You must know! The relationship between the angle of the face and the swing path

Have you ever started to slice in the middle of a round of golf and the more you tried to fix it, the worse the slice got?

If so, your knowledge of face angle and swing path may be inadequate.

The machanism of physics is as follows.

• The face angle determines the direction of the ball’s launch.
• The relationship between the swing path and the face angle determines the direction in which the ball bends.

There are many people who remember this backwards.

You may think that the swing path determines the direction of the ball’s launch, and that you have to turn the face to bend the ball.

For example, if you swing inside-out, the ball will be hit to the right side.

Do you think that if you close the face, you can hit a hook?

You are completely misunderstanding the laws of physics.

1.The face angle determines the direction of the ball’s launch.

As you can see, the ball is launched perpendicular to the face at 90 degrees.

2.the relationship between the swing path and the face surface determines the backward bending of the ball

In this way, if the face is square and the swing trajectory is inside-out

If you have a square face and an inside-out swing path, the ball will launch straight out and turn to the left, resulting in a draw ball.

If you have a square face and an inside-out swing path, the ball will launch straight out and turn to the left, resulting in a draw ball.

If the face is open and the swing path is from the outside of the face angle, the result is a push out slice.

In the following example, the face hits open but the swing path is straight (the result is a push slice).

If you remember that launch is determined by swing trajectory, you will never be able to correct it.

If the swing path determines the launch angle, then swinging more outside-in will correct the problem, but the laws of physics dictate that it is the face angle that determines the launch angle, so if you swing outside-in when you have a push-out slice, you will induce a push-out slice that bends further to the right.

This is how it works.

If this happens, you will never be able to cure your push-slice forever (you may be able to hit a pull-straight ball by accidentally hitting the face closed).

If you know this law, you will know how to correct the mistake and make the essential correction.