NEW Brian Manzella YouTube Video Answer #1 -The Flying Elbow. Can it be a good thing?

[Kevin Shields]

What, nobody coming to my rescue? I'm not talking about flipping it closed.

I'm talking about bending the wrist on the backswing and carrying it into the downswing like Hogan, Couples, Miller, etc. At impact it's not bent anymore.

Try Kevin's exercise, but cock your left wrist first (like in the swing). Now "bend" the left wrist. Is the face open or closed?

Which Miller, Johnny? His was pretty flat the whole swing. Hogan and Couples worked the clubhead back under on the downswing, thus opening it more, making it very difficult to close it twice in the same swing, or too much. The face went from in front of the hands (closed and lofted) to behind the hands (open and de-lofted) into impact.

 

[Zztop]

What, nobody coming to my rescue? I'm not talking about flipping it closed.

I'm talking about bending the wrist on the backswing and carrying it into the downswing like Hogan, Couples, Miller, etc. At impact it's not bent anymore.

Try Kevin's exercise, but cock your left wrist first (like in the swing). Now "bend" the left wrist. Is the face open or closed?

Kevin's talking about the left wrist like in a lct takeaway without forearm rotation. Your talking about a cupped wrist with forearm rotation. Both of you are right in your specific description.

 

[Tball88]

Brian great video. The flying elbow as a cure to getting laid off is probably why I use it. I use to have some pop out which laid the club off quite a bit.