Driver aiming point

[libero]

Hi Birdie (I wish u to soon become Eagle_man)
very kind of you.
I made this enquiry because when the ball is sitting on ground
I can visually spot my AP and that facilitates my swing.
But with the ball above ground I lose that visual reference and so
didn't have any idea on how to locate the AP.
From your answer looks like a lot of calculations must be done to
find out the AP when above ground and even so,you'll never be sure u made
them right cause you don't have a visual reference point.
Do u always take into account all the items you describe prior hitting a drive?

Ciao

[birdie_man]

Hi Birdie (I wish u to soon become Eagle_man)
very kind of you.

Hey thanks...no prob.

I'm workin on the eagles BTW.

From your answer looks like a lot of calculations must be done to find out the AP when above ground and even so, you'll never be sure u made them right cause you don't have a visual reference point.
Do u always take into account all the items you describe prior hitting a drive?

Ciao

I don't know that I'm 100% sure what you mean by visual ref. pt....

U mean where the club strikes a divot?

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Ya....for a driver or longer clubs don't worry about it so much unless you're really trying for that extra downward strike (for a low trajectory shot)....

Usually for those clubs the blow is not as desceding....just make a motion man.

Alter setup and/or aim the hands SOMEWHERE more forward when you need to. (as I outlined below)

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It's really not that hard to DO....IF your hands are trained (I can see how it could be tricky to understand all this at once tho)...

You might need to let this all "incubate" in your noggin for a while...

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But to simplify further...

Bacically there are 2 ways to alter the amount of shaft lean, the Aiming Point, where your hands are at Impact (they are all basically the same thing) I think:

1. adjust setup (with ball location relating to l. shoulder in mind)...i.e. ball position, weight distribution, stance width...this is easier than #2 obviously....you take care of it beforehand

2. aim hands mid swing

Hope that helps.