Thanks! Never afraid to mess up, no failing just learning!

I'd rather do it with a ball than a car! 😂

Thanks Colin, 100% agree! If you don't explore and just repeat the same thing over and over a huge opportunity is missed

100%. I've spoken to plenty of world class players who have looked to take spin off if anything

Haha thanks, working on it! Plenty more to come

Thanks Denny, more to come 👊🏻

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Did I make an error?

@@JamesRidyardGolf At time stamp, 1:32, Spin Loft is shown as Attack Angle - Dynamic Loft. Trackman defines it as Dynamic Loft- Angle of Attack. Just thought to point it out.

@@moime3300 Gotcha, a typo vs a need to rethink things 🙄

Thanks Jack!

Thanks John! Appreciate the feedback 👏🏻

Some days I'll take a tad boring... But like anything it's a skill and something I work on, happy to hear you're seeing an improvement

Perfect, just tried to work through the main variables. Will do something on impact location soon.

Thanks!

Enjoy

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Good idea, I'll put it on the list

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I'll put it on the list

Yes, I'd probably move it up a little. The steeper angle of attack is useful though when it comes to spin from any lie that isn't perfectly clean. If it compromises your strike though it's not worth it!

@@JamesRidyardGolf Thanks James for giving something to try out.

Thanks. Yes exactly, a cut Vs draw with the same face path relationship almost always produces higher spin loft which equals lower smash and a more oblique strike.

Yeah I tend to drop it a bit, if you don’t you’ll find the toe getting lower than the heel and the ball starting right as you’re experiencing!

Thanks for the reply!

Hi Tony, I'd say it's a little bit of both but I'd experiment with it if I were you. I'll be in Orlando in January so maybe we can get together.

My thoughts u didn't ask for lol: adding more AOA is inherently going to happen the more left you shift the path like you mentioned. Manually adding even more AOA could add more spin in theory but then you run into potential problems with strike (i.e you have less room for error with the low point being too far in front of the ball) and it's difficult to get the spin loft just right (see towards the end of the video when he had some 'pop up' when he took the technique to the extreme). I imagine that approaching it from a less open face could give you issues with launch and the wedge digging a bit

@@jakephelps4766 ha no worries, always interested to learn! Strike would be the major issue yes, has to be?

@@robjohnson2761 That would be my thought. I think there's probably not a situation where the ROI of hitting a super steep spinner pitch shot is more than a standard to slightly increased spin pitch, especially in a competitive environment. Like everything there's outer limits and when you get steeper and steeper the first thing I think of is like you said, the strike. Whether it's inconsistency in the strike point and potentially striking the ball too high on the face resulting in decreased spin or just plain difficult to catch the ball cleanly without the leading edge digging or hitting the ball thin due to the steep AOA and low point being a good bit ahead of the ball, it just brings in a lot of difficulty. There's all sorts of rabbit holes you can go down with variables involved in these sorts of golf topics. When we are talking about increasing the AOA independently here it's nice and all but I think in reality it would be pretty difficult to not increase AOA as you try to swing the club more left like he mentioned in the video. Essentially the body mechanics/technique to swing more left also result in an increased downard AOA.

Good discussion guys. Independently increasing AoA is an option and might increase spin in a couple of ways. First off it might reduce interference/debris between club and ball which will increase friction. The 'but' here though is it will also lower launch UNLESS you can add loft late which is tough! Now, if you can steepen the attack and add loft you'll clear the path to the ball and ramp up spin loft. So it's an option but I'd say it's pretty high on the skill scale and very similar outcomes are available in easier ways ie set up loft and path shifts as mentioned.

@@JamesRidyardGolf thanks James! Will definitely have a play with this along with the other variables. But, as you say, I can imagine it's pretty tough to pull off consistently!

Yes, I'm going to follow this video up with a little one on impact location. Hopefully film it soon. All else being equal what you are saying is correct.

@@JamesRidyardGolf awesome. Loving the content mate, keep it coming! 👍🏼

Doing a ball test at the moment so will be able to answer that soon.

When the launch suddenly gets much higher

Will do, thanks for the feedback

@@JamesRidyardGolf In fairness to you, you noticed and mentioned it right after I commented. 👍