Math and Geometry....

[Brian Manzella]

1. At a given ball speed—which is obviously clubhead speed and smash factor dependent—which is obviously spin loft dependent—there is a window of launch angle YOU HAVE TO HAVE to be able to hold PGA Tour greens and not hit the ball too high to be overly affected by the wind.

2. Just imagine the club suspended in space, parallel to the ground....it has to be SOMEWHERE to be able to do all of the above. And that somewhere CAN NOT be too far forward. Yes, you can move the ball more forward, but that will quickly hit a point of no return with swing direction and path.

3. You have to balance out your angles to produce #1's requirements. So yes, you can "over-lag" it.

4. There is a mathematical clubhead speed component to all of this as well. Too much delay starts soling down the club.

5.

 

[hp12c]

1. At a given ball speed—which is obviously clubhead speed and smash factor dependent—which is obviously spin loft dependent—there is a window of launch angle YOU HAVE TO HAVE to be able to hold PGA Tour greens and not hit the ball too high to be overly affected by the wind.

2. Just imagine the club suspended in space, parallel to the ground....it has to be SOMEWHERE to be able to do all of the above. And that somewhere CAN NOT be too far forward. Yes, you can move the ball more forward, but that will quickly hit a point of no return with swing direction and path.

3. You have to balance out your angles to produce #1's requirements. So yes, you can "over-lag" it.

4. There is a mathematical clubhead speed component to all of this as well. Too much delay starts soling down the club.

5.

Laymans terms tour pitch?

 

[cwdlaw223]

Of course, you can ignore Trackman and just guess if the shot is good enough or not teach tour players.

 

[wulsy]

Unbelievable. I was just at the range with my son last night and this is exactly what we were talking about. Spooky.