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Message: [QUOTE="Citrusdog, post: 5315568, member: 5240"] The objective is the face first - to make solid contact. (It doesn’t matter where the ball goes at first - just hit it flush going in any kind of forward direction. 45 degrees left of direct aim - or 45 degrees right of direct aim. It can be picked off the ground/tee or covered and compressed as the best players say. The ‘motion or wind up’ to obtain clubhead speed should get you reasonably back to address. Address (basically) simulates impact. The head of a moving tool that gets the face back to where it started. The reason is - a square face will compress the golf ball. Any other position of the face will cause a glancing blow with little compression. The require ‘distance’ - through compression to play. I can play a 550 yard par 5 by chipping my wedge perfectly straight down the fairway - i just need 150 of those to get there. So i had a 152 on the part 5 and never missed a shot. Every shot was solid and went straight where i was aiming it. Okay, the motion (to achieve clubhead speed must increase in order for me to get there in at least in 5 shots. My face was good, path was good, angle of attack was good (for the club). But, whatever motion i used - the clubhead was not going fast enough to make the ball go very far. I need a bigger motion where the clubhead can now approach the ball a little faster than 3 mph. So it compresses the ball and makes it go 100 yards or so. I know the clubhead must go further than 3 feet from the ball so I have the time to increase the clubhead speed. (so the ball goes further). I start by taking the clubhead back about waist high and see if i can get the face back to the ball (square on a reasonable path and angle of attack. Dang - i can now hit it 50 yards going in that direction. Things are looking up. Maybe i can get to the green in about 10-12 shots. Oh my ego and testosterone just engaged and i swung really hard and hit the ball off the very end of the club. It went 50 yards into the trees on the right. I guess the Face, Path or angle of attack changed. Damn this game doesn’t respond to my ego very well. [/QUOTE]

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