Is the world "flat"?

[O.B.Left]

I love this topic and will now add to the confusion with my own question in the hope that Yoda will set all of this straight.

If I have understood things correctly; The plane of the left wrist cock and the left arm not one and the same. At top, when viewed from down the line, the left arm is above the plane, the right arm is below and the palms when clasped as in prayer are sandwiching the inclined plane. The shaft and the club face lay on this inclined plane. The left wrist also cocks along this inclined plane. To me meaning that the left wrist must be cupped at top. A flat left wrist would imply an off plane cocking along along the line of the left arm and a slightly closed clubface. A bowed left wrist would imply an even further off plane cocking and even more closed clubface.

IF this is correct and the left wrist ideally goes to flat or bowed at impact then how do we reconcile this with the notion of the LAFW with its non bending left wrist?

[GPStyles]

At the top of my swing, my left wrist tends to be cupped rather than flat. I play off 4 (3. at the moment but have been lower and having made TGM swing changes since around March this year I am expecting to get lower again next season.

My question(s) are thus:

1. How important is it to remove the cupping from my swing?

2. Is extensor action the way to remove the cupping?

3. If the answer to (2) is 'yes' what is the best drill for extensor action and what does the 'pull in the direction of the left arm not the direction of the shaft mean?

When I try to remove the cupping, it makes me feel like I am swing very very flat and I am more inclined to hook the ball.

Thanks for any help/light shone on this.

[O.B.Left]

my two cents;

1. Only important if the cupping you have noticed is an off plane , horizontal wrist motion. If on the other hand it is the natural result of an on plane left wrist cock then dont change it. This is all grip type dependent. Do Yodas hammer drill and look, look , look at your left wrist. Mine cups a little as the left wrist cocks, so do most peoples I believe.

2.EA is a separate issue which may or may not help if you are really making an off plane left wrist motion. The cupping issue relates to the plane of the left wrist cock and the Left arm flying wedge.

3. Use the search tool for a variety of EA drills. The left arm is above the plane and therefor not inline with the shaft. EA is a pulling on the left arm and therefor a pulling in a direction below the shaft plane. The right forearm is on plane not the left arm. The left arm is above the plane but points below the plane.


O.B.

[GPStyles]

Thank you