Excellent commentary and demonstration Jonathan on how to better utilize the hands and wrists in the golf swing. I have been using this move ever since I viewed your video on pushing the butt end of the shaft down in commencing the backswing and releasing the club on the downswing! This further explains it by the use of a towel! Well Done Johnathan! Thanks for your help!
Thanks once again for such a succinct and practical video... one of the best tutors on youtube... by a country mile. Undersubscribed and appreciated looking at the numbers. Interestingly... where you mention that looseness of right hand, I did notice watching slow motion of Fred Couples that he was virtually letting go with the right hand on the way down....
Jonathon, Thank you for the rotating outward tip. I noticed a couple of months ago how Pros stretch downward, which I employed with great ball-striking results. Now, I'm going to combine that with your rotating hands outward during the down-swing. I don't think I want to rotate inward during the backswing because it's more than two things to think about during my swing.
This is actually brilliant 👍. For me there is more to it but it would take me a long message to try to explain my "feel" for this. Suffice to say I would experiment with elbow and right forearm positioning and firing as rather than just after the transition, I found I had more consistency firing down and away to the right (right hand golfer) with the right forearm in the "giving blood" position and when the right elbow was (almost) hitting my right hip / belt loop. I felt literally dragged down and then around by the acceleration of the club. It was almost as if I couldn't fire downwards enough (only difference was bigger divots and a more medium ball flight à la Tommy Fleetwood. I do think correct weight transfer is also critical to this move and the later release seemed to keep me more back on my feet. The swing speed increase forced me to back off and slow down my swing - which has to be good too ! And accuracy ? When I got it just right, Amazing !! Oh, and I wasn't doing any deliberate twisting of the hands as I hadn't seen this video yet ! However, I think the "thought" / feel of firing right and down probably gives a similar result and I will definitely try the twist during my next practice session 😉👍
Jonathan, I have been using this transition idea for about 3 months. Jon Sinclair also mentioned the “Start down with a twist, supination” in his wrist video. It gave me problems as the hands felt as if they were turning apart, both supinating. I solved the problem with this idea - think of the left wrist moving through 2 motions, ulnar deviation first and bowing/flexing second. Additionally, this order places a limit on the initial twist amount. . Therefore, you reach the top with the left wrist slightly bent and the right wrist fully bent. (Because the right wrist is fully bent, the right wrist cannot ulnar deviate.) So when the left wrist ulnar deviates the right wrist will supinate slightly. As the left wrist continues to ulnar deviate, it moves into flexing/bowing which slightly supinates the left wrist and causes the right wrist to now pronate slightly, squaring the clubface (your extension). This solved my problem in that, yes both wrists slightly twist in transition BUT at different times. Sinclair-Como ruclips.net/video/baU6hav9vFw/видео.html
Excellent commentary and demonstration Jonathan on how to better utilize the hands and wrists in the golf swing. I have been using this move ever since I viewed your video on pushing the butt end of the shaft down in commencing the backswing and releasing the club on the downswing! This further explains it by the use of a towel! Well Done Johnathan! Thanks for your help!
Thanks once again for such a succinct and practical video... one of the best tutors on youtube... by a country mile. Undersubscribed and appreciated looking at the numbers. Interestingly... where you mention that looseness of right hand, I did notice watching slow motion of Fred Couples that he was virtually letting go with the right hand on the way down....
Jonathon, Thank you for the rotating outward tip. I noticed a couple of months ago how Pros stretch downward, which I employed with great ball-striking results. Now, I'm going to combine that with your rotating hands outward during the down-swing. I don't think I want to rotate inward during the backswing because it's more than two things to think about during my swing.
Great sir Jonathan Taylor
This is actually brilliant 👍. For me there is more to it but it would take me a long message to try to explain my "feel" for this. Suffice to say I would experiment with elbow and right forearm positioning and firing as rather than just after the transition, I found I had more consistency firing down and away to the right (right hand golfer) with the right forearm in the "giving blood" position and when the right elbow was (almost) hitting my right hip / belt loop. I felt literally dragged down and then around by the acceleration of the club. It was almost as if I couldn't fire downwards enough (only difference was bigger divots and a more medium ball flight à la Tommy Fleetwood. I do think correct weight transfer is also critical to this move and the later release seemed to keep me more back on my feet. The swing speed increase forced me to back off and slow down my swing - which has to be good too ! And accuracy ? When I got it just right, Amazing !! Oh, and I wasn't doing any deliberate twisting of the hands as I hadn't seen this video yet ! However, I think the "thought" / feel of firing right and down probably gives a similar result and I will definitely try the twist during my next practice session 😉👍
Chronic slicer here, is there a trick to stop falling backwards when I do this?
Jonathan, I have been using this transition idea for about 3 months. Jon Sinclair also mentioned the “Start down with a twist, supination” in his wrist video. It gave me problems as the hands felt as if they were turning apart, both supinating.
I solved the problem with this idea - think of the left wrist moving through 2 motions, ulnar deviation first and bowing/flexing second. Additionally, this order places a limit on the initial twist amount.
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Therefore, you reach the top with the left wrist slightly bent and the right wrist fully bent. (Because the right wrist is fully bent, the right wrist cannot ulnar deviate.) So when the left wrist ulnar deviates the right wrist will supinate slightly. As the left wrist continues to ulnar deviate, it moves into flexing/bowing which slightly supinates the left wrist and causes the right wrist to now pronate slightly, squaring the clubface (your extension). This solved my problem in that, yes both wrists slightly twist in transition BUT at different times.
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Hmm kind of had a lightbulb moment here on this feeling. The club felt like it was getting in the slot easier.