Homer Kelley On How To Practice The Flat Left Wrist
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View Poll Results: Is there something we can do -- in practice -- to help keep the Left Wrist Flat?
1. "Take a 'short' grip on a club. Run the shaft up your left forearm and swing back and through until you've learned to keep the club steady and the wrist flat."
2. "You bend your wrist because you 'throw' the club past the hands. You must learn to eliminate any horizontal wrist motion. Practice short chip shots using only vertical and rotational motions."
3. "You can only practice keeping the wrist flat using a non-automatic release. Get a crystal clear picture of your wrist being flat when your hands get over the left toe, and make it your primary swing thought. Don't worry about the 'how'."
4. "You can't keep your left wrist flat unless you have rhythm. And the best way to learn rhythm is to practice short chip shots using each of the three hinge actions."
How To Practice The Flat Left Wrist: Homer's Own Answer!
And the answer is #5!
"Look at it. Just watch the damn thing. I don't know of any other way...because your hands will lie to you."
Congratulations to the 18 members (29 percent of the 61 who participated) who got it right!
Actually, all five answers should be incorporated into your program for learning this #1 Alignment in G.O.L.F. I recommend starting with Answer #1 (the Short Grip -- this one is in 4-D-1) and monitoring the action per #5. As soon as you can do this, move on to #4 and refine the motion to include your ability to execute each of the three Hinge Actions while keeping the Wrist Flat.
In his own teaching, Homer Kelley reached the point where he refused to go any further until the student could demonstrate that he could maintain a Flat Left Wrist through Impact. Why? Because, "Unless they can do that, everything else just adds to the confustion. Nothing works."
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