back to the basic stroke

[jim_0068]

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.

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.

[rchang72]

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.