Golf Smart Academy Forum — Separating dynamic loft from AoA

Hi Tyler,

Over the last few months I've been working to improve my angle of attack with irons to get better ball first contact and avoid fat shots. Most of my work was focused on proper weight shift / impact line and getting enough shaft lean. I've been able to bring angle of attack from 0-2 degrees down to 3-4 degrees down and I'm happy with my progress on that front.

The issue I'm having now is that my launch and spin numbers are very low. I think I may be overdoing the shaft lean? With a 31 degree 7i I'm averaging 19 degrees dynamic loft, 23 degrees spin loft, and 14.7 degree launch angle. I'd like to bring those numbers back up, but I don't want to lose the progress I've made on the angle of attack.

So my question is: how do I separate dynamic loft and angle of attack? How can I present more loft at impact but still hit down on the ball?

Hi Ryan,

Without seeing your swing, there will be some guessing. So if you want to get to the bottom of it, I'd suggest posting a video of face on and DTL. There are a few possibilities. You could be lacking in side bend. You could be staying flexed too long and not going into enough extension through impact. You could be lacking ulnar deviation. As I said, it could be about half a dozen things resulting in the low spin and low launch.

Lastly, I think you said that was the data from a 7-iron? If that's the case, then with your club head speed, I would probably be targeting about 3 degrees down (probably not more than 4).

Hope that helps. Sorry it's not a straight forward answer, but it should be pretty easy to spot once we see the video.

Happy Golfing,

Tyler

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