How do you monitor the Flat Left Wrist and the #3 Pressure Point

[12 piece bucket]

At the same time?

[Bagger Lance]

Taking off the Admin hat and putting on an old sweaty yellow one that use to be white. Can't tell what the logo says anymore...

Can't speak for everyone, but if my right wrist is Bent, Level, and Turned at the end of startup, then all that's left is making sure the right wrist stays frozen in it's impact fix degree of bend through impact.

So that insures a flat left wrist.

Now for #3. From the top or end. Feel #3 load and then hold that degree of pressure while tracing a straight plane line through impact into the follow through. The pressure at loading is critical. It all depends on whether the shot at hand is full power or not. Heavy is the long ball, light is the finesse shot. The load on that little index finger will tell the pivot how much acceleration is needed.

The monitoring is ALL #3 for me. The flat left wrist takes care of itself as long as the right wrist behaves. I'm swinging, so the pivot carries the flat left wrist into follow through.


Bagger

[12 piece bucket]

Taking off the Admin hat and putting on an old sweaty yellow one that use to be white. Can't tell what the logo says anymore...

Can't speak for everyone, but if my right wrist is Bent, Level, and Turned at the end of startup, then all that's left is making sure the right wrist stays frozen in it's impact fix degree of bend through impact.

So that insures a flat left wrist.

Now for #3. From the top or end. Feel #3 load and then hold that degree of pressure while tracing a straight plane line through impact into the follow through. The pressure at loading is critical. It all depends on whether the shot at hand is full power or not. Heavy is the long ball, light is the finesse shot. The load on that little index finger will tell the pivot how much acceleration is needed.

The monitoring is ALL #3 for me. The flat left wrist takes care of itself as long as the right wrist behaves. I'm swinging, so the pivot carries the flat left wrist into follow through.


Bagger

I got that hat too. I'm with you on #3. . . BUT what about Hinging Swivel? And Uncocking? And didn't Mr. K say . . . "If people had a flat left wrist they would break 80 tomorrow?" The Flat Left Wrist is . . . Imperative Numero Uno.

[lagster]

I got that hat too. I'm with you on #3. . . BUT what about Hinging Swivel? And Uncocking? And didn't Mr. K say . . . "If people had a flat left wrist they would break 80 tomorrow?" The Flat Left Wrist is . . . Imperative Numero Uno.

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The Flat Left Wrist through the IMPACT INTERVAL is the really critical alignment. It would be nice to have it FLAT during the entire stroke, but it does not have to be to play well. Fred Couples, one of the best ball strikers ever... proves this, but his LEFT WRIST does flatten somewhat through the IMPACT INTERVAL.

Clubhead Lag is sensed through the #3 Pressure Point. When you get a handle on this... you have cornered the "secret of golf."

[Bagger Lance]

The only time I monitor the other pressure points is when they are misaligned or thrown away. By then it's too late, but at least I know what happened. Otherwise they just feel the dead weight inertia of clubhead lag. If I lose that feel, it's hit and hope.

There is a normal passive lag "dead weight inertia" associated with the downstroke. So with #2, while it's downcocking as it is released, I feel that the clubshaft stays inline with my left arm. A solid feel with #2 makes the clubshaft feel like it is an extension of the left arm through impact and into the finish. Again, monitoring is about losing that feel, not creating the feel. The feel of Dead Weight Intertia.

There is no intentional swivel to worry about other than the startup. If I executed good, on-plane Rhythm, the swivel takes care of itself. Most of the time when swinging, all I'm concerned about is startup swivel because I want Horizontal Hinge motion through impact. There is no intentional hinge action roll or swivel on the downstroke.

So all I'm concerned about is in the above post. Hinge action is planned at impact fix, verified by the waggle, and is visualized on the downstroke as a follow-through/finish position. Particularly with vertical hinging.

You need a little DWI and Rhythm in your life!

Bagger