Flat Left Wrist Question

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gommo

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Hi,

I just got back from a lesson with my local PGA instructor. Its my second lesson with him (The first was late last year). Since the first lesson I found BM.com and changed my backswing to incorporate a flat left wrist. (Admittingly I still had a stronger grip, not overly strong, but strong enough to have a slightly closed clubface at the top of the backswing. I had weakened it to try get to a neutral grip)

Today, my instructor got me to not have the flat left wrist at the top because he wanted me to have an open club face half way down the downswing. The reason is he wants to get more distance out of my hit and he said the flat left wrist for me isn't natural and that its stopping my wrists from uncocking and so I'm not getting as much club head speed as I would have. A drill he did showed me that on my downswing my club face was closed very early.

Obviously I did this during the lesson and now I'm slicing again :). My question is, does his logic sound reasonable and should (as he told me) continue working on timing the roll of my right wrist to square the club face?

I understand without seeing my swing in person that its hard to judge so any comments at all would be great.

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gommo

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I would class myself as definitely more of a slicer than hooker but when I concentrated on the twist away and especially 'wedding ring up' I would definitely hook if I had a strong grip. The first thing I concentrated on was relaxing the twist away.

Most of my iron shots are(were) going mostly straight and my tee shots ended up straight but got there via a slight slice (i.e. outside in swing). Two weeks ago I identified my outside in swing using video and the last few driving range sessions I finally started hitting some 'dead straight' drives. (I've been working on tracing the plane line and also stood a little further away from the ball on my drives)

Because of the lack of distance and the changes I had made I booked another lesson to see if I was on the right track and hence now I'm confused. :)

Thanks for the quick response Brian
 
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gommo said:
Hi,
Today, my instructor got me to not have the flat left wrist at the top because he wanted me to have an open club face half way down the downswing. The reason is he wants to get more distance out of my hit and he said the flat left wrist for me isn't natural and that its stopping my wrists from uncocking and so I'm not getting as much club head speed as I would have.
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A flat left wrist is stopping your 'wrists' from cocking...that sounds a bit off.

Problem 1 with that statement is the right wrist doesn't need to cock.

Problem 2 put your left arm straight out in front of you with a flat wrist, now cock it....now bend your wrist and repeat...how does flattening your wrist affect the amount it cocks?

I get the feeling he is talking more about clubhead roll than wrist cock (accum #3 instead of #2 in TGM terms), but that is not what he has explained to you.

I can't see why a teacher would teach a slicer to have the clubface more open at any time in the swing...unless they teach 1 pattern.
 
gommo

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Toolish said:
I get the feeling he is talking more about clubhead roll than wrist cock (accum #3 instead of #2 in TGM terms), but that is not what he has explained to you.

I can't see why a teacher would teach a slicer to have the clubface more open at any time in the swing...unless they teach 1 pattern.
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I get the feeling that's what he was referring too. I think that by actively maintaining my FLW I am not allowing a natural release. When I relax more at the top (But don't achieve the FLW) my wrists are naturally more relaxed.
 
rbaumgolf

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What you'll get with the relaxation and non-FLW is a powerful flip. Sounds to me like your teacher "wants" you to flip it and if you time it right you may hit it farther.
 
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Brian Manzella

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Well....

Why not FIX your grip to match your "wedding ring up" swivel?

Or get your HANDS further forward?

Personally, in your case, a little of both will probably do the trick.
 
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