Left Thumb Under in NHA 2.0

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conkanen

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For those of us who need NHA 2.0, what does left thumb under the club accomplish? And does this have to be in conjunction with a flat left wrist? I have scanned the older posts but can't find what I am looking for.
 
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I think it would relax an arched left wrist at the top, but you can still have it flat with a neutral grip. For what it's worth, I have found that working on the path Brian talks about in the video and playing from a slightly open stance has helped to straighten out the hooks.
 
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conkanen

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I just re-watched NHA 2.0 and at about 32:25 into it Brian says he likes the thumb under with a flat left wrist and toe down.
 
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conkanen said:
I just re-watched NHA 2.0 and at about 32:25 into it Brian says he likes the thumb under with a flat left wrist and toe down.
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That's almost impossible physically; a slight bend is advisable in NHA to help keep the face open. He generally refers to it as a "soft left wrist." However i don't if that was from NHA 1 or 2
 
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He definitely says toe-down and flat wrist in 2.0. But I get your larger point. Toe down is what we are trying to accomplish in this pattern. It's weird, the more and more I learn from NHA 2.0 the more I realize this was how I swung the club in my early twenties and it was my best ball striking years. Upright backswing, soft/cupped wrist toe down, and an OTT move. Of course people "in the know" said good players come from the inside lol. So I started down that path and it turned me into a severe inside/out hopeless flipper who couldn't play a lick.
 
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conkanen said:
He definitely says toe-down and flat wrist in 2.0. But I get your larger point. Toe down is what we are trying to accomplish in this pattern. It's weird, the more and more I learn from NHA 2.0 the more I realize this was how I swung the club in my early twenties and it was my best ball striking years. Upright backswing, soft/cupped wrist toe down, and an OTT move. Of course people "in the know" said good players come from the inside lol. So I started down that path and it turned me into a severe inside/out hopeless flipper who couldn't play a lick.
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