Originally Posted by comdpa
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Try releasing the right hand during impact.
I was taught this drill personally by Gregg McHatton, GSED.
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You do not execute a correct
Finish Swivel by 'releasing the Right Hand.' You execute a correct Finish Swivel by Rolling and Re-Cocking the Flat Left Wrist.
And that is how it should be learned.
Except in a deliberate
Throwaway procedure or perhaps to a degree in a
Right Arm Swing, there is no 'release' of the Right
Hand during Impact.
There
is a Release of the
Cocked Left Wrist as the Clubshaft seeks its In-Line condition with the Left Arm, i.e., Full Extension.
There
is the Release of the
Turned Left Hand as it Rolls and allows the Clubhead to overtake the Hands.
And, for Hitters, there
is the Active Release of the
Bent Right Elbow as the Right Triceps straightens the Right Arm and drives the heel of the Right Hand against the Left Hand thumb.
But...
There is
no release of the
Right Hand, the
Bent Right Wrist and the
Clubhead Lag Pressure Point (Pressue against the forefinger).
Ideally, the Right Wrist is never
Cocked (Perpendicular Motion) during the Backstroke -- so it
cannot be
Uncocked during the Downstroke. Instead, it is only
Bent (Horizontal Motion) -- and
that Bent condition is maintained through Impact and for as long as possible into the Follow-Through. There is no Flattening through Impact (also a Horizontal Motion) because any Flattening of the Right Wrist becomes
Left Wrist Bend.
Throughout the Stroke, the
Right Forearm Flying Wedge and its alignments
support the
Left Arm Flying Wedge and its alignments. And through Impact, it assures an On Plane Motion by Tracing the Straight Line Base Line of the Inclined Plane.
From the Top, the Right Forearm Flying Wedge only Rotates (Rolls to the left). The Right Wrist does not Flatten nor does it Uncock.The Left Arm Flying Wedge only Uncocks and likewise Rolls. Consequently, the Left Wrist never Bends.
Any other movement invites Horizontal Motion through Impact.
And that spells Geometric disaster.