Gary Alliss on Creating Backspin (Video)

This is the simplest demonstration of how to create backspin I've found. Gary Alliss from Golf Monthly really breaks it down here.

Note that you don't need to lean the shaft too some distance forward. Many players do not recognize that in case you deloft the membership too much, the ball will fly too low and cross nowhere.

Gary gives you primary keys:

• Ball position
• Top of the shaft just on the inside of your lead leg

You can see a number of other things he's doing as well, like putting a bit more weight on his lead leg, opening his stance slightly and using a lot of wrist cock on this fairly short swing. (You'd need that wrist cock on a longer swing as well.)

But it's your setup that makes all of that work nicely.

It's a bit difficult to tell exactly where the ball is positioned in Gary's stance because the camera angle seems to change partway through. But you can see that the ball is between the middle of his stance and his trailing foot -- to my eye, it looks to be closer to the middle of his stance. And Gary indicates that the position might change a bit, depending on the shot.

And the pinnacle of the shaft isn't in the front of his lead thigh, however it might be simply touching the internal of his thigh. The key component you must word right here is that the shaft and his lead forearm do NOT form a straight line. That's because the ball is farther lower back in his stance, and growing that instantly line could make the shaft lean ahead an excessive amount of.

From this role, you can create a whole lot of backspin with that wrist movement.

This is something you could exercise pretty without difficulty because it would not take numerous power. It's all approximately setup and technique -- and it is a pretty easy approach, at that.

Now if the climate will just solve long sufficient to get out to the variety...