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    Golf Club Face Angle

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    The document discusses various techniques for controlling the club face angle and improving impact position in golf swings. It addresses grip positions, wrist angles, body rotation, club position at impact, and causes of fat and thin shots. The key recommendations are to practice neutral grips and wrist positions, slightly raise and advance club handle at impact, rotate the body through impact, and focus on weight shift and hand path to prevent mishits.

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    Golf Club Face Angle

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    The document discusses various techniques for controlling the club face angle and improving impact position in golf swings. It addresses grip positions, wrist angles, body rotation, club position at impact, and causes of fat and thin shots. The key recommendations are to practice neutral grips and wrist positions, slightly raise and advance club handle at impact, rotate the body through impact, and focus on weight shift and hand path to prevent mishits.

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    The document discusses various techniques for controlling the club face angle and improving impact position in golf swings. It addresses grip positions, wrist angles, body rotation, club position at impact, and causes of fat and thin shots. The key recommendations are to practice neutral grips and wrist positions, slightly raise and advance club handle at impact, rotate the body through impact, and focus on weight shift and hand path to prevent mishits.

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    Golf Club Face Angle

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    Russell
    The document discusses various techniques for controlling the club face angle and improving impact position in golf swings. It addresses grip positions, wrist angles, body rotation, club position at impact, and causes of fat and thin shots. The key recommendations are to practice neutral grips and wrist positions, slightly raise and advance club handle at impact, rotate the body through impact, and focus on weight shift and hand path to prevent mishits.

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    Controlling face angle

    Grip away from target -stronger grip -face closed

    Grip towards the target -weaker grip-face open

    Try neutral grip position. Test by holding club horizontal and see how far you can rotate face -should be
    same in both directions

    Wrist Angles

    Hold lead arm with other arm try twisting club (arched)bowing wrist-closes club face and cupping wrist
    (opens club face)

    Can be done with a neutral grip

    Try to keep wrist in a neutral position. (back of arm and back of wrist match)

    Golfer Skill

    Use skill to control club face.

    Practice using this skill to improve .

    Club Position

    Handle Height -should be slightly higher at impact than setup

    -raise club handle more vertical, club face opens and faces more right of target

    -lower club handle more horizontal, club face closes and faces more left of target

    Handle Position-should be slightly ahead of ball at impact

    -move handle forwards ahead of ball -tends to open face so points to right of target

    -move handle backwards behind ball -tends to close face so points to left of target

    Therefore -need to twist club a little bit (close) to offset open position from open position from handle
    height and position
    Poor Impact Position

    Things to Look for

    Club face too open

    -handle too far back, lead wrist is cupped, arms are buckled or bent, cramped position after impact

    Drill -place tee on glove so sticks straight out from wrist, at top of backswing, try to point so pointing up
    at sky (requires arching (bow) wrist) -club face now pointing up to sky-Need tee to point away from
    player during downswing (poor position is if tee starts to point in front of player (wrist is moving
    towards cupped position-bad)-keeping wrist bowed (push and rotates away from you) in downswing
    brings club face pointing to the ground sooner and will help you get the club in proper position at impact
    without having to rectify it somehow later.

    Shallow the club to rectify steep handle position in downswing

    -when we look at a good shaft angle at the top of backswing if our trail elbow moves up and out shaft
    angle to a steeper vertical position

    -when you reach top of backswing feel as though you hesitate with your lead arm for a split second and
    then push down with your trail elbow towards your golf ball (ends up moving the shaft to a shallower
    position)(up-lead arms stays a split second-right arm rotates-go through) -practice with a less pause

    Improve your Body rotation through impact

    Need to rotate body to help rotate lead arm through impact -if struggle with handle not forward enough
    it usually is because of poor body rotation

    Put two tees under arms -awareness of body connected to arms-keep elbows same distance apart-try to
    rote and keep arm structure while body rotates -try 50 yard shots

    Problems that Create Fat Shots (before ball) (heavy or thin shots)

    Causes include:

    Lowest point of swing too early caused by:

    Don’t shift enough weight to the lead leg -makes it hard to get handle forwards (too much pressure still
    on back leg)

    -task change –

    -tee up ball slightly put additional tee in front of ball (club head width away from ball)-het second tee
    Topping the ball

    -elbows bend and become further away from eachother (shortens the swing)

    -low point of swing gets behind the ball (trying to get behind the ball to create elevation)

    -drill – ball slightly inside lead weight on lead foot- use back leg for balance only -maintain balance by
    placing sponge between elbows -always concentrate on moving the handle through the shot to prevent
    back wrist from arching too early

    Sometimes during shift of weight to lead leg, back foot doesn’t roll and then lift. Instead back foot lets
    ankle twist away (rotates away from target) -use water bottle to prevent heel turn

    Shank ball -trying to get hands forward -hands don’t travel in towards body -therefore ball hit by heel of
    club. -use golf glove under lead arm to connect arm to body so that hands move inwards as body turns

    To compress irons rotate body(open) to move hands forward -take short swings

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