Significantly better. Oh, there you go. Hey everyone, Shawn, Sav & Mu and in this episode,
we're going to show you the difference between hitting down and hitting up on the driver. And
it's insane. The difference in, the distance that you're going to have the same clubhead speed,
just a different angle of attack, same club, but like 50 yards difference.
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Okay. Sav now, a great way to go about hitting down on the driver. Even from a high T
imagine we had, you know, when they, they do that master at the masters in one of
the practice rounds on the 16th hole, they skip the water on water. They skip the ball.
And so, you know, they have to hit down the embankment, and then the ball kind of gets
that spin. And then it just skips across the water. So show me a setup that would cause you
to hit down on that golf ball. Go ahead and set up. I'll talk you through it.
So start with the club higher than the ball. Cause we're going down and This is what most of you look
like. You're trying to stay level at the address and you're facing the ball. Doesn't that feel
like you're facing the ball? So it doesn't that feel now that the club's going to go up and out
and then down at a cross. Okay. So let's see you stay with that arc back and through.
Yeah,
There we go. So notice it starts off low. It's got a slice on it and
we're looking at it, so just to get you up to speed
Here.
So your speed on that was 93 miles an hour. It's a little timider. He's not used to it,
but look at them, so let's see you deliver with more speed. Now, give it, give it the full amount.
So what typically happens to people is they'll play it off their front foot,
but then they face the ball, right Doesn't that feel like the ball is right in the center of your,
of your sternum. So now doesn't it feel like you got a whip down on a cross
There it is.
She says that terrible. Why would you feel so wrong Right Cause you're used to doing
it correctly? So you see there are 97.5 miles an hour. That's you know, so you're used to swinging
around a hundred miles an hour center contact. That was 3.2 degrees down. Very good. Sad.
And then, so we look at the backspin and it's close to 3000 RPM, right So now let's see you
go the opposite way. Let's see you do your stock driver. Go ahead and set up. We're doing a nice
draw. So look at the difference. Now how her trail shoulder is much lower than our lead shoulder. See
the grip now doesn't that look like She's going to catch that on the way up into the left and this
strong grip like Charlie woods we saw last week is going to allow her to release nicely. So it's gone
up into the left for her and with a close face. That's going to come back down the middle
So did your brain just go thank goodness? Yeah, there you go. So w you cut,
catch that a little off-center. Okay. We'll let you do one more.
So notice how you're nine degrees up. Look at the spin. 791, eight from the inside
face was four degrees close, right in the center of the face. Fantastic.
There it is. Wow.
Significantly better. Oh, there you go. bring the camera, bring the camera. Alright. I'll bring a
camera. Okay. Okay. Just out of the blue, just like that. I go, Holy cow. So two 72
carry one Oh four club speed. But look at the spin. 1600 spin. Cause she took it 8.5 degrees
up five from the inside and the face was just 1.4 degrees closed. Nice center hit. So what happens
Nice launch angle. 15%. 15 degrees starts. Four degrees left with 400 spins,
right. A hundred feet in the air. And it was 20 feet offline. That is
300 yards down the fairway right down the throat. Now let's look at the replay here.
Neutral, neutral setting. Salve wants to emphasize look at his baby. Beautiful. Start to the left
lands. Right Center fairway rolls right onto the green at 300 yards. And you beat it by one yard.
That's awesome. Good stuff. Well done.
I think I made her day. She won't want to leave now moot. I don't have to drag her out of here.
So could we say it any better than that So don't hit down, hit up?
I got some shorter tees for you because you know, a lot of,
a lot of folks who tend to hit down on the ball will also pop fly all day, right Yeah.
So I lowered the T you're going to hit. You're going to aim to well do and set up normally.
Okay.
There we go. So now instead of facing your club,
Yeah. You're going to face the ball. Okay. There you go. All right.
So how does that feel Like you're going to swing it doesn't feel like it's going to go
more out to incorrect. Yeah. You're hitting way down on the ball. Yeah.
It feels like a fade come in or else it's going to be
That Lowe's scream and slice. Yeah. All right. So
stay in that direction. Give it a nice whip in that direction.
Yeah.
Yeah. Look at that low screamer left field around the band. Yeah. That's going in the Bush for me,
for you. As for Sav, it was like 80 yards shorter. Right, So that was two 62 total. Yeah.
And see that spin 3,200 backspin. And right there, you actually 2.2 down. Right, So you hit down on
that by two degrees. Yeah. The set, the contact was pretty centered and you see how your path
was going to the right Yeah. That's right. And the club, head speed was 112 miles an hour. A
little timid. Right. Cause he not used to swing in that way. So now let me see a stock drive.
Okay. Oh yeah. I'll send her face
Center face. Yeah. Just a hair open on the face. Just a little left of the green. Yeah. That was
Just a miss right there. So
Pound for pound Sav is winning big time right now.
So 5.5 up, but a little low on the face. So that's still, but look, five and a half up is fantastic
too. From the inside. And your face was three degrees open. Yeah. Okay. So now you'll notice
when moose sets up, he's facing the club, not facing the ball. Doesn't that Look now that the
club look, watch his takeaway? It's going to be super low here and it's coming down and then it's
going to strike super high up there with that nice release. So anchor that release in that direction.
