Trackman
Hang Time
• Time in seconds to carry flat
Average drive on the PGA Tour = 6.5 seconds
Club Speed
• PGA Tour = 112
• LPGA Tour = 94
Ball Speed
• How quickly the ball comes off the club
Smash Factor
• Equation?
• What about 1.50?
Attack Angle
• What is - ?
• What is + ?
• Tour Averages with Driver?
• PGA Tour = -1.3
• LPGA Tour = +3
Why?
Club Path
• Can someone draw on the board the concept
of club path?
– Include what + and - means
Face Angle
• What is it?
• + and - ?
Face to Path
• Can anyone draw this on the board
Dynamic Loft
• Definition?
• Dynamic Loft is the amount of loft on the club
face at impact
• Your Driver may start at 9.5 degrees of loft but
at impact the loft on your club will be higher.
• PGA Tour = 12.8
• LPGA Tour = 15.5
• Another name for Dynamic Loft is “Delivered Loft”
• Most amateurs have too much dynamic loft!
Spin Loft
• What is it? Definition?
• Example?
• Draw on Board
Facts about Spin Loft
• Spin loft can help you determine your compression of the
golf ball
• The greater the spin loft you have, the more the ball will
spin
• Hitting downward does NOT create more spin… Only
increasing spin loft can create more spin
Swing Direction
The swing’s direction is simply how far left or right of the target line the “direction of the
swing” is aimed at the bottom of the swing arc.
Swing Direction : -2.7
Attack Angle : -5.7
Thus, push draws with divot going left
Club Path : 1.3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HOo2l-v9U0
How?
Swing Plane
• Swing plane : a measure of how vertical a
swing is, where a high value represents a very
up and down (steep) swing plane and a low
value a relatively flat (to the ground) arc.
Launch Angle
• Launch Angle : The angle the ball takes off at
relative to the ground
Launch Direction
• Starting direction of ball to the target line.
• + & -?
• What has more of an effect on launch
direction (also called starting direction)?
Face Angle
or
Club Path
Spin Rate
• Spin Rate: The amount of spin on the golf ball
immediately after impact
Tour averages – Spin Rate
PGA
• Driver = 2686 rpm
• 6 iron = 6231 rpm
LPGA
• Driver = 2611 rpm
• 6 iron = 5943 rpm
Spin Axis
• http://mytrackman.com/university/learningtools/controlling-spin-axis
Height
• The apex (highest part) of the ball flight
• On average, PGA Tour players apex ALL CLUBS at 30 yards high
• On average, LPGA Tour players apex ALL CLUBS at 23 yards high
30 yards
Land Angle
Ball angle into ground
 For every 1 degree flatter, the ball will roll an additional 2 yards
Carry
• The distance the ball travels through the air
Total
• Carry + Roll
Side
• Distance between where the ball carries and
the target line
Side Total
• Distance between where the ball finished and
the target line
Trackman Combine
• http://mytrackman.com/public/trackmancombine-intro
Gear Effect!!
https://www.youtube.com/watchv=YsCXpOrQcBA