Any slower swingers benefit from going to a low spin driver?

garyt1957 · 2022-05-29T21:21:01+00:00

So the title is my question. Have any of you guys who aren't swinging the driver fast, say 85-90mph, ever benefitted from going to a low spin driver? Maybe...

garyt1957

colej Interesting charts. It looks like low on the face is actually better than high on the face for slower swingers. Very surprised at that. I thought today's drivers were meant to be hit a bit above center? I also thought a negative angle of attack would result in lower face contact but hey seem to say the opposite?

DonM

garyt1957 I thought that too. Interesting. I have not seen gains from hitting above center. They go usually shorter. Dead center rules. Well I’ll start teeing a little lower and see what happens.

DonM

There is a little more information in the comments. They found that up swingers tend to hit lower on the face and down swingers tend to hit higher on the face. I wouldn’t have guessed that but it makes sense. I used to swing up and I was living on the bottom half of the face. Drove me nuts.

garyt1957

DonM That's what I was saying , for some reason I would have thought it was the opposite. So maybe I'm swinging up when I hit those balls low on the face? Lol, more questions then answers

MartinD

DonM They found that up swingers tend to hit lower on the face and down swingers tend to hit higher on the face.

Maybe due to the clubhead being higher off the ground at impact if you're hitting up at the ball? (The clubhead can't go below the ground - well, not if you're hitting a reasonably solid shot...)

colej

garyt1957

Could be a ball position issue? Impact stickers will lead you in some kind of direction. Foot powder spray works well too

DonM

garyt1957 When I was hitting on the lower half, I had to play a 13 degree driver. I probably wasn’t swinging up very much I guess. Like Jeff says, figure out where on the face you are hitting it.

colej

DonM

I’ve got a buddy who likely swings at least 6* up on his AoA with the driver. He uses a 4” tee and just barely sticks it in the ground. He hits it just a touch above center each time.

I use a 2 3/4” tee and stick it at least 1/2” into the ground. I’m very close to a level AoA and my hit is in the center of the face.

Typhoon

I’ll go back to what Eguller said earlier. Move the ball up off the big toe on your lead foot. Tee it so 1/2 the ball is above the clubhead. Make sure your trail shoulder is lower than your lead shoulder and swing.

Do this and you don’t have to try to hit up on it. Monte is right, if you just try to hit up on it you’ll hit it awful. Set up like Eguller said and swing normally.
I tell people at my fittings that set up all the time. Then I hear “ oh my God…”

DonM

Typhoon Most people have the ball closer to the middle. I can’t figure out how they hit it. Must be flipping?

Typhoon

DonM You are correct Don, a flip and a reverse weight shift

Luc_Van_Daele

DonM the ball closer to the middle. I can’t figure out how they hit it.

I put the ball a bit closer to the middle to fade the ball... so I guess the trick is to slice it like mad.

garyt1957

Tried the 7.5* Soo Long today and it worked out pretty well. Picked up a few yards over my norm. Most balls were dead straight but a couple mishits cost me a lot of yards. This course wasn't terribly firm so I think there's potential for more. Also the shaft may have been a bit firm for me so a shaft change may be in order.
For the most part I hit low bullets, realistically a little too low. An 8* or 81/2 might be perfect

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