back to the basic stroke
 

I was working on two feet back two feet thru this weekend and I came across a little obstical.

How do you work on the hinging action and keep your right wrist bent? With angle and horizontal hinging it wants to straighten. Do you workon hinge action on the basic stroke?

I worked on one handed pitch shots and it was amazing how my right wrist wanted to straighten on the right arm swings.


I just want to make sure I am doing the right thing at impact when working on hinge actions and not bending the left wrist.

Allow your Right Hand to rotate ONLY!!!! The Right Wrist is absolutely not responsible for the Upward Movement of the Clubhead. So DO NOT COCK YOUR RIGHT WRIST!!!! COCK YOUR RIGHT ELBOW!!! Keep your Right Wrist BENT and LEVEL and take up up with your Right Forearm by cocking the Right Elbow and allowing the forearm to Turn.

To educate your Right Wrist to remain FROZEN in the LEVEL BENT condition . . . Hit an impact bag or pillow with a little chipping motion. Hit it by cocking and uncocking your right elbow and NOT allowing your wrist to COCK on the Backstroke. On the Downstroke keep the Right Wrist Frozen in its LEVEL and BENT condition. Pop the bag and LOOK at your right hand. Did you Throw it away? Once you get the impact bag down . . . hit little right handed chips keeping the wrist LEVEL and BENT.

Your Right Forearm can Turn and Roll. But Hinging is the responsiblity of the Left Forearm Flying Wedge. To simplify this focus on your Left Wrist and the Clubface. Take a short grip. With Horizontal Hinging the Toe of the club will Point along the Plane Line. With Angled Hinging the Toe will be 45 degrees to the Plane Line. With Vertical Hinging the Clubface is Perpendicular to the Plane Line.

As far as your Left Wrist goes . . . Horizontal Hinging will have the feel of Half Roll . . . Angled Hinging will feel like NO Roll . . .and Vertical will feel like REVERSE Roll. Hit chips with each Hinge Motion. Control Hands . . . Control Face . . . Control Face . . . Control Ball . . . Control Ball . . .Control Game.

Go to the Basic section and look at Yoda's video on Wedges. It is full to the brim with great information. Here you will SEE how the Left Wrist Cocks and Uncocks TO THE PLANE LINE without the Right Wrist Cocking. This is absolutely required viewing. It is best 3 minutes you will ever see on Koolaid Koncepts. Pay attention to every word. Words mean something and mean even more with pictures.

I'm fixin' to watch it now . . .

One Arm Chip Shots
 

Brief tips for practicing one arm only chip shots -- essential in your search for good golf.

Right Arm only:

• Keep Right Wrist Level and Bent, and maintain same degree of Bend throughout the stroke.
• Use Angled Hinging, not Horizontal Hinging.
• Use a linear (straight line) type driving action with your Right Arm, not a swinging action.
• Drive your Clubhead, and more importantly your Hand towards right-field.
• Keep participation of Pivot components to a minimal. Pivot is something for your Right Arm to push off against.

Left Arm only:

• Keep Left Wrist Flat throughout the stroke.
• Use Horizontal Hinging, not Angled Hinging.
• Do not try to use muscle power to move the club with your left arm. Use a little pivot rotation to move the club.
• Feel the pressure of Left Arm against your chest during the change in direction, and try to sustain that feel through Impact.

Hope this helps :)

thanks guys

"Did you Throw it away?"


does this mean did I unbend the right wrist?

Lag PRESSURE is feeling the Sweetspot and it's resistance to change in acceleration. Mr. K advises that you hit the ball with the Pressure in your hands. The sensitivity point or Pressure Point where this is felt (by some) is in PP3. The meaty part of first joint of your index finger. You feel this by DRIVING the ENTIRE club while keeping the Club Head behind your hands.

So yes you are keeping your right wrist bent. But the wrist is kept bent as Yodasluke says by DRIVING the handle. Lead with the grip cap. So feel like you are driving the ball DOWN INTO THE GROUND with the Lag Pressure sensed in the Pressure Points in your hands.

Sounds like you don't physically or mentally realize how much ROOOOLLLL there is in the clubface. It's something hard to learn on your own.

Wanole, like you, I've been practicing the basic motion alot. Just a couple of extra tips. 1) Make your motions very slow and deliberate. That way you can identify when you lose your flat left wrist/bent right wrist. 2) Look at your hands first, and not the clubface/head. That way you can more closely identify what you feel and what's really happening. 3) Use dowels and not a club. The relative light weight of the dowels make me really concentrate on creating and feeling the lag pressure (which is harder to do when there is less inertia at the end of the shaft). 4) Use a putter. Once I've got the feel of the lag pressure, I use a putter. The flat face on the end of a putter helps accentuate the visual of the hinge motions. Plus the flat sides of the grip help identify "aft" where you should place PP#1 and 3. Good luck, I'm there with you.