How do you get a 'flipper' to perform the Finish Swivel and at the same time having them sustain their Clubhead Lag Pressure all the way to the Finish (Clubhead Lag is never 'Released' intentionally)?
Not a challenge for Yoda at all, but a challenge for Bagger which I'm about to overcome. The egg hatched on this subject recently and now it's just a matter of execution.
To avoid the Number One malfunction which is Steering, you must follow the prescription in 3-F-7-A.
Once you have removed steering from your swing, the finish swivel is just a natural recocking of the flat left wrist back up the plane. The roll is a natural result of your hinge action rhythm.
But, none of this is possible unless your right forearm and #3 pressure point are tracing the plane line past impact and into the follow-through. Steering will cause a bent left wrist and throwaway. In my case, the right forearm moves back inside the plane by a few inches (traces inside and left of the plane line) right after impact. The finish swivel becomes distorted. I have a slight chickenwing left arm and an artifical hard roll of the hands to keep the momentum going into the finish.
As soon as I'm cured, I'll post the before and after. Shouldn't take long now that the Chick has hatched.
Try releasing the right hand during impact.
In my teaching experience, it is the unruly right hand that causes the left hand and arm to malfunction.
Doing so, you will notice that the left wrist will remain flat all the way to the finish.
I was taught this drill personally by Gregg McHatton, GSED.
I was taught this drill personally by Gregg McHatton, GSED.
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.
Greg has also shown me this drill and I think when compda said "release", he was actually meaning to let go of the club with your right hand completely.
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.
Take a look at this beauty I found while scrounging around, digging for the buried treasures.
Damn, that's a good post. I wonder why Homer didn't say the Right Forearm Wedge "Revolves" around the Hinge. I certainly understand his meaning of Roll, but it's confusing to a lot of people.
how do you drill in the finish swivel then? am i blunt with my posts or what? lol
A good feel or visual is to "catch rain drops" with your left palm somewhere between the follow through and the finish. This will aid in your effort to roll the left hand instead of bending it.
It's OK to be blunt powerdraw I'm sure at some time or another, we are all guilty of only being able to write something quick and short because we are supposed to be at work, working and get distracted reading LBG!
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Last edited by geoffb : 04-14-2007 at 05:07 AM.
Reason: re-wording for clarity
It's OK to be blunt powerdraw I'm sure at some time or another, we are all guilty of only being able to write something quick and short because we are supposed to be at work, working and get distracted reading LBG!
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