More Golf Impact, Part Two

There are a lot of good golfers who get into a position on the backswing that would cause their downswing to look like an excavation company. But they make a comeback (compensation) to reposition themselves for a shallow angle of approach. This "shallow" angle of approach term comes up a lot. It is defined as the gradual descending angle of the swing path through the impact zone. And it is one of the most important aspects of the golf swing.

We discussed in a previous tip that the approach must be descending beyond the point of impact. But how far beyond? Most high speed video of professional golfers shows the club head reaching the bottom point approximately an inch to two inches past the "target side" of the golf ball. Think about that for a moment. A full inch or two in front of the "target side". Not at the back of the ball, not at the middle of the ball. And not on the front side of the ball but a full one to two inches beyond the front of the ball. Incredible!

Take another look at this video at the 1:35 second mark to see how the club descends past the ball.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbKyakBdMO0

The bottom point is important but just as important is the fact that the golfer in this video is reaching the bottom point with a shallow angle of approach. No excavation taxes levied.

So how does one reach the lowest point of their swing a full one to two inches beyond the ball? And how do they do it without creating a steep angle of approach? That is the secret in golf that is rarely taught by other golf instructors. Most don't want to teach it. Most know that it is simply easier to teach you alignment, or posture. Most have a tournament to run or staff to manage and they simply don't have time to get into all the important impact stuff. But not here. Here you will learn the deepest darkest secrets of the professional golfer. Impact secrets that is.

Next week we will talk about how the body movement creates a steep or shallow angle of approach.