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cypressperch
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An object at rest tends to stay at rest. If it is struck by an instrument , the head of which is traveling in a certain direction, the direction that head is traveling will have some impact on what direction the object at rest will start to move. The head on that implement does have a face, and the angle of that face will also have an impact on the direction the object at rest will travel. That angle will also determine the spin imparted on the object at rest, which incidentally, happens to be a golf ball. If the clubface is barely moving at impact, the ball will take the direction of the clubface. The higher the velocity, the more influence clubhead path will have on intitial ball flight direction. When the velocity slows down, the spin created by clubface position at impact has an increasing effect, and we get increasing curvature. OK, I know, I lied. I have been beating the dead mule too much. Cypressperch