For Brian/Academy:- Underplane/Fatshots and Steep swings

[welshdentist]

What are the main causes of golfers being underplane?

Are there any main rules to keeping low point consistent?

As someone who can get very underplane coming down, is it at all possible to get "steep" into the ball to try to compenste for this?

I noticed after reading this mornings discussion on underplane short shots ending up causing a "yip" type swing. I certainly used to hit it REALLY FAT with wedges with a "shallowish" type divot, I know realise this was due to being very underplane (I will still hit the occasional full shot VERY fat when I get underplane/stop pivoting)

I feel this is what caused me to move onto a right shoulder/arm shove causing very low shots/thins/fats/VERY DEEP divots as a fear of hitting it fat, basically chip yips due to poor technique causing a fearful "dig"

I am hitting loads of shots of all lengths with a towel plane board to try to cure being underplane but sometimes I get too steep (at least this is what it feels like)

 

[Jim Kobylinski]

Try only this and see what happens:

"Feel like" you are doing the stack and tilt backswing. Don't actually do it, just "feel like" you do. Feel isn't real and i'd like to see your results from that alone. You might be surprised

 

[welshdentist]

Thanks Jim,

Also, I finally "get" what you were saying in the alignment/plane line thread.

I appreciate your reply Jim