HOW TO COMPRESS THE GOLF BALL // Controlling Spin Loft to Add Iron Distance 

This is easily one of the best videos ever done on the channel. I love these super technical videos where Ian goes deep into the details. This is why I love TXG and this is the type of content that separates this channel from any of the others in the golf space. This is also a great example of why having multiple testers is so valuable. Seeing multiple different deliveries and explaining the why behind each one makes the content easy to understand. Well done!

I feel like the part where you mention making sure you turn left if you're pressing your hands forward is the most useful and forgotten piece that other videos don't provide.

This is absolutely game changing! I've been steep for years wrongly thinking it meant more compression. Thank you!

Definitely the most easily understood explanation of dynamic loft and the impact it can have on your yardages. Being able to see those 3 different swings with the same club and the fact that one guy swings 2 MPH faster but it goes 18 yards shorter is very eye-opening.

If more Teachers were more like Ian...more people would be willing to learn. He is so good at delivering the knowledge and breaking down a person's faults in their swing without completely crippling their ego and desire to wanting to get better. I wish more Teachers used this approach.

Best explanation I've ever seen about dynamic loft. Finally understand how that works now. Very helpful.

It's crazy how far ahead these videos are from other RU-vid golf content (with regards to explanation). In terms of being able to "nerd out" on golf, there is no other place I want to go. Keep up the great work!

I think I speak for a strong majority when I say that we absolutely love the gear you boys at TXG review, and the Monday Q&A’s, but this video (and videos like these) are so informative and satisfying to watch because there is 3 different skill sets that reach out to a broad audience! Delivery and technique and pairing it with data, is a great tangible way to show your audience that all of us gear geeks could benefit with last years model of irons and a dozen lessons in lieu of this years model and continuing down the same path of inconsistency and frustration. Keep up the great content gentlemen!!

did this all day today, bit of forward shaft lean and keeping hands in front of club head through entire swing. i was firing at pins all day, 4 tap in birdies and 2 eagle putts ( missed). great day out for my 18 hcp😃

great video here Ian, love hearing you spread knowledge from your perspective not only sharing the how.. but the WHY that only a seasoned fitter and player can share

This is great stuff. Low left exit with the hands (from your previous video with Ryan) has instantly dropped my launch 5 degrees and brought 15-20 yards of carry on my 7-iron. Thank you!! Can’t wait to try it on the course when spring actually arrives here.

Man Ian is fantastic at explaining things in a way that breaks it down for people who are at different levels

One of the best video ever seen all golf topics included!!! Laurent from France

I was actually in awe after Ian hit the shot after explaining the hand position needing to exit left. It looked like he barely swung and he hit it further than any other shot just because the compression was near perfect

This video is exactly what I needed. I’m a lot like RB. Decent speed, hit my driver and woods well but often get that really weak high ball flight that crushes me of distance. At one point I went to a sim and my dynamic loft was over 30 with a 6 iron. Can’t wait to work on this.

The video you guys did on ball position in the stance has changed my game in one day. Used to have the ball way forward and didn't understand why my driver and long irons were constantly pull-slices that went nowhere and my wedges were just high pulls. Now, with the ball back in the stance, the drives are straighter and longer, the irons are compressing the ball properly adding 15-20 yards and straighter, and the wedges are much easier to hit correctly and control. Thanks Ian and TXG.

This has helped my game already, and as usual, TXG delivers on explanation and the science/data behind it. Super cool you guys. Also absolutely loving the live Q&A and greatly appreciate you taking on questions from us all!

Wow! 🤯 That just put compression and club delivery so simply but completely changed how I think about this. Absolutely loved this video and insight!

