Your clubface will be in a square position, pointing roughly on a degree angle toward the sky. Photos and videotapes can show you which position you're in, or you can ask a friend to check you on the practice tee. Up until the waist-high moment, most of the wrist hinge is in the back wrists only. From the moment when the hands get waist-high, the front wrist begins to hinge in a side motion wrist cock towards the target.
The flat wrist position at the top of the swing refers to the front wrist. This is the most popular and widely accepted position. Basically, it means that the back of the front wrist stays flat at the top of the swing.
You will notice that there is a sideways movement towards the target, but a player will maintain the flat back of the wrist. The bowed position at the top of the swing is where a player bows their front wrist at the top of the back swing. It can be a fairly difficult position to get to, but if done properly, it can add a little distance to your shots.
The cupped front wrist at the top of the backswing is the other position that some players will find themselves in at the top of the golf swing. The difficulty with this is that it adds another significant moving part to the golf swing. If done properly, it can also add a little distance to your golf shots. The left hand provides the primary connection for controlling the club. It is very common to grip too tightly with this hand.
According to teacher Michael Hebron, the secret is to tighten only the last two or three fingers of your left hand—the pinky and ring fingers, and perhaps the middle finger. In doing so, you create a strong grip without locking the wrist muscles and interfering with the free movement of your wrists. Likewise, Ben Hogan wrote about the same problem with the right hand.
Just as the thumb and forefinger of the left hand can interfere with proper wrist action, the thumb and forefinger of the right hand can lock the right wrist in position. Hogan recommended practicing with those two fingers completely off the grip.
He also recommended adding some pressure with the middle and ring fingers of the right hand to help grip the club, but many players trust the left hand to grip it and merely wrap the right-hand fingers loosely around the grip for support. Perhaps the highlight of it all though was watching, and calling, Collin Morikawa in the final round as he made a push for the coveted title. Plastic is a problem.
Morikawa is blessed with a beautifully reliable and repetitive golf swing. He is technically sound and exhibits elements common to many leading iron players throughout the ages. Not the most powerful guy in the game, he does compress the ball effectively, shape it comfortably, and vary the trajectory easily. He is fiercely creative and plays the game from the middle of the green to either left or right hole locations.
He is truly joy to watch. When forced, a la Ben Hogan, Morikawa will go to the fade shot. In contrast to Hogan however, Collin carries a very different wrist alignment at the top of his golf swing.
0コメント