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NEW! Brian Manzella Video Answers from current questions
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lookingtolearn
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Great video Brian. Thanks a lot!
tongzilla
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Thanks for spending time to make this video Brian.
Does the right wrist always flatten during the downswing? There are many good players who go from a bent to flat/arched left wrist (i.e. right wrist gets more bent) at impact. E.g. Ernie Els, Ben Hogan. How do they do this without hitting it bad?
Does the right wrist always flatten during the downswing? There are many good players who go from a bent to flat/arched left wrist (i.e. right wrist gets more bent) at impact. E.g. Ernie Els, Ben Hogan. How do they do this without hitting it bad?
birdie_man
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Ya I second that.
For me........in all my efforts that is..........it is plainly too open.
(unless I FULL roll in downswing........)
For me........in all my efforts that is..........it is plainly too open.
(unless I FULL roll in downswing........)
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HOT CHILLI
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Another Classic
You Look Good Man...Well with the new house and all...running...building...building and running...
Good video!
Thank you Brian!
You Look Good Man...Well with the new house and all...running...building...building and running...
Good video!
Thank you Brian!
Brian Manzella
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Brian Manzella
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I *think* (and correct me if I'm wrong) that Brian is just explaining the small gap between the teaching theory and the physical reality of the golf swing. That is, if you study swings closely and look at the biomechanics of it, the right wrist simply has to cock a little bit in order to complete the backswing.
But I don't think this fact changes the teaching at all. I still don't want to TRY to cock my right wrist. My thought is still 'bend the right wrist straight back'.
I'm less concerned to 'know what really happens' and more concerned with what I need to know in order to make a good swing. So Brian can discover that the right wrist cocks a little bit, but until he starts telling me to try to cock my right wrist (and he's not saying that at the moment) then this revelation doesn't change a thing.
But I don't think this fact changes the teaching at all. I still don't want to TRY to cock my right wrist. My thought is still 'bend the right wrist straight back'.
I'm less concerned to 'know what really happens' and more concerned with what I need to know in order to make a good swing. So Brian can discover that the right wrist cocks a little bit, but until he starts telling me to try to cock my right wrist (and he's not saying that at the moment) then this revelation doesn't change a thing.
lookingtolearn
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Well said.
sorry if im expecting too much, but is there more to that video? im just about to get my head round the idea of lagging the hosel thing and the video stopped!
also, question: does lagging the hosel = shank?
meaning, if you lag the hosel mean you are definatley going to shank it?
conversly, does shank = lagging the hosel?
i know they sound like im stating the same thing, but if you lag the hosel, can you hit some other shots, like wide open slices?
also, any thing we can do if we get a bout of 'the shanks' mid-round?
also, question: does lagging the hosel = shank?
meaning, if you lag the hosel mean you are definatley going to shank it?
conversly, does shank = lagging the hosel?
i know they sound like im stating the same thing, but if you lag the hosel, can you hit some other shots, like wide open slices?
also, any thing we can do if we get a bout of 'the shanks' mid-round?
birdie_man
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Curtis.....................if what you are doing is working..................you don't need to change it just because of this. But look at your right wrist.........it may actually be cocking some after all...
Yes?
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So...
In lots of swings it does cock pretty noticeably. See Freddie Couples.
In some it cocks less.
In some it may not cock. How many world class ones though? I dunnnno......
Regardless.............it is a good feel (to try NOT to cock it that is) for a too-open-clubface player who needs a twistaway clubface control.
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Yes?
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So...
In lots of swings it does cock pretty noticeably. See Freddie Couples.
In some it cocks less.
In some it may not cock. How many world class ones though? I dunnnno......
Regardless.............it is a good feel (to try NOT to cock it that is) for a too-open-clubface player who needs a twistaway clubface control.
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birdie_man
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BTW as to why this is just coming out now.......even when it was perfectly clear that lots of PGA Tour golfers FOR SURE did cock their right wrists?
Brian could give you the answer.........but I presume it has to do with TGM educated people thinking it was basically unnecessary- and a compensation.
And I also presume Brian no doubt would not have as much success teaching slicers TO cock their right wrists. (and perhaps bend their left wrists)
BTW........I know I (for example) can't do it like Freddie................but some people can.
Brian could give you the answer.........but I presume it has to do with TGM educated people thinking it was basically unnecessary- and a compensation.
And I also presume Brian no doubt would not have as much success teaching slicers TO cock their right wrists. (and perhaps bend their left wrists)
BTW........I know I (for example) can't do it like Freddie................but some people can.
Brian, I just wanted to say that the thoughts you had in this video and in the shank video is something that I've figured out when spending time on the range in my own little world of tinkering with the golf swing. You just confirmed a lot of ideas about the golf swing for me. I just never believed it because of what the golfing world had to say about it all these years.
With regard to what Leo was saying about how pro golfers come into the ball with a more flat left wrist and an more bent back right wrist. I have some ideas on that too. It's important to know what type of grip they employed for that particular shot, the clubface relation to the forearm at the top of the backswing, and the type of ball flight the shot ended up as, amongst other things. I think if you actually knew what that golfer was trying to do for that particular shot, I'm sure the hand positions at impact make sense. The question is, how would we actually know what type of shot Ernie was playing for example, without asking him? Not sure if that was what Leo was getting at.
With regard to what Leo was saying about how pro golfers come into the ball with a more flat left wrist and an more bent back right wrist. I have some ideas on that too. It's important to know what type of grip they employed for that particular shot, the clubface relation to the forearm at the top of the backswing, and the type of ball flight the shot ended up as, amongst other things. I think if you actually knew what that golfer was trying to do for that particular shot, I'm sure the hand positions at impact make sense. The question is, how would we actually know what type of shot Ernie was playing for example, without asking him? Not sure if that was what Leo was getting at.
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