Is wrist cock a conscious act??

[Tball88]

A friend of mine was trying to convince me this weekend that a person should intentially cock the wrist at the top of the backswing. I make no effort to cock the wrist and just make sure that as I take the hands up that I maintain a bent right wrist. So the question is is a wrist cock something that one should try to achieve, or is it just something that happens naturally?

 

[Matt Taylor]

I think it depends on your loading preference. I'm certainly no expert, somebody here may correct me, but I float load and don't really think about wrist cock -- it just happens. But if you employ other loading procedures, it may have to be conscious.

Again, I could be off base.

 

[MizunoJoe]

Matt is right - it depends. For downcockers, the change of direction does it. Faldo and Ballesteros had early, deliberate wrist sets.