Don't dispense with the horizontal hinge...too much good compression! Just know that if you want the ball to land "dead" the layback of the vertical hinge will get the job done. Learn to use all three with all the clubs you like to use around the greens. Personal favorites will emerge! I love hitting an acquired motion lob wedge with a vertical hinge...I call it VERTIGO!
My hand throwing sweep releasing driver (downwind) is called PARABOLA! I might be exposing myself as a dribbling halfwit but I name them ALL! An old timer recommended this little technique when I was a junior (well in the rearview mirrow, now) to bring my range game to the first tee. The idea is to figure out the mechanics on the range etc. During this process you will discover pet favorites, shots that you can produce a high percentage of the time. I call my hitting angled hinge pitching wedge (from about 115) TOM-TOM! So, in effect all the way around I am selecting (by name) the stroke pattern required. You gotta have fun, right? One more: my basic motion 7 iron with horizontal hinge (essentially a bump and run) I call GROWLER. The inner monologue will go something like " Let's hit us a little growler, here."
...your names are a BRILLIANT way to play the game, because the "name" will send to the player a feel for the shot he wants to play, as well as put a picture in the mind. I love the idea...
One question. With vertical hinging around the green, what kind of take away is best? To use a reverse roll from a quarter turn takeaway seems like a bit of contortion. I think taking the club away perpendicular to the plane makes it a little easier. Is this recommended?
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