Hitting Low Trajectory Tee Shots

Can someone please help explain what the paragraph below means with regards to hitting low trajectory tee shots (esp those in bold)...

The neat thing is that the flatter ball flight is a matter of technique and not ball position or strength. The key to the shot: I break momentum on the follow-through by softening my arms and elbows to get extension of the club with my release (above). That leads to a lower ball flight. The club often recoils into an abbreviated finish. I don't try to muscle it. The more I soften my arms and relax into it, the easier the shot becomes.

Originally Posted by comdpa Can someone please help explain what the paragraph below means with regards to hitting low trajectory tee shots (esp those in bold)...

The neat thing is that the flatter ball flight is a matter of technique and not ball position or strength. The key to the shot: I break momentum on the follow-through by softening my arms and elbows to get extension of the club with my release (above). That leads to a lower ball flight. The club often recoils into an abbreviated finish. I don't try to muscle it. The more I soften my arms and relax into it, the easier the shot becomes.

Who said it?

I'd say "breaking momentum" and having "soft arms" is basically not delivering full compression and full lever extension . . . so a ball that is compressed will spin more and thus fly relatively higher . . . . this is just taking a "little off" and knocking it down???

Heck if I know.

Tiger said it.

The player seems to be describing the “Law of The Flail”. By softening the arms and elbow presumably at Address the player can swing down plane creating more Clubshaft lean and lower ball flight. Is “recoil” simply feeling the “Flail” after the ball is gone?

The last sentence, (I don't try to muscle it. The more I soften my arms and relax into it, the easier the shot becomes.), sounds like centrifugal force to me. True swinging - no hit.

Originally Posted by BCGolf The player seems to be describing the “Law of The Flail”. By softening the arms and elbow presumably at Address the player can swing down plane creating more Clubshaft lean and lower ball flight. Is “recoil” simply feeling the “Flail” after the ball is gone?

The last sentence, (I don't try to muscle it. The more I soften my arms and relax into it, the easier the shot becomes.), sounds like centrifugal force to me. True swinging - no hit.

I wouldn't think anyone could really do it, but if anyone can, it would be Tiger.

Perhaps - controlled quitting. Same concept as a soft lob shot, applied to a full swing.