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Originally Posted by Jim Blackwell
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What does "Flying Wedges" mean and how do I incorporate it into my
swing?
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The "Flying Wedges" Assembly is the relationship of the left and
right arm at the point in the swing when you achieve a Flat Left Wrist and
Bent Right Wrist and the Right Forearm is positioned at right angles to the
left arm plane.
You incorporate it by going to the Flat Left, Bent Right Wrist conditions
during the backswing and maintaining that alignment until after the ball is
gone, at which point you will transition to the both arms straight position.
If you have a copy of
The Golfing Machine, look at the "Three
Zones" photos on pages 124 - 127. You can easily see the Flying Wedges
Assembly in a number of photos, including 9-2-5 #2, 9-2-9 and 9-2-10 #2.
Excellent post, rwh, and very helpful visual references as well.
For clarification, note that the Flying Wedge alignments are maintained at
least to the
end of the Follow-Through -- the Both Arms Straight
position. In other words, even though the Right Arm has straightened, the
Right Wrist remains Bent.
Ideally, the alignments are intact in ten of the Twelve Sections of the
Stroke (Chapter
, the only exceptions being Sections One and Three
(Preliminary and Adjusted Address per 6-B-3-0-1).