Steeper Driver Swing, but Still Hitting up at the Ball?

[barnum1]

Hi,

I have a typical flat swing, getting the club too much behind me. The good thing with that is that I have a sensible angle of attack with the driver, about 2-3 degrees up.
But I also have a slower swing speed than I want (surprise!) so today the pro asked me to try to steepen the driver swing (higher hands at top). 

That really helped the swing speed, but I found that the angle of attack changed to about 1 degree down.
I imagine that costs some distancw, so is there a good tip to maintain my 2-3 degrees up and still get the higher-hands swing speed advantage?

Thanks for any advice!

[billchao]

Move the ball forward in your stance so you catch it on the upswing. It will affect your path.

[iacas]

Also, it doesn't necessarily affect your distance, and if you gain enough MPH, you can give up a bit of distance with the AoA that you gain with the increased speed.

[barnum1]

9 hours ago, iacas said:

Also, it doesn't necessarily affect your distance, and if you gain enough MPH, you can give up a bit of distance with the AoA that you gain with the increased speed.

So it's maybe a case of "can't have the cake and eat it"?  
(Can't get both higher club head speed and good AoA.)

Another aspect is that with lower AoA, I should in theory get more control (more spin).
But that may be counteracted with worse consistency/efficiency if I have higher club head speed.

Sound like I have some experimenting to do. Thanks for the input!
 

[iacas]

Use whatever swing produces better results as a starting point and then work to improve it.

Results aren’t only distance and accuracy. Results might include how close that swing is to the one you ultimately want to have.