Perfect timing for this video as I have just been trying to adjust my dynamic loft lower

By far, this is why you’re the best of best of the RU-vid golf channels. This video is exactly what I needed to send to my buddy. Once I understood the dynamic loft at contact, it helped me take better control of my irons. I carry my 6iron with a DG AMT S300 shaft, 182y avg.,which was cool but the dispersions were inconsistent. Then I hit my 2nd set’s 6iron (both TM B 716) with a DG AMT X100 shaft on it, it was straighter but carried 175y avg. which I can deal with by adjusting my gaps accordingly. CONGRATS!! 🎉🎊🎈🍾 On using slow mo to show what a compressed strike looks like. Even though I had learned about shaft lean a while ago, it was exciting seeing it explained on TXG. Ian, your channel is evolving as it should and in the right direction. Awesome 👏 video.

love this sort of stuff ,helping high handicap players to understand

Superb diagnosis and explanation as always…. Many thanks team and plenty of things to think about whilst working at the range. Thank you 👌

Powerful session today

Best golf video I have ever seen and I’ve seen a ton of them. It makes so much sense now that Ian and the boys have explained it so the average golfer can digest it. As a junior golf instructor this is invaluable to me. Thanks

Well put. When my strike starts to suffer, I always remind myself "Slow - Solid, then Fast - Far", few punchy shots later and the strike usually gets back to gold. I equate ball striking with hitting a nail with a hammer , shallow and towards target.

I'm a newer golfer, started last year with some rogue x irons which I'm still using. They are super strong lofted which was good as a newbie because new golfer spin lofts are generally much higher. Now that I'm starting to develop more of a proper swing and closing that swing loft window it's creating a huge gap between by wedges and irons. This video helped me connect the dots on why this is happening, much thanks.

Thank you for this explanation. I’ve been working on this all winter with my practice net. Not having a launch monitor, I marked my net which is 8’-6” away with various marks representing launch angle (simple trigonometry). Using a launch angle equal to half the loft, I have lowered it by 7*. My first visit to the driving range that just opened was an eye opener. Easily 1.5 club distance further. I’m attributing this to better compression of the ball because I don’t feel I’m swinging faster.

Thanks guys, perfect video at the perfect time. Working on removing the steepness from my swing and pinch the ball to get more smash and gain some control and better distance. Exactly what I'm working on right now. Love the results. Thanks again

FABULOUS video, guys! You just explained why, after playing several rounds in very strong winds, I have been hitting my irons more than one club longer when the winds die down. Into those strong winds, I was playing a lot of knock-down shots, and a side benefit of doing that was that I was shallowing my swing and reducing my dynamic lofts on the irons. When I get out on the course in light wind conditions, I have kept that swing, which seems to now be ingrained in my DNA, and I am hitting my irons distances that I have not seen in about 20 years.

high quality stuff here guys, love it!

I’ve now watched this video 4 times, and have sent it to my Head Pro. This lesson is my mission for this year. Thanks guys!

Excellent video! That really helps with the understanding of compression.

Great video. Thank you Ian!

Great video, been waiting for this since Ian first teased it on one of the lives. Lots more to work on for the swing.

Absolutely brilliant. Anytime Ian breaks out the spin loft shafts, I'm taking notes!

Great video, makes you think how many golfers out there can improve by just getting more efficient rather than chase speed all the time!

TXG your videos have improved my golf game tremendously last year. This one again will take it to the next level

Best golf channel ever! Ian you are the best in the business. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with all of us.

Great explanation guys!

Love the video, Boys! I've had one lesson in my life (last summer) and compressing my irons was the main focus of that lesson. I haven't perfected my delivery, but the changes I made in my delivery resulted in 1.5 to 2 clubs more distance than I was getting prior to my lesson. Money well spent and gains that make the game a little easier and, for me, more fun. Cheers 🍻

Eye opening explanation of compression. Very helpful, thanks....

Great stuff boys! I've realized recently that I was swinging very steeply (more of a "V") trying to get compression but I get more distance with a "U" swing with forward shaft lean. I also don't dig the club into the ground on damp days.

Ian, thanks for the explanation and for being able to demonstrate. Great video.

This is pretty much exactly what my coach was making me do last week. Great to have a visual to it now.

One of your best videos. I feel like so many people will have a better understanding of compression after watching this. I shared it with a bunch who will benefit. Good stuff guys. 👍

Great video, very insightful.

Another awesome video that feeds my motivation for improving my game. Thanks chaps

Thank you gentlemen, what a great explanation of compression. Being able to control dynamic loft and control spin seems so obvious now. I hope to develop an improved shaft lean without driving the club into the turf.

Top 5 video on the channel for sure! You guys are the best! Thank you!