Okay. Here it is. Nice draw. A little too strong. I was too close, but
That was, see what I mean So that was really well anchored, man.
Really well anchored. And that's, that's one of the things that, you know, if you look at 4.2 up
center face, but now they face is four degrees closed. That's so you're really good. Cause you
want about two degrees close for that draw. That's right. So you're just two degrees
away from it. So repeat the same one. Okay. Okay. Let's see that nice anchored release.
So your tendency, because you're still a young pup in golf, I'm still developing a lot. That's it And
you know, when somebody is defaulting to the ball, you'll notice that the top of the backswing. So
if I were to put the ball over here, yeah. I put the ball forward in my swing and I'm going for the
ball. So notice where the club is pointing at the top of the swing, it's pointing way off this way.
So now that, that looks like I'm going to swing across, right Yeah. Whereas if I catch
it on the way up and out to the right, look at the difference now it's facing the sky. Well,
that will the, not the clubface. The shaft of the club is pointed to the right for
me. That's right. Yeah. So now it's coming from the inside and it's going to go out.
So if I can't go to the right from here, can I know you can't now I can.
Okay. And that's what you just did in those couple of practice swings. Okay. So your,
your main focus is you got to do everything to stay to the left of that intermediate point.
That's it. So we got the tilt, we got the, we got the positioning of the body,
but we just weren't getting the final touch in the backswing for it to match.
And as you can see, drivers are not as forgiving as seminars. No, they're not. Yeah.
There you go. Look at this.
There we go. See the difference. Yeah. Oh my gosh. Look at that. Just screaming past the green.
So there's three 40. Yeah. Did you feel the diff yeah, I did feel it? That was just
down the line. So, so that's what I want you to exaggerate. See It was only 4.5 from the inside.
Yeah. It doesn't say it was 2.3 up 2100 spins. So we cut the spin down by a thousand RPM by hitting
up on it and instead of hitting down. Yeah. So the difference between 2.2 down and 2.2 up
is a thousand RPM. Really A thousand RPM less means a solid 30 to 40 yards more. Okay. Yeah.
That's a good lesson. Significant. It's a good lesson right there. Okay. So let me show you on my
end. Yeah. Good. So if we look at the difference now, what happens to most of you is you'll play
the ball opposite your front foot, like the book. And then you'll start with a neutral grip,
nice open face. And then you're going to face the ball. So as you're facing the ball, notice my
shoulders look a lot more level and they're very open, right So if I were to put that over here,
This is center then I faced the ball. So this is what it looks like. You see
the forearm, the left forearm, and underneath the right forearm. And now it looks like I'm
taking it up and across and that's, what's going to give me my spin out to the right. So
Face the ball and then give it a nice swing in that direction.
Woo.
Look at that sucker.
Oh my God, you lose so much distance. So that was a big 240 yard,
right And my club speed on that was 113 miles an hour. Look at that 4.6 down. And the spin
on that was 4,500 RPM. Can you believe it So I'm hitting four degrees down and getting 4,400
RPM a little bit low on the face, but you can see the difference? So if I was playing
into the wind, go ahead and put it back move. So if I was playing into the wind and Scotland,
I would do it a little differently. I closed the face more, play the ball a little further
back in my stance, and hit slightly down on it. But with a close face, that's going to start a
little more to the right. You see the difference now what it looks like. So I'm behind the ball
swinging down and through. What's the difference
Yeah. That should be good. Look at that. So if I'm swinging into a four-club wind
on a hard fairway notice, that's two 75. So I'm going to, I'm going to have it under control
because I'm under the wind notice. I'm on the left side of the green right there. Okay. Yeah. So
notice that was just level with the ground. Look at the backspin now 1700 right in the center of
the face from the inside face was four degrees closed. Nice little draw right there. So in those,
my carries two 42 75 tolls, same club, head speed. Now, if I want to max some more out of that,
then I'm going to catch it on the way up. So watch the difference.
So now I'm going to play the ball forward, like before,
but notice where I'm facing. I'm facing my club, not the ball.
Now it feels like I'm going to catch the tip of the tee on the way up. And I'm just going to go
ahead and give it my normal swing. I can see the blur ready to catch it on the way up and
slightly to the right of my intermediate point. Now I'm just throwing the club through that arc.
There's the ball taken off to the right. Coming back with a nice draw. Oh, look at that. See
that's my big one. That's moose little one. So not a bad drive, huh Yeah, it was really, it was
nice. Bump drove. So I'm yeah, I've got a nice Bubba to draw there. So I'm maxing that out. See
how it's 9.3 up. Look at the backspin 1500 RPM. Look at a launch 1700 or 17 degrees. I should say
seven from the, from to the right. Not a big deal in the face was three degrees close. Look at that.
So now I'm, I'm almost, I'm 300 yards carry three 20 total with 115 miles per hour club speed knife.
So that's how you max out your potential with the driver. I hope you guys enjoyed that little,
you know, sometimes it's important to see the difference
in the extremes I'm facing the ball, hitting the ball, or I'm facing my center and swinging through
the tip of the tee into the direction. I want to start the ball, enjoy that. See you next week.