3 Ways To Increase Attack Angle | Golf Club Fitting Tips

Learning how to increase attack angle is an efficient way to gain more distance off the tee. While many golfers focus solely on swing speed or ball speed, delivering the golf club at impact efficiently is the a key component to distance.

In this video, 2nd Swing master fitter and professional golfer Thomas Campbell provides three tips that can help you increase attack angle. Campbell also explains why hitting up on the ball with an increase attack angle is beneficial to your game.

[hildashubby]

Great information, Thank you Thomas for the awesome info

[sunmoon]

Best video i've ever seen about golf driver!

[donsmnc]

Solid points that definitely help you hit the ball farther, one advantage you have is the ability to know what your attack angle is, and I would guess 90 percent of golfers have no idea what their attack angle is.

[kevinw]

You do such a great job on your videos, well done

[lhg]

Thanks for the video and the set up options for hitting up on the ball. I did notice that you swing speed was 113 mph(+5) vs 105 mph(-2) . How much did the increase in swing speed contribute to more carry and total distance vs the attack angle. Something that would have been helpful would be you swinging at 105mph but hitting up so we could see the difference due solely to attack angle. Thanks and hit em straight--NEVER MIND I see you answered that question already in the comments

[peterbanton]

Thanks Thomas for the great driver lesson!

[jeffcook]

I have the opposite issue from what you are describing. I am a senior golfer with a driver club head speed of about 87 mph. I use a 44.5" A flex driver shaft for consistency. Over the years I bought several high loft drivers and hit a lot of straight, high, and short drives. When you hear a solidly struck drive hit the ground with a thump with like a short iron, you know something is to quite right. One day in frustration, I turned my 12 degree Mizen JPX 850 A flex 0 driver down ro 8 degrees. The results were impressive. Although the driver was less forgiving, I picked up over 20 yards, I later learned that because of my wide shoulders and shorter arms I was delivering a dynamic loft of almost 20 degrees with high loft drivers. I now use a Cobra Speed Zone Tour Length A Flex driver set at 8.5 D and am hitting some of the best drives I ever have in the past 20 years.

[kevincompaney]

Going to experiment with this tomorrow in the simulator, thanks Thomas!

[franzose]

when I place the ball forward I start hooking the ball. Any solution?

[maz_mtb]

I have the setup, now just need to get consistent square face/center of face contact.

[ruggerboy]

Hi Thomas, i sometimes suffer a slice when i move the ball forward but i get better AOA of 5 up. However when i move it back a bit i get negative AOA. How can i keep it more forward to hit up on it but not get the slice? Hi from the UK 🇬🇧

[kellymiller]

Excellent Thomas and this is the help I needed. My attack angle was -4.4 and I was hitting driver from middle of my stance. Did not even realize this and I was teeing up the ball too low as well. Great video!

[timothycarry]

Worked and got my 90mph swing to launch a more optimal 15 degrees. The spin is 3600 though which I think may be too high. F7 driver with weight at the front.

[midlifebiker]

Im a neg 1-2 deg. Tee height is ok, if I put the tee further forward I tend to hit toe or slice/fade. I am closing the face and coming out to in as it only happens when I try to swing faster. Im working on opening the face and in to out path which trackman shows.
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[seeingbeyond]

Two questions:
Awesome, Interesting piece moving the ball forward to increase your swing speed, and having the left shoulder higher at the address to change the AoA, that said, is your Tempo the same with all clubs and the Driver.

With Driver, do you Closed stance, I find with a square stance and the ball forward will hook to the left, where is your focus point, The Ball, or behind the ball to get club speeds to 113 for distance

[vikrampitre]

Forward position helps swing speed !! Must try this on my mini mevo! Thanks.

[seanr]

Awesome information. I’m a beginner so your videos have been very helpful.

[michellelittle]

Great instructional video, will be working on this today!

[michaelhill]

Liked and subscribed. Quick question though, the more i hit up on it the lower my smash is and the higher my launch angle. Hitting a 9 degree driver and i hover around 18 launch angle when i want to be closer to 13

[TheEugenelee]

Would moving the ball forward also help with a swing that is too inside out? Maybe give it more time to come in a straight path? I’m struggling with an 8 degree inside out path with inconsistent contact and need to fix it. Thx!