I have a super duper hard question

[jbrunk]

How does hitting the ball with my right thumb off the club keep me on plane?

I know that it keeps me behind the sweetspot, but that seems to me a clubface control drill. I have a habit of adding axis tilt too ealry in the downswing and getting underplane and under the ss, so when I can't keep my left side bend occasionally I have to use the above drill to get myself right.

Today at the range it seemed that the right thumb off drill was keeping me from adding that tilt too early. I could feel it.

Thoughts from the experts please....................................



and, go Red Raiders!

 

[Jim Kobylinski]

Right thumb off keeps the club from over rotating in the backswing and thus produces (in almost all cases) much more "on plane" backswings and then this leads to a much easier "production" of an on plane downswing. It's a chain effect.

this should make a light bulb go off at how many root causes can be traced back to poor face control

 

[jbrunk]

So, you're saying that maybe this is a drill I should do a lot. I was hitting flush 7 irons 150 yards doing this.


I still don't get why it affects the plane in my circumstance.

 

[Jim Kobylinski]

I had one student play almost a whole season that way because he liked how he hit it.

 

[cmartingolf]

I always tell my students you don't need a right thumb to play great golf. A relaxed right thumb is, IMO, a key to aiming lag pressure properly. Right thumb pressure, to any degree, just seems to mess things up.

 

[jbrunk]

I always tell my students you don't need a right thumb to play great golf. A relaxed right thumb is, IMO, a key to aiming lag pressure properly. Right thumb pressure, to any degree, just seems to mess things up.

I am starting to understand that now.

 

[Jim Kobylinski]

Besides aiming lag pressure it sure does let you FEEL IT more.

 

[rogerdodger]

This really works, whenever my swing gets underplane, I hit shots without the right thumb on and voila. I actually wear a spot on my grip where my right thumb sits, way too much pressure.

 

[benhogan55]

I always tell my students you don't need a right thumb to play great golf. A relaxed right thumb is, IMO, a key to aiming lag pressure properly. Right thumb pressure, to any degree, just seems to mess things up.

Could not agree more....on of the first things I check is pressure on the right thumb and forefinger...too much pressure for me leads to pulls.