My Swing Video (Driver)

[thisnamedoesntfi]

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I would venture to guess that I'm not the first person to
think that a shut face would be ideal...
I can see what you're saying but it just seems counterintuitive.


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I'll try to keep this from becoming an essay.

Think of open and shut as lofted and de-lofted, which is a big part of the equation to consider. My clubface can be pointing right of target and be shut down or de-lofted.

The ideal way to strike a ball with a 10 degree driver is to come into the ball with about 12 deg. of loft, strike it with 11 deg. and have about 10deg. as the ball leaves the face. That's not exact, and I haven't proven it with physics, but lets just say it paints the right picture.

Another image I can give you is if you were say going to bitch slap someone would your palm point down in the b/s or up?