BRIAN - Double Cocking

[birdie_man]

No I'm not a hitter...swinger. So just hold it off eh.

quote:Yes...you leave the face looking at the target. And just simply open your stance (feet, hips, shoulders, everything) or you can keep your stance square and simply open the face and then take your grip. I am more comfortable with the opening of the stance method. Then you just take it back on your new stance line.

So...I have the clubface square to the target. Then I open my feet and shoulders so they are pointing left of the target. Then I swing down my new stance line? Not down the target line?

 

[Jim Kobylinski]

quote:Originally posted by birdie_man

No I'm not a hitter...swinger. So just hold it off eh.

quote:Yes...you leave the face looking at the target. And just simply open your stance (feet, hips, shoulders, everything) or you can keep your stance square and simply open the face and then take your grip. I am more comfortable with the opening of the stance method. Then you just take it back on your new stance line.

So...I have the clubface square to the target. Then I open my feet and shoulders so they are pointing left of the target. Then I swing down my new stance line? Not down the target line?

You got it...

Just experiment with how far you open the stance. It doesn't take a lot for it to fade

 

[birdie_man]

Do I adjust my grip so it corresponds to my left-aimed body?

 

[Jim Kobylinski]

Nope...leave your grip alone.

By opening your stance and leaving the face, facing the target you have essentially "opened" your plane line and will be coming from out/in to create a fade.

 

[birdie_man]

quote:Originally posted by jim_0068

quote:Originally posted by birdie_man

This brings me to another question tho...what about cocking the left wrist slightly for a higher ballflight occasionally (if needed for that aprticular shot, I mean)? I've been wondering about this for a while now.

For short game stuff, it works well. Because you just time the flip. Great out of bunkers too. However it becomes hard to judge/repeat with a full swing. Instead of throwing in this variable, simply open your stance line a little and learn how to angle hinge. You'll get the higher ball flight your after

Hmm...you know what tho Jim...it doesn't really feel like I'm flipping it tho now that I think about it man. I'm cocking the left wrist but not bending it- it's still flat. Right wrist is cocked.

I dunno.

The only thing that worries me is the direction that right wrist cocks on the backswing and uncocks through impact. On the backswing, it seems to cock at 2 o'clock (in relation to the target line, if I'm facing 12 o'clock) and then uncock to 8 o'clock.

I'm thinkin fades or pulls. Still experimenting tho.

Brian I'd really appreciate your take man.