LynnBlakeGolf Forums - View Single Post - LW Uncocked Thread: LW Uncocked View Single Post #2 03-01-2007, 02:46 PM 12 piece bucket Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Thomasville, NC Posts: 4,380 Originally Posted by cometgolfer Is it "normal" in a good swing for the left wrist to get to the uncocked condition purely by the action of centrifigual force? What would the ramifications be of "only" getting from cocked to level with the left wrist? Is it even possible to go from cocked to level and not get to uncocked? I've been focusing a bit more over the last few range sessions on ensuring the left wrist gets to the uncocked condition after impact. It's a different feel .......... slightly "heavier" through impact and it seems to encourage getting to a good "both arms straight" position. Past video of my swing always shows I have plenty of #3 at impact and a club that wants to go "low and left" pretty quickly after impact (usually exiting between waist and shoulder high as viewed from down-the-line). I've never felt like I achieved as much extension at the end of the follow-thru position as I should (sort of like having plenty of "down and forward" but not enough "out"). Could merely the intent of getting the LW uncocked after impact can fix some other issues? I hate to think I've been "quitting" all these years. CG The action of the Left Wrist and Left Arm Flying Wedge is essentially a HAMMERING motion. Get your hammer out and hammer some crap. Hammer in a vertical plane. Watch how your wrist works. See how the handle of the hammer works in the plane of your left arm . . . say hello to your Left Arm Flying Wedge. He is your pal. Now put your hammer down and pick up your golf club. Hammer with it just like you were hammering a nail in a vertical plane just outside your left shoulder (low point). Slam the club into the ground. Let your wrist FULL UNCOCK. Hey you just met Full Lever Extension. He is also your pal. Now that you know how (and knew how) to hammer in a Vertical Plane. What have you learned? Did you hit with the hammer? Or did you swing the hammer? Did you let the weight of the hammer uncock your left wrist? Or did you use your wrist muskles? Maybe you did both . . . which one works better? Now with your left hand only hammer on an INCLINED PLANE instead of a Vertical Plane. Forget about where you strike the ground at first. You probably will strike the ground way up plane not even close to the ball. Just get the feel of hammering on the inclined plane and going to full extension. Not to hard right? You just met Throw Out Action. He's your pal too. It's very similar to the hammering on a vertical plane no? I mean you have a plane line in both right? In both motions your first move is to drag the butt of the hammer/club toward the respective plane line right? Then the uncocking begins either with you using your musklez to do it or "letting" it happen via CF. I'd argue that "letting" is the way to go. Now the question is this here . . . how do you get the club to bottom out IN FRONT OF THE BALL? Well what you DON'T want to do is to BEND YOUR LEFT WRIST (HORIZONTAL MOTION) to get to the ball. Horzontal Motions ain't for Downstrokes a'tall. OK genius then how do you do it? With a ROLL or ROTATIONAL MOTION. The Rotation or Swivel of the Left Wrist brings the clubhead forward to get to the ball. Keep in mind that you are Uncocking but NOT FULLY UNCOCKED AT IMPACT (unless you want to hit a weakazz shot). You are LEVEL at Impact and Uncocked at both arms straight. You want some accumulator left to drive the ball into the ground. If you wrist is uncocked you lost your down too early . . . Premature Down Disfunction. So now that you got the components of the Release down separately . . . forget about that crap. You can drill them but then you have to go to . . . I'm taking the pressure points DOWNPLANE and letting the other crap work itself out because I know how it works and I have trained it. At least I think that's what you should do. Holla. __________________ Aloha Mr. Hand Behold my hands; reach hither thy hand 12 piece bucket View Public Profile Send a private message to 12 piece bucket Find all posts by 12 piece bucket