Unfortunately, it was not until I got on the phone with Homer Kelley in 1980 that I learned to differentiate Swivel Action (after the Follow-Through) from Hinge Action (during Impact).
I am interested on your opinions on the following perception:
Many amateurs have the idea that the trick is to swivel during impact. Impact becomes a blur of uncocking, rolling and swiveling.
In order to hit it further the selected option is to swivel more during impact. Since an over-swiveling during impact will effectively hood the face (de-loft and close) this may result in occasional longer shots (strong draws or pull-hooks). Even though the shots are likely to go all over the place it will become hard to convince the golfer that he should not (effectively) de-loft as much in order to hit it farther.
So how can it be that a (perceived) de-lofting will actually produce longer shots?
Tentative answer: Premature (over-)swiveling during impact will indirectly:
- Make the right shoulder rise
- Destroy the shoulder plane
- Cause round-housing
- Terminate the rotation and cause the hips to slide forward instead of rotating to face the target
- Unbending the right wrist
All-in-all: The faulty swivel action will distort the swing and eliminate many of the factors that enable the golfer to add more power to his swing.
At least in my case it did.
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