shaft angle at impact vs address

[battler]

Hi all,

Was practicing today with a TrackMan and a high-speed camera - and noticed a few things in my swing that I haven't noticed before:

The angle of the shaft at impact is way more steep than at address.

Then I googled a bit ( http://www.andrewricegolf.com/2010/11/shaft-angle-at-impact-ii/ ), and found that only a few players actually ends up at the same spot. But after looking at some videos, it seems like that most tour players typically lies within a few degrees regarding address/impact

I've posted a video of my swing here: http://vimeo.com/34741971

1. The source of this seems to come at the top of the backswing where my wrists somehow turns the club a notch - I assume this should be avoided?
2. Where are the elbows supposed to be at impact?
3. Any good exercises to get the hips more rotated at impact?

Thanks,

Andreas

TrackMan

[iacas]

Originally Posted by battler

Then I googled a bit (http://www.andrewricegolf.com/2010/11/shaft-angle-at-impact-ii/), and found that only a few players actually ends up at the same spot. But after looking at some videos, it seems like that most tour players typically lies within a few degrees regarding address/impact

I don't agree with the premise of that article. Shaft angle among PGA Tour pros and better players is more a matter of how uncocked the wrists are at setup and impact. Set up with really cocked wrists at setup and you're highly unlikely to be a good ball striker returning to that same shaft angle.

Andrew seems to have missed my very basic point. I think I posted on the "part I" post in that discussion as well. I have video of Natalie Gulbis returning to the same shaft plane, and she's not known as a great ball striker. Not by a long shot.

You're not nearly as far off as you think. Your head pulls back a little and the wrists are more uncocked (partly due to the head and thus shoulders being farther from the ball, partly because that's normal).

BTW, your hips look okay to me. Probably not your top priority thing right now. Start a "My Swing" thread with some face-on video too if possible.