Shallowing the angle of attack

[LinksMaster]

I am looking for any tips that will help be to achieve a shollower angle of attack at impact. My current angle of attack is very steep. Although I generally come from the inside the angle of the shaft on the downswing is very steep. After impact the club head tends to move sharply left, results in deep divots that aim slightly left.

Prior to impact I do achieve a good inside path but because of the steepness of the angle of attack and because my body in particular the shoulders tend to unwind very fast if I don't hold the supination of the left wrist through impact I fail to strike the ball correctly.

My swing is therefore totally reliant on timing/luck plus manipulation of the hand action through impact in order to strike the ball crisply.

I have indentified my faults to be:

A slightly shut clubface at the top of the swing.

A slightly flat backswing.

A occasional tendancy to aim left.

These problems I can and am solving myself but the following problems I am struggling with.

Firstly stopping the shoulders unwinding to quickly. I need something to get me to achieve square or squarer shoulders at impact.

And finally to reduce the knee flex through impact.

[jaeden]

I have the same problem. I have lost some distance as a result. I wish i could provide you with a tip or solution but i am in the same boat as you. .........I'm curious......How are you hitting your Driver? I used to have a nice boring trajectory and hit it about 300yrd easy, but now due to this swing problem the flight of the ball is very high.....

Jaeden

p.s. lemme know if you've figured it out

I am looking for any tips that will help be to achieve a shollower angle of attack at impact. My current angle of attack is very steep. Although I generally come from the inside the angle of the shaft on the downswing is very steep. After impact the club head tends to move sharply left, results in deep divots that aim slightly left.

Prior to impact I do achieve a good inside path but because of the steepness of the angle of attack and because my body in particular the shoulders tend to unwind very fast if I don't hold the supination of the left wrist through impact I fail to strike the ball correctly.

My swing is therefore totally reliant on timing/luck plus manipulation of the hand action through impact in order to strike the ball crisply.

I have indentified my faults to be:

A slightly shut clubface at the top of the swing.

A slightly flat backswing.

A occasional tendancy to aim left.

These problems I can and am solving myself but the following problems I am struggling with.

Firstly stopping the shoulders unwinding to quickly. I need something to get me to achieve square or squarer shoulders at impact.

And finally to reduce the knee flex through impact.[/QUOTE]

[PowerXSwing]

I'll take a crack at it.

If you have a slightly flat backswing and are steep on the ball, you must be coming over the top a little bit. Even if you don't feel like it, when you start to "unwind your shoulders" too fast, your hips will follow and change the plane of your swing. Take a club and take your stance. Now take a 3/4 slow motion swing and hold it at the top. Hold that plane angle. Now as turn your hips to the left while freezing the club and shoulders. Look back and see how your plane moved to a steep position. Turning early or "spinning out" throws the club off plane, making you steep and pointed left. The only way you can hit the ball straight as you see it is to manipulate the club with your wrists. I'm just guessing but I bet you hit either a boring trajectory left of target or skinned high drifter slightly right. My son had some of the same problems and after the video was compared to E Ells and C Howell, we could really see it. The video was done by Ed Loar of the Ledbetter academy. The pro's are more "stacked" over the ball as they start the downswing. The one thing they seem to have in common is, their hips don't turn much until after they make contact.

Do you practice your lobb wedge a lot? That is the typical move used in a lobb of 15yds and in. Sometimes you carry that to your long game.

I know that's confusing, but think about it. Hope it helps. Check out my sight if you want. You might find some information that'll help you visualize.

Dan