ok let me see if i get what your saying...make your wrist flat, and then hindge up and down...hinging up and down from address is wrong because the wrist is bent?...
Why would you start your swing with a bent left wrist then?
Why would you start your swing with a bent left wrist then?
Because it sets up a Stroke wherein your Hands (and the Flat Right Wrist) lead the Club away from the Ball in Start Up. Similarly, the Hands (and the Flat Left Wrist) lead the Club through the Ball during Impact.
The part im confused at, is how you get your wrist to that point, from bent at the address, to flat-and hinging on that point...Do you simply move it to that point with the hands?
It is important not to confuse the commonly used expression "wrist hinge" and what TGM calls "hinge action"
Innercity - a vertical hinge is different than cocking the left wrist. A vertical hinge has to do with how the clubface and ball meet (see chapter 2). It sounds like you are thinking of left wrist cock - a vertical motion - a seperate identity from a vertical hinge 'action'.
The left wrist cocks and uncocks (vertical motion).
The right wrist bends and arches (horizontal motion).
When the ball and clubface meet, the clubface can either close only (horizontal hinge action), close and layback (angled hinge action) or layback only (vertical hinge action).
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Those are excellent, clear descriptions of what I am learning in my lessons. There is so much to take in.
One of the nice things about the precision of TGM is that precise thoughts and observations lead to precise actions which make the golf swing easier and more powerful.
Amazingly, one insight fits tightly into another like a well designed puzzle or a machine making the sequence of movements easier and logical.
When Yoda mentions that "Because it sets up a Stroke wherein your Hands (and the Flat Right Wrist) lead the Club away from the Ball in Start Up. Similarly, the Hands (and the Flat Left Wrist) lead the Club through the Ball during Impact," he is not saying to try to do that leading down with the FLW (flat left wrist), but since the swinger spins and pulls the power package from the front, the left arm and hand will lead the right due to anatomical position.
I suspect a hitter's FLW just pulls first as well, activated as it is by the left hip influencing the left shoulder. Anyway, precise thoughts then precise golf .
Originally Posted by EdZ
It is important not to confuse the commonly used expression "wrist hinge" and what TGM calls "hinge action"
Innercity - a vertical hinge is different than cocking the left wrist. A vertical hinge has to do with how the clubface and ball meet (see chapter 2). It sounds like you are thinking of left wrist cock - a vertical motion - a seperate identity from a vertical hinge 'action'.
The left wrist cocks and uncocks (vertical motion).
The right wrist bends and arches (horizontal motion).
When the ball and clubface meet, the clubface can either close only (horizontal hinge action), close and layback (angled hinge action) or layback only (vertical hinge action).
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When the ball and clubface meet, the clubface can either close only (horizontal hinge action), close and layback (angled hinge action) or layback only (vertical hinge action).
I still don't understand this sentence after all these years of the Golfing Machine.
When the ball and clubface meet, the clubface can either close only (horizontal hinge action), close and layback (angled hinge action) or layback only (vertical hinge action).
I still don't understand this sentence after all these years of the Golfing Machine.
When your brain grasps this Hinge Alignment geometry concept, it will be a light bulb moment.
But one thing. It's not a "When the Clubface and Ball meet". It's a "the Clubface is making one of three motions" as it meets the Ball and travels through the Impact Interval.
I like to watch the Tom Tomesello video. He's got an excellent example of the three types of hinges in action. Sometimes it's easier to grasp the concept be watching the player do it than by reading it.
The hinge action refers to how the clubface meets the ball rather than a specific joint say the wrist hinge. The arms shoulders and wrist and torso work together to create a "hinge" action to impart the various hinging action.
These motions have their own distinct timing and direction.
Try short chip like shots with wedge using all three hinge actions. Once you "get" it you will notice there will be a feeling of roll, no roll or reverse roll of the clubface as it meets the ball. These are the layback and closing feelings of the clubface that was describe in earlier posts.
im still confused...so you do just manipulate the club with your hands, to get it flat? because i dont think you can use your body in such a way that it will get you to a flat wrist at the top...
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