At address, I have my hands forward to mimick the impact position. When coming to the top of the backswing my wrist naturally hinge. I know from your videos that you want to "keep the wedge" after impact, meaning that my wrists should be in the same position as they were at address. Now between the top of the backswing and impact, my wrists will unhinge. I find myself thinking about managing my wrists during the swing to keep the wedge after impact. However, this creates some variability as sometimes my wrists will unhinge too much or not enough. Is there a way to simply this process where I can come into the ball confidently that I will maintain the proper impact position while holding that release after impact? Many thanks in advance.
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Revision--Just saw the Top of The Back Swing video and know that 2.8 is key for an actual real game situation when getting to the top as per the video is key when it has to happen every time. When I am at the top position (and its worth taking my time to get there) I finally understand how to carry the watermellon BECAUSE my old swing was just throwing the right arm at the ball from the top, now, its an arms/torso all togetherness feel with the flying wedge impact feel as well. I took a small divot and made a 95 yard approach shot yesterday with a 52 degree wedge doing this, getting on the green in regulation on a par 5. It felt so good I did not even care that I three putted!
Excellent feedback in this forum. Here is my thoughts on wrist hinge:
The wrists ONLY HINGE up and down - no side to side movement of the wrists or hands. This eliminates a ton of variables in your swing.
The arms remain a straight as you can keep them. In the backswing the trail arm will NATURALLY fold to accommodate the straightness of the lead arm.
The hinge is really NO HINGE at all (at least think of it this way). The folding of the trail arm creates the hinge.
I FEEL as though my arms are staying completely straight throughout the swing. I know the wrists are hinging because of this and the fact that my upper arms are connected to my chest in the swing.
In reality the wrists are hinging gradually to the top of backswing. In terms of FEEL, I prefer to just keep my arms straight and allow the wrists to do what they want. I know if the arms are straight and my grip is secure, the wrists will hinge on their own.
Like a holy dogma! The flying wedge is the overall feel of my full swing. With the pre-set bump with the tail bone and weight on the front foot, as I go to the top of the backswing, I feel like my lower body is a tank and my tailbone and girth like Bryson DeChambeau's which is a total from the ground feeling!! Keeping the wedge is the key downswing thought, with no concern about a carrying a watermellon.
Tom, I wrestle with the same question as above. I am trying to maintain that starting address position of the wedge through the backswing. My wrists want to hinge more at the top if I try to relax my arms with the arms attached to my torso of course, but feel this creates tension in my wrists and arms when I have the thought of maintaining that same wrist position from address to backswing to impact. Am I thinking about this correctly, or am I off track on this thought? Should I be allowing my wrists to hinge at the top allowing for greater width as well to add power. I'm really confused on this topic and for my own sanity can you dive deeper into the feeling you experience with your wrists coming to the top of the backswing? Do you allow them to hinge more at the top of backswing compared to the address wedge position, or do you strive to maintain the same wedge position at the top of the backswing as you have at address?
Yes, there are some great ways to avoid "losing the wrist angle" in the downswing. That issue of the wrists unhinging in your downswing is called "early extension".
There are a few causes of early extension with their fixes linