Question about trigger delay

[natep]

I saw where Brian mentioned in one of the new sticky's that the science behind "maximum trigger delay" was flawed.

Is maximum trigger delay the concept of holding your angles as long as possible and then snapping them at the last second?

Sorry if this is a dumb question.

If so, does this imply that a wider, sweeping type release is more optimal?

Thanks

 

[Jared Willerson]

Yes....and many golfers have ruined themselves chasing after it's seductive looking charm.

 

[Deadly_Scope]

I saw where Brian mentioned in one of the new sticky's that the science behind "maximum trigger delay" was flawed.

Is maximum trigger delay the concept of holding your angles as long as possible and then snapping them at the last second?

Sorry if this is a dumb question.

If so, does this imply that a wider, sweeping type release is more optimal?

Thanks

The reason that people don't look like Ben Hogan coming down is that people are in love with the concept of a flat left wrist and consequently they don't create enough of an angle between the left arm and the club which should be more than 90 degrees. People just don't understand wrist conditions and it's dynamic nature.

 

[greenfree]

The reason that people don't look like Ben Hogan coming down is that people are in love with the concept of a flat left wrist and consequently they don't create enough of an angle between the left arm and the club which should be more than 90 degrees. People just don't understand wrist conditions and it's dynamic nature.

Is that the same for Jamie Sandlowski? I heard him talk about his wrist conditions helping him create his dynamic swing.

 

[Ringer]

Lag is no more important than what color you shoes are. If all you want to do is look pretty, you might be putting on the wrong pair.

 

[Brian Manzella]

Lag is no more important than what color you shoes are. If all you want to do is look pretty, you might be putting on the wrong pair.

It is pretty much this simple....if you max trigger delay, the speed that comes from the uncocking happens too late.

 

[SteveT]

Confusion galore ...!!!!!

"Maximum trigger delay" and "holding your angles" ... just think what that suggests .... restricting the natural flow of kinetic energy from the body through the arms and wrists. That's what it means, scientifically!!!

Now, you can naturally retain a wrist angle with a steep, short iron swing ... but certainly not with your driver and long clubs. Excessive snapping of the wrist is just a conscious act of desperation, and when you go conscious into the depth of your golfswing, you are asking for trouble.

The arm-wrist-clubshaft angle starts to open up about when the shaft is vertical in the downswing. Yes, release begins about half way into your downswing, because your wrists cannot resist the gaining momentum of the golf club ... past vertical. There are tricks you can use to hold the angle, but then you must apply a very vigorous hand couple ... a 'couple' is a set of forces, in this case the the right and left hands/arms twisting around each other to get a left hand supination and a right hand pronation.

All this must happen in milliseconds (thousandths of a second) because the downswing is only about half a second. Much of it must be done unconsciously after proper practice, and to then inject a conscious restraint like 'holding the angle' ... well that's downright wrong. As BrianM says "the uncocking happens too late" .. because you just can't time it ... you're only guessing consciously and breaking the flow of the energy in the kinetic chain.

All this 'scientific' mumbojumbo will just confuse you into creating something unreal in your natural golfswing style. This is the danger of trying to create a homemade golfswing and avoiding judgement and direction by a golf teacher ... like BrianM.