HOW TO CONTROL THE CLUB FACE IN THE GOLF SWING
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- Опубліковано 2 жов 2024
- If we wan to have control over our golf ball we need to be able to control the club face and where it points throughout the swing, and especially at impact.
Chris Ryan shows you exactly why this skill is so tricky to manage and also the three factors which contribute to the club face position.
Finally Chris shows you a drill that you can do to help you master this element of the swing
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Of the hundreds of videos I have watched, nobody has explained this. Thank you!!!!!
I love that you take the time to explain the problem in detail and break it down to what's causing the problem. Then you build up the tips that could fix it.
Best golf tutorial channel on youtube!
Chris, your tips are always just lvls above everyone else... and always manage to apply what you say to my game with minimal negative impact when first implementing
No one can explain the matter better than Chris
Outstanding. So simple after it has been pointed out.
Big thank you for a previous video series (pro Vs am). Put a tilt and movement towards the ball in the back swing (slot earlier than I was previously) has changed my swing 1000000% I now have a more consistent shot shape and have discovered that a fade is more reliable and still crush distances ...... Thank you thank you.....
Great video! Was practicing on the range yesterday and focussing on getting my hands lower yet my shots were still going right. Within the first minutes of the video I right away realised it is also becuase of my forward shaft lean. Big fan of explaining the swing mechanics up front!
2021, I've been playing this game long enough to say I am terrible at club face control. I shut and open the face at impact. And then I hit it nice and straightish when I hit that ball just right.
Great clarification video, should help me diagnose my own errors. Would love to see a video on short game shots but not from ideal lies in the fairway. My course has some serious downhill/uphill lies out of pretty gnarly rough near the greens.
Wouldn't it make more sense to set the clubface a little closed at address rather than try and manipulate the clubface with your hands in the last few feet of the swing? Doing the latter seems to be a much more difficult task.
Hi Chris. Could you also lean the shaft forward a bit when addressing the ball and grip the club so the face is square before the take away into the backswing? Instead of the twist of the grip before impact?
Why not? That's exactly what I do. Eric Cogorno, a USA UA-camr who has a working relationship with Chris, has a video where he encourages golfers who have a difficult time achieving a flat, or flat-er, wrist at the top, to preset the address with more lean. In his words, "it doesn't matter how you get top the top in a proper position, as long as you get there."
The only thing you have to be careful about is that could result in a bit too much tension in your lead arm (it happens to me from time to time), and if you don't make a RELAXED backswing with the wrists set forward, you risk more of a tendency to "hit" at the ball rather than swing "through" it.
Yes with one "twist", as it were. If you start with the club shaft in a neutral position then what if at that point the face is a few degrees open. Then press forward a few degrees to initiate the downspring [ as many do anyhow] thereby closing the face. Do not then worry about a subsequent twist and at impact the face will be square. Am I missing something? Or just overthinking?
thats the bane of my life . that one thing can be so hard to master .
So true, even at the elite level this can be tough
Chris, good video, all makes sense. But am wondering why not match the address position including club and club face angles, to the ultimate impact position ? If you check your demo shot in slowmo and freeze frame on impact, and compare with address alignments, you'll note swing force has pulled your hands 6" closer to ball vertical... with club face angle change you already explained. Hence... still a huge gap in what is taught and what actually happens ?
How about different lofts? What do we do with wedge?
So helpful thanks mate.
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I find, in the end, that the tools are just a distraction. The real orientation happens with proper targeting and, of course, simply gripping the club properly. The rest should simply happen with proper coordination. The body and arms should automatically put themselves in proper position when you swing with the real intent of hitting in a certain direction. The rest seems like mind overload to me....and a distraction from the absolutely necessary focus on a smooth clean swing....with clear intent, right to the moment of impact. Of course....you have to have proper swing technique mastered....which is not what this video is about.
Chris any drills to help with central impact, I find I set up with ball inline with shaft even before heel, and when I swing I may hit centre or still even toe. Please help with swing to line back up. It’s only on irons driver is fine
Damn, I wish I didn’t watch these videos before the Saturday comp - shouldn’t watch until Sunday!!!
Yes these are certainly things for the range rather than the course in the early stages 👍
This explains why I hit perfectly straight but to the right.
Great tip, Is this the same with driver and fairways? guessing less lofted clubs will need less twist to square.
