What Is the Follow-Through and How Can I Build My Game Around It?

[dannyc]

IDowell still points to the planeline, Flat Left Wrist perpendicular to the floor for horizontal hinging, FLW perpendicular to the plane for angled, FLW perpendicular to the walls for vertical hinging.

how does one achieve a flw with horizontal hinging? mine always seems cupped, unless i have the clubface looking at the ground.

[bray]

how does one achieve a flw with horizontal hinging? mine always seems cupped, unless i have the clubface looking at the ground.

dannyc,

It may very possible that you have a strong grip. If this is the case your left wrist would be cupped but "geometrically flat" at follow through.

"Geometrically Flat" would mean that the club is still in line with your left arm at follow through. Which means you would be able place your left shoulder, left arm, and club shaft against a vertical wall at follow through. Your lower arm and wrist would not touch the wall because of the cup, but everything would be in line.

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B-Ray

[dannyc]

cool, thanks. i think i was going a little further than the follow through, too. is it acceptable in tgm terms to bend the left wrist after the follow through (that would be during the swivel, i guess??)?

[bray]

Dannyc,

Anything can be classified by The Golfing Machine, even a bent left wrist at any point in the golf swing.

However I would reccommend maintaining the flat left wrist through follow through and finish swivel.

The longer you can keep that left wrist flat the more control you have over the clubface and clubhead and better ball striking will follow.

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B-Ray

[dkerby]

Thom, I love the pictures that you put up. My take is Swinger
vs Hitter. Notice the toe of the clubhead and the hands at follow through.
Same as basic motion. Great work.

[Andy R]

Thom, I love the pictures that you put up. My take is Swinger
vs Hitter. Notice the toe of the clubhead and the hands at follow through.
Same as basic motion. Great work.

Yep, same read here, swinger and hitter - two totally different follow-throughs. The swinger should never swing out to the right while the hitter always should.

[O.B.Left]

Is Apps a hitter? I dont know, maybe.

Certainly different Hinge Actions showing their associated different travel distances of the clubhead. Apps appears to be hitting of a side hill lie. Perhaps he is holding it off a little to ward off going left. A "cut shot", or "hold off", a different "release" of common golf speak and to us Angled Hinging with its shorter Travel Distance at Follow Through. Note the clubface alignment and left wrist which is perpendicular to the inclined plane. A "no roll" feel for Mr Appleby no doubt.