Welcome ICT!

There is an old thread with several meaty posts from YODA. The best tutorial on flying wedges you'll find!

http://www.lynnblakegolf.com/forum/s...t=flying+wedge

I hope you are doing well, Kevin.
 

I am reading/re-reading these posts and the magic of the RF. There is a lot there.

Do you use the "pick-up and chop technique?" That's what AJ teaches, sort-of, in his DVD series and that guy never gave me my money back after I sent his dvd's back. I think I was mistaking my "punch elbow" for this motion when I started! LMAO

I now know the differences and can do them, sometimes, on purpose. :eyes:

Can you use a horizontal hinge for anything besides draws and running chips? I kept hooking my HH on the range, today, with good power. Do I need to open my stance and play the ball up or something? It is just such a tempting, simple motion to ignore trying it. :laughing9

Level wrists-horizontal door hinge with forearm fan and elbow, and REVERSE the fan? The ball jumps and HOOKs. Maybe if I shoot the elbow horizontally with no fanning along my belt line parallel to target line, as a downstroke while freezing RFW like crazy!!!???? That could be sweet!

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I'm getting a little greedy, Kevin. I know TGM works. I WANT THE DISTANCE!
Today, I casually swung my sand iron to almost 100 yards (normally 80) without any real effort. As I swung, I tried to feel the club head on my index finger. I kept losing it while playing though, it was so cold! I'm hitting it so solidly, there has to be some power around here somewhere!
There has to be some power hiding. Barely moving my putter with my elbow drives my putts like a splinter in a tornado! It has to work on drives, somehow!
Anyway, thanks for the help! :)

Patrick

Hang on! I just started "slice fixer!"
 

Should've read tthis one first!!!!!

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Patrick,

Nothing wrong with horizontal hinging!!!

Nothing wrong with angled hinging either, but it's still player preference. I am a "slinger" from way back, and its a tough habit to change. I can't totally get rid of that action, but I am focusing on getting that club back on plane on the downstroke as much as I can, along with keeping my horizontal hinge.

Patrick, I found long ago, always thought it was a compensation, that I need to set up with the clubface open to solve that hooking problem you are having. I can still focus on down and out with my hinge action, and my preferred ball flight when I was a player was sort of what the S&Ters call a push draw. I LOVE that. Here is what I believe is a great visual for we horizontal hingers at set up.

Kevin

Good stuff, Kev. Because my worst shot historically had been a push slice, I was always scared to have anything resembling an open face at set up. At my last two range sessions, I manned up and opened the face some, just for kicks. Of course I play with a strong grip, but it didn't slice off the range.

Listen to Kevin and open up the face some, Patrick. You'll be able to keep the HH feel and the distance it's giving you without hooking the heck out of it.

Success has many family members! I was "lifting and chopping" the wrong way trying to chop with the right hand heel pad. The ball really took off but had the slightest fade, so I'll remember that.
I love the idea of HH and an open face (hot turkey sand. lol). I am on page 31 of "Swingers'encyclopedia" and have decided to read it with club in hand. Is HH with a slight open face the "Knuckle fade" of Hogan?

Quick, where is my club (I always have one in my closet at school for lunch break)?

Patrick

Regardless of the hinging you employ (assuming contact on the sweetspot) the ball fades because the path vector is left of the face vector. So you can hit the left to right spinning shot with any hinge action so long as the above rule isn't violated.

Thanks, I shall and I am looking forward to the experience.
 

Will vary ball position in the arc also!

Thanks!

Patrick:)

Absolutely . . . the closer you position the ball to low point (closer to left shoulder) the less "out" in the plane . . . has big implications . . . .

In addition how much shaft lean has an effect as well . . . leaning the shaft produces more "out" . . . delofts the face generally . . . and can open the face . . . and increases the angle of attack.

so ball more back = more "out" 'til you get to low point . . . handle forward = more out until you get to low point.

The shaft lean piece (right wrist bend amount) is why Homer didn't make right wrist bend an imperative. The left wrist is always flat . . . but the right wrist bend can will and does vary for ball position and the shot at hand.