perhaps had a little weight going out towards my left toes, and a physical evaluation (TPI) exposed some gluteus medius weaknesses (surprisingly NO flexibility issues). Few weeks/months of "prescribed" targeted work-outs and my dynamic loft problems vanished.

In the end, it was basically a HAND PATH issue related to a goofy pivot... those go hand in hand a lot of time i'd think.


Maybe a good "drill" to help getting a feel for what LOWER dynamic loft feels like is hitting low spin "punch shots" like Brian Talked about here: British Open, Links golf tips - Video | GOLF.com

Works for me.

 

[Kevin Shields]

Which plane?

Shaft plane

 

[Kevin Shields]

And how would you do that ?

It'll be in my November article

 

[Burner]

Shaft plane

There goes another one with more of that salacious talk!

 

[KGlennCole]

It'll be in my November article

What November article? Where? Inquiring minds just gotta know.

 

[Kevin Shields]

What November article? Where? Inquiring minds just gotta know.

I was only kidding. Coach prefers another source of info over ours.

 

[KGlennCole]

I was only kidding. Coach prefers another source of info over ours.

Kevin, Thought so. But, had to ask..

 

[wulsy]

Less tumble, Kev?

 

[Kevin Shields]

Less tumble, Kev?

Why less?

 

[wulsy]

My less tumble thought came out of wanting the shaft plane flatter in the downswing therefore needing either more reverse tumble OR less pronounced tumble so that the head stayed back/behind for longer. Of course, thinking about it, more reverse tumble would actually require more tumble. Was this where the confusion arose from? Or were you thinking along different lines?

 

[Kevin Shields]

Yes. The more the shaft lays down to lower the potential flight via less loft. Not just sticking it back in your stance and getting steep on it

 

[cwdlaw223]

I just buy lower lofted drivers!!!!!