Dariusz J.
New member
I am currently reading one of old Cotton books, the one named 'This Game of Golf'. Lot's of great pics and wisdom there from one of the greatest golf swing theorists ever -- but I would like to bring some quotes that, first, validates latest Project 1.68's conclusions and, second, share some light on a RoC/release discussion. Here they are -- bold sentences of my choice as specially important:
"The wrists can work in many ways: they can help to combine a push with the flick, or a roll with the flick. It is difficult to define exactly the part they play in the golf swing and to separate their action for analysis, but from observation I should say that they work best when they combine with arms and body to form a smooth action"
" Players who use a minimum of wrist-work -- those who push the ball with a stiff-armed action -- can be well advised to acquire a flick of the wrists; this can be done by hitting the ball with less follow-through during practice. "Hitting and stopping" -- pupils of the "cotton School" will know this expression.
Those who whip the ball, and use therefore only a wrist-flick, can build their game by cultivating an arm swing -- a push, in fact. I have found during teaching that players go into these two classes and few combine immediately the flick and the push to the best advantage to get the maximum results from their physical attributes.
"To bring the club-face square to the ball at impact, and at the required speed, is the aim of every player, and we go to the trouble of learning a system in order to effect this. At present the only way to get sufficient power into a full shot is to use a turning and flicking action. The square face "all the way back and through" extends in general only to putts and short runs-up. There are players who grip the club with the left hand on the top of the shaft, showing four knuckles, but they only shut the face of the club because of the grip, and not because left wrist is holding the face square to the ball all the way, as it were. This would, however, happen in an extended hinged left-wrist action all the way to the top."
"I am sure that a gradual squaring up of the face on the way down is safer than a quick unwinding hit, and so, as I have advised begore, a combination hit and push is preferable. Most succesful players use the hingeing of the left wrist more than they imagine.
"Players who use a snap turn of the wrists usually hit a long ball as they are late hitters, but they are apt to misjudge this turn when under pressure. I prefer to see a player use some proportion of push in his shots when he has to produce winners."
Now there are presented some great pics with his own using crossover release signed with "Late all the way and a hasty rush of the right wrist to catch up. A photo of myself showing an incorrect wrist action".
The first big pic on the book is great Cotton's slap-hinge "flick" mixed with push release shown post-impact -- I am sure Brian would like it.
Cheers
"The wrists can work in many ways: they can help to combine a push with the flick, or a roll with the flick. It is difficult to define exactly the part they play in the golf swing and to separate their action for analysis, but from observation I should say that they work best when they combine with arms and body to form a smooth action"
" Players who use a minimum of wrist-work -- those who push the ball with a stiff-armed action -- can be well advised to acquire a flick of the wrists; this can be done by hitting the ball with less follow-through during practice. "Hitting and stopping" -- pupils of the "cotton School" will know this expression.
Those who whip the ball, and use therefore only a wrist-flick, can build their game by cultivating an arm swing -- a push, in fact. I have found during teaching that players go into these two classes and few combine immediately the flick and the push to the best advantage to get the maximum results from their physical attributes.
"To bring the club-face square to the ball at impact, and at the required speed, is the aim of every player, and we go to the trouble of learning a system in order to effect this. At present the only way to get sufficient power into a full shot is to use a turning and flicking action. The square face "all the way back and through" extends in general only to putts and short runs-up. There are players who grip the club with the left hand on the top of the shaft, showing four knuckles, but they only shut the face of the club because of the grip, and not because left wrist is holding the face square to the ball all the way, as it were. This would, however, happen in an extended hinged left-wrist action all the way to the top."
"I am sure that a gradual squaring up of the face on the way down is safer than a quick unwinding hit, and so, as I have advised begore, a combination hit and push is preferable. Most succesful players use the hingeing of the left wrist more than they imagine.
"Players who use a snap turn of the wrists usually hit a long ball as they are late hitters, but they are apt to misjudge this turn when under pressure. I prefer to see a player use some proportion of push in his shots when he has to produce winners."
Now there are presented some great pics with his own using crossover release signed with "Late all the way and a hasty rush of the right wrist to catch up. A photo of myself showing an incorrect wrist action".
The first big pic on the book is great Cotton's slap-hinge "flick" mixed with push release shown post-impact -- I am sure Brian would like it.
Cheers
