6-B-3-0-1 The Flying Wedges

[Yoda]

What does "Flying Wedges" mean and how do I incorporate it into my
swing?

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).

[Yoda]

And one last nit-picky comment
on Mathew's wonderful contribution:


The Clubshaft is the angled extension of the Right Forearm, not vice versa.

[Yoda]

If the left shoulder were the center, wouldn't a more forward ball position
require LESS right wrist bend, not more?

No.


In order to preserve the 90 degree relationship of the Left and Right Arms in
the Flying Wedges Assembly, the Right Wrist is more Bent with the Ball
Location forward and less Bent with it aft.