Truly a great video across the board guys! Well done !

This video was so enlightening! I feel like I am a decent iron striker but I really struggle hitting wedges with as much consistency as I do my other irons. This video has helped me so much to conceptualize what I need to do to better strike my wedges! Thanks

Always the best analysis and explanation 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

Super educational. Loved being able to see all 3 players and how the swings compared. Personally I'm guilty of getting a little too steep. Been really working on shallowing my swing and I've seen major improvements! Thanks guys!

This is a premium video showing 2 similar Swing Speeds and a club and a half club distance diff. Such a great video.

Amazing video guys, answered a lot of questions.

1.37 - loving Mikey’s ‘excited’ despite looking like the least excited man in all of Canada! 🤣. Great vid as always guys

This is the video I needed today. You guys are amazing…. Always tough compression was hitting down on the ball, but you guys help me understand this better and some homework for my next range session tomorrow

great nuggets of information here lads. always a pleasure.

one of the best video's you boys have done!!!! well done, really enjoyed

really appreciate the detailed explanation of compression

Really good video guys, Compression explained so well. Keep up the great video's. Stay safe !!

Excellent video. Love these types of videos.

how brilliant was that! thank you Ian.

Loved this one fellas and it arrives at the right time. Delivering the handle with more shaft lien at impact is a focus for me this year. Nicely done

Nice work boys! You guys are nailing content! Keep up the good work.

What a great video! Something to really work on

Excellent explanation is -4 a good number for everyone to aim for as I only swing my 6 iron 80mph as an older golfer. Thanks guys from England 👍

Thanks guys. This helped!

Super informative!

Fantastic video guys, I will be working on this at the sim next time

Mike is such a player

Damn! I have a PGA tour coach as a friend and my coach.....he has been saying these things to me for years.....I heard them....but never understood why he and his friend are swinging the same speed as me but we are a club different. This has been mind blowing! Thank you!

This is what I needed as I match buddies in driving distance but im pretty much 2 irons shorter than theirs and I scratch my head on that every round, thanks guys👍

I really enjoyed this video!!!

Wow-this was really helpful

Great video…would love more videos like this!!!

Wow. Fantastic explanation

Love the videos like this!!!

Great job guys, really helpful. I struggle like RB with too much up and not enough out. Plus as an aging golfer distance needs to come from somewhere other than increased club head speed.

This was SUPER helpful. I've been working on not "clipping" the ball and trying to hit down/through/compress the ball more. I too game the T100s irons with Project X LZ 6.0

Very helpful video. Thank you 🙏

This is an actual great video on the subject defo the best av seen , well done lads

Very informative video and much needed. I've been striking the ball well but have been frustrated with lack of distance. This may be the key I have been missing

Really good explanation of the discrepancy. I think if people understand that rotation creates compression, not swinging down, then they can stripe the ball more often. Its a real hard concept for people to grasp, that de-lofting the club can make the ball go up.

wow this video was incredibly interesting. awesome job.

Amazing video. Great to explain it together with the specific GC Quad numbers. Would be great to do the same format for Driver optimization.

I am very similar to RB and this has explained in the detail I needed to understand how to get the true potential out of my speed. Awesome video

If we’re digging this channel Ian, we aren’t gonna be bored by the info, great job again fellas!

Priceless video.

excellent video, entertaining and informative

Great lesson.

Honestly this is giving me a lot to toy with at the range. Went from very old school MBs with a 48° PW to a P770 at 46° and lost about 5 yards carry. Realized I also changed my swing pretty drastically in an effort to improve and realizing now it actually cost me distance but gained me spin. Will be testing out the shallowing and shaft lean when I hit the range next.

Ive understood this with driver its really good to have it exampled for irons aswell . Thanks guys you really are making all the pennies drop 👌

Best content and explanation! 👍

This is my favorite golf channel. I liked video in particular so much as it brings in #'s from a swing speed like more relatable to many viewers. Based solely on their distance carry it I would guess these 2 driver swing speeds are 90-100. I would love to see more videos in the 95-100mph ss range. But either way still the best channel out there.

Great explanation, thx👍

Great video.

Great stuff boys 👌🏼

this is a brilliant video ❤

Great Video