Question. Why wouldn't you just go ahead and set up to the ball with your hands in the forward position and the face pointing down the center??
Club face angle at contact with ball?
You’re a well spoken person. Explain everything with clear meaning. Great job
Hi chris I got the magnet angle tool, but to get it to point down the target line my shaft is almost at my left knee at address.Could this be that im playing with standard length clubs,and im only 5foot4inches tall, or could there be a fault on my clubs.Iplay with cobra one length.My clubs are about 12months old victor
I know this video is a little old, but I thought club face was my biggest issue. So I watched it recently applied the changes and boom!! Straight down the fairway with loft, no more worm burners!! You the man Chris!!! Great video, I got a UA-cam account just to thank you and say great work!!
This is a great eye opener on why my ball sometimes flies in unexpected directions when I close/open my irons to get a high or low shorts. I really appreciate the clarity of your tips.
Absolutely brilliant. You have the ability to explain complex topics in understandable ways, and we are the beneficiaries. Thank you so much.
Really great video - a problem I am having at the moment and will work on the drill - thanks for sharing
Could talk about wrist hinge, the common faults and properly set wrist hinge? Maybe you have already. Thx for all the tips!
this is one of your best videos, very simple and informative. i'm gonna get one of those pointers, thnx.
When putting my hands slightly forward at impact is it possible for me to take a grip on the club that closes the face?
Yes absolutely, if you have a very strong grip this can close the face even if the hands are forward 👍
Thanks Chris, invaluable information. Really appreciate your clear concise instruction. Something that I struggle with, will be out tomorrow to try these pointers.
I tend to roll my trail forearm late in the backswing which opens the face and causes me to present the hosel at impact. A deep dive into the role of the forearms in the swing would be good!
very nice view of what the face of the club is facing through the complete swing. That really helps
Great video Chris! I’ll give it a go.
I’ve started to get my weight transfer sorted and also I’m now hitting the ball in to out as opposed to out to in, BUT I’m pushing a lot straight right! I think this video is the answer! 👍🏼
Perfect timing on video since my slight fade has turned into more of a push slice and my better struck shots are now drawing. So frustrating grrrrrr
You always just keep the club face in your videos. Just what I need every now and again, thanks Chris
Working on this at the moment, I'm slightly open at impact so I have to keep my left wrist bowed through impact
Fantastic vid Chris. A very big help for me, thanks!
Chris is the best. Watch “brain golf Navamani” to get an in-depth knowledge about golf swing.
I’m amazed that the golf ball goes remotely in the correct direction at all after that excellent explanation!
Ha ha ha. I just poked a tee through a piece of cardboard cut to the shape of my 8 iron. Fixed the thing with a couple of robber bands. Hey presto. I’m pointing my clubface about 5 degrees left. Genius Chris! Love all your videos. That green side bunker on the left side of the eighth hole is going to miss me. I’m really confident about experimenting with this. Thanks again.
Haha love that! Maybe you could start swelling them 😂
For someone who struggles with this can I set the fwd lean and twist at setup?
❤brilliant
I am not the best I’m nine so my driver hits about 150 yards
Chris - when you say twist - is 5his the same as when people say ‘release’ the club or is that two different things?
Hi Paul, yes these are different things. If you took a set up and kept the club head behind the ball but pointed he face left and right, this would be a twist, release incorporates many movements and is more about adding speed to the club 👍
Should my club face be open at the top of my backswing or does it matter
pretty much what this video illustrates is that the face orientation thru swing only matters at impact... Learn how to achieve correct position then and all else is void....
You better be careful with this drill as you can easily start to close the face with your right shoulder instead of twisting. Hated over the top that is.
Yeah steepening the shaft could also cause the face to point more down, but I guess with any drill/exercise there is always a risk of making the wrong move 👍
That's probably why you need a good coach to play good golf ;))
*******incredible visual*******
Wonderful that Chris asks us to figure it out for ourselves. No emphasis on poses or intermediate club positions.
When i tried to get my handle more forward at impact when i was a beginner golfer it made me horrific. Shanked and missed everything right of Trump. If you have a neutral grip make sure your knuckles on your lead hand are turned down at last parallel and keep pivoting through the ball. Wish this video was available in 2013 maybe i wouldn’t have lost so many golf balls in the right rough haha
Great video Chris, as usual. Knowledge is power 💪