Increasing Angle Of Attack & Lowering Spin Rate

[saevel25]

When trying to increase AoA should I be swing on a flatter plane or simply hitting ball on upswing?

No, you can have a more upright swing path and still hit up. What might feel different is the how wide the swing might feel. A steeper plan feels tighter. Hitting up might feel like you are casting the club out away from the body more.

I would say, try to imagine you are sweeping the ground about 2 inches behind the ball. Actually try to make drives were the driver actually brushes the grass behind the ball a tad. When I try to hit up, sometimes I actually drop kick the ball. It might be something you need to do if you are really use to hitting down with the driver. Exaggerate it in practice so it becomes more normal when you play.

[mvmac]

When trying to increase AoA should I be swing on a flatter plane or simply hitting ball on upswing?

To shallow the angle of attack with the driver (hit less down, more positive AoA) I would first make sure you make two set-up adjustments.

- Play the ball at or just in front of the left shoulder

- Bump the hips a few inches forward

[JP golf]

@Righty to Lefty helped me visualize some things with the video below on D plane:  I'm not sure how to quote this from the other thread but it helped me figure a couple things out with my driver as I was having some issues...  (PS... Thanks!)

Quote from @Righty to Lefty :

"The swings are the same but where they are struck on the swing arch are not. Shots struck off  the ground are struck with a descending strike and so the small fade with your driver off the deck equals and uncontrollable slice  when struck off a tee. Ballflight Laws and D plane will explain these differences. I have to go work on my clubs but I'll check back and if someone hasn't chimed in when I get back I'll explain further.

The guy has an accent but it is one of the best and most simple explanations I've seen:

Ballflight laws can be found all over this site so I'm sure you can find that information."

[MS256]

Never really thought about it because I usually say positive or negative AoA but I can see how that could be confusing because more positive is thought of as increasing and more negative is thought of as decreasing in just about anything else I can think of.

[Mulligan Jeff]

To shallow the angle of attack with the driver (hit less down, more positive AoA) I would first make sure you make two set-up adjustments. - Play the ball at or just in front of the left shoulder - Bump the hips a few inches forward [URL=http://thesandtrap.com/content/type/61/id/105420/] [/URL]

Thanks mvmac I will make the adjustments in my set-up and swing away.

[billchao]

Quote:

Originally Posted by mvmac

Do you mean shallow the AoA? Increasing would be hitting more down.

To shallow it or hit up for the driver I would first make sure you make two set-up adjustments.

- Play the ball at or just in front of the left shoulder

- Bump the hips a few inches forward

Never really thought about it because I usually say positive or negative AoA but I can see how that could be confusing because more positive is thought of as increasing and more negative is thought of as decreasing in just about anything else I can think of.

I think @mvmac was referring to magnitude. So if one had a negative AoA, then increasing it would make it more negative. I agree that might be confusing, but it looks like Mike edited his post, so now it should be less ambiguous.

[Mulligan Jeff]

Y[quote name="billchao" url="/t/76917/increasing-angle-of-attack-lowering-spin-rate/30#post_1051918"] I think @mvmac was referring to magnitude. So if one had a negative AoA, then increasing it would make it more negative. I agree that might be confusing, but it looks like Mike edited his post, so now it should be less ambiguous.[/quote]yes right term should be improve rather than increase.