On The Golf Fix Monday night Michael Breed talked about a number of things, including yet another way to control trajectory when you're hitting the ball off the ground rather than a tee. (The photo came from a YouTube video that doesn't really deal with this problem but the photo will be helpful later.)
The reason this caught my attention is because it doesn't involve changing the ball position!
You may additionally have heard of the "opposite K" setup position -- that is, your trailing shoulder is lower than your lead shoulder. Some instructors propose the usage of the "rev-K" for hitting driving force and a extra degree shoulder function for photographs at the fairway. Here's a video of Michael explaining why the "rev-K" happens evidently with all clubs (if the video didn't embed effectively, the hyperlink to the original is on the give up of the publish):
BUT -- and this is what Michael mentioned Monday night time -- you may transfer backward and forward between the "rev-K" and the "flat shoulder" positions to control your trajectory!
The "rev-K" setup lets in you to hit the ball better due to the fact your lead shoulder turns back on a flatter plane, extra level together with your trailing shoulder. (If you study the picture up top, you will see that position.) This shall we the membership are available in extra parallel to the ground while you contact the ball. That sends the ball higher because you are using more of the membership's loft, now not not like a driving force swing which virtually swings up at the ball.
With the "flat shoulder" setup position, that lead shoulder would be lower than your trailing shoulder as you make your backswing. When you do that, you have a steeper downswing and hit down on the ball, which makes it fly lower like a chip shot.
Because the "rev-K" moves your head more behind the ball, it has the same effect as if you moved the ball forward in your stance, which is the more traditional way to create a higher trajectory. On the show, Michael hit the ball 5 degrees higher with the "rev-K" setup than with the "flat shoulder" setup when using the same club. Obviously that could vary with different clubs, but you get the idea.
So now you have yet any other method for varying your trajectory. The more alternatives you have, the much more likely it's miles that you will find one which works always for you.
In case the video did not embed properly, here's the hyperlink to the video at golfchannel.Com.
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