I used to try to feel like I was just holding the left wrist flat and feel it via #2. That ain't it.
If you do that hammering thing and really focus on the #2 pressure point and NOT the CLUBHEAD . . . you feel it load . . . I have come to believe that the Flat Left Wrist is more about DYNAMIC PROPER MOTION than just holding the freakin' thing flat.
Again Homer said if you THROW OUT you will not BEND.
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I think that this is the truth - Flat left wrist is the goal but it occurs , like happiness, by doing something else... then suddenly you realise... WOW i'm happy / FLW
I think you are right - it is held flat by uncocking left wrist in line, which permits a sequenced release to lead into roll. The FLW results from these efforts not by being "held" flat by your conscious effort - FLW "occurs" by doing exactly what you say.
I have reviewed the Tomasello videos in gallery since you posted and he spends alot of time discussing throws..."down and out... not forward " etc... i don't want to get into left / right arm swing but he describes a throw on an inclined plane which results in FLW being maintained and a pivot that responds. Sounds pretty good
...just can't make it work for me though!
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Its interesting to me cause I'm doing this with my dominant arm so it comes naturally to me and its easy to develop powerful motion.
One thing that really supercharges my computer when doing drills like these is a mental image/sensation (if you will) of drawing the middle knuckles (of my right-your left hand) along (parallel to) the plane line and then dragging them along the ground (perpedicular to the plane) from impact to follow through. My feeling is that the knuckles act as the clubs leading edge. Picture dragging all four second knuckles along the ground square to the inclined plane line.
I do this without a ball just taking divots and when I employ this thought while hittin balls, I get the sensation that absolutely no compression is lost here. It may produce that down out motion for me I cant get any other way cause when I do it right it feels like Im hitting a ball of lead.
Another way to REALLY get the feel for what the Vertical Uncocking Motion of the Left Wrist is to just take the club in your left hand. Hold it where it is lined up with your left shoulder. And HAMMER THE HECK OUT OF THE GROUND.
That is simply the Throw Out Motion of the Swinger on a VERTICAL Plane.
Next move to Impact Fix and HAMMER ON THE INCLINED (ANGLED) PLANE. Don't worry about Rolling at this point. Just HAMMER and you'll end up hammering WAY BEHIND where the ball would be. This will give you a feel of the THROW OUT action on the Inclined Plane.
Once you get the feel for Uncocking Perpendicular Motion you can then jack it up with the Transfer Power of the Rolling #3 Accumulator and take this into where the ball would actually be on the Plane Line.
This process really isolates what it truly means to have a DYNAMIC Flat Left Wrist.
I understand the first motion you talk about, but on the 2nd move, could you go into more detail as far as what it would look like. At impact Fixed, my FLW is perpendicular to the plane?? Clubface is facing the ball. Is this where you want to hammer, or do you want me to hammer with my FLW horizontal to the plane (clubface facing away from me)??
Another thing great about the left arm swing is that it teaches a correct way to take the club back. Swing it back with your left arm and see the left hand on the incline plane. Now grip your right hand on the club. It will take a few times to feel comfortable when you use your right hand at start up.
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Yeah that drill is AWESOME . . . I have seen Yoda do it. He actually demos it on the Address series on the inclined plane.
i cannot find this demo and would really, really like (need) to see it. any ideas as to where...i watched the two address vids, but not the ted fort one, as i'm not a hitter. any help would be appreciated.
What about when using 10-2-D? Should the uncocking be delayed enough to ensure the left wrist does not bend near impact? Possible lean towards simultaneous release then?
Can somebody please explain to me how to swing with only the left arm ? ...................
Hold the backswing halfway up and then grap the Clubhead with the Right Hand. Then keep PULLING the club DOWNWARD, OUTWARD and FORWARD (the "Intent/Cause") with a straight Left Arm (powered by shoulder rotation or/and left arm action) slightly before (so that you can Load it with some "LAG") letting go the Right Hand.
You will clearly see and feel (without the involvement of the right side) how the Club(head), the Clubface, the Left Wrist, the Left Arm, ... do exactly what they are supposed to do (the "Effect") (at least for "Swinging"), at least geometrically.
For your regular (Swinging) swing, the Right side is supposed not to disrupt , but reinforce , that Motion and Action.
__________________ Yani Tseng, Go! Go! Go! Yani Tseng Did It Again! YOU load and sustain the "LAG", during which the "LAW" releases it, ideally beyond impact.
"Sustain (Yang/陽) the lag (Yin/陰)" is "the unification of Ying and Yang" (陰陽合一).
The "LAW" creates the "effect", which is the "motion" or "feel", with the "cause", which is the "intent" or "command".
"Lag" is the secret of golf, passion is the secret of life.
Think as a golfer, execute like a robot.
Rotate, twist, spin, turn. Bend the shaft.
Swinging left arm only has been my favorite drill this summer. It's really helped my pivot, but most of all, it's shown me how to uncock my left wrist down and through the plane line, and by extension , how to use centrifugal force to create clubhead speed.
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Hold the backswing halfway up and then grap the Clubhead with the Right Hand. Then keep PULLING the club DOWNWARD, OUTWARD and FORWARD (the "Intent/Cause") with a straight Left Arm (powered by shoulder rotation or/and left arm action) slightly before (so that you can Load it with some "LAG") letting go the Right Hand.
You will clearly see and feel (without the involvement of the right side) how the Club(head), the Clubface, the Left Wrist, the Left Arm, ... do exactly what they are supposed to do (the "Effect") (at least for "Swinging"), at least geometrically.
For your regular (Swinging) swing, the Right side is supposed not to disrupt , but reinforce , that Motion and Action.
Im really struggling w/ this left arm right arm swing concept. Specifically for me, I think i understand the feeling of swinging w/ left arm. Left arm only drills and what that does for you pivot...Where it gets grey is right arms role then...specifically how the the pitch elbow and extensor action fit into this. Is extensor action another way of saying as you stated "right arm role of reinforcing"?. If right arm is passive how do you provide structure of pitch elbow and extensor action?
, but reinforce
, that Motion and Action.
, how to use centrifugal force to create clubhead speed.
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