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**asharbiq** · 12-03-2010, 04:04 PM

hey C-Tech ... yeah i guess all that matters is how to play the wind ... maybe i'm thinking too much about how low is low enough ... ha ...

you said fliers reduce the spin of the ball and that makes the ball fly long ... but again i thought increased spin increases ascent which increases carry ...

i still can't certainly wrap my mind around how low or no spin makes the ball carry farther unless its because the ball slides up the face and launches higher ...

otherwise i could see a flier launching lower and maybe rolling more ... but not carrying more ...

i guess again i suppose all that matters is that's what happens ... but i'd just like to understand the dynamic of why it happens ...

the quizzical WTH for me unfortunately happens more often than just on the fliers

Most iron shots have backspin on them (more spin with higher lofts) and that backspin causes the ball to rise higher instead of going forward. That is why iron shot look like they fall straight down out of the sky. The spin induced rise is overcome by gravity and down they come. Without the spin, the "knuckleball" has nothing to cause it to rise so all that energy goes into distance. At least that is my take on it.

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asharbiq Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 558 Senior Member	hey C-Tech ... yeah i guess all that matters is how to play the wind ... maybe i'm thinking too much about how low is low enough ... ha ... you said fliers reduce the spin of the ball and that makes the ball fly long ... but again i thought increased spin increases ascent which increases carry ... i still can't certainly wrap my mind around how low or no spin makes the ball carry farther unless its because the ball slides up the face and launches higher ... otherwise i could see a flier launching lower and maybe rolling more ... but not carrying more ... i guess again i suppose all that matters is that's what happens ... but i'd just like to understand the dynamic of why it happens ... the quizzical WTH for me unfortunately happens more often than just on the fliers Most iron shots have backspin on them (more spin with higher lofts) and that backspin causes the ball to rise higher instead of going forward. That is why iron shot look like they fall straight down out of the sky. The spin induced rise is overcome by gravity and down they come. Without the spin, the "knuckleball" has nothing to cause it to rise so all that energy goes into distance. At least that is my take on it.
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