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Old 09-04-2010, 03:12 PM
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BerntR trying to describe different impact sensations and their causes
You need more clubhead speed. Yore not releasing the club properly.

If you have a proper release and flip through the ball impact will feel like melted butter.You probably get 85-90% of full distance but the ball really shouldn't feel that weightless at impact.

If you flip too early, you get a sort of "reverse shock". I haven't checked but I suspec that you get in the opposite direction in the hands. A little bit like hitting a piece of wood, perheps. I guess I have a hard time describing how that one feels, but it sure doesn't feel right.

If you release properly and still has good lag pressure you will feel that the ball stays on the clubface for a while, and that it is sqeezed flat before it bonces off the shaft. It feels heavy and fast and sweet at once.

If you don't release the club properly, clubhead speed / hands speed ratio through the ball will be too low. This will move the sweet spot far up the shaft and you will feel an impact resistance as if the clubhead is struggling to get through the ball. And also a mighty impact shock in your hands. This is what I think is going on in your swing.

IN relationship to a clubhead speed / hands speed ratio that it too low, there are two possibilities: 1) You do this with all the clubs but it isn't a problem with short irons due to the heavier clubhead mass and compression leak. 2) You only do this with long sticks because your swing pattern is steep and doesn't work as well with long clubs. If it's alternative 2 you probably need to work on swinging more around you and less up and down to hit it as well with the driver as the wedge. More pivot and less arms so to speak.
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