Twist away vs. 1/4 turn
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Magbus7319
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I think of the twist away, not as forearm rotation, more of wrist bowing so the face of the club is facing away from the target/skyward as the backswing completes.
Can you explain this?
natep
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What is the "1/4 turn of the forearm" youre talking about? Which way?
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hp12c
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Big difference,
Twist away involves the wrists, bow the left and bend the right, which is for clubface control as to not slice. For me open clubface and flipping twist away helped both. if you turn you forearms along with twist away you are going to have other issues, such as under/overtated arms which equal more problems.
The quarter turn is a clockwise rotation of the left forearm 90 degrees.One quarter of 360 is 90 thus it's name.Any clockwise rotation of the left forearm opens the clubface.The twistaway happens in a counterclockwise direction which stops the clubface opening up too much.
Post your swing, then one of the instructors can tell you, otherwise it's a guess as to what you might need in your swing.
Both but not at the same time.Twistaway first half of the backswing and then the quarter turn to finish off the backswing and into transition.This is my preference but you can twistaway all the way to the top,however,you will end up with an arched left wrist and depending on the length of your backswing,across the line as well.Some people play well from this shut position so feel free to experiment.
What you don't want is the quarter turn to happen in the takeaway which leads to popout and a very flat backswing.You want to flatten it with with the quarter turn as you reach the top of the backswing and into transition.May feel weird at first because in essence you are opening up the clubface to start your downswing which might raise a few eye brows in this part of the woods.
Another way to think of the twistaway is just don't quarter turn at all during the backswing.This might feel less awkward for most people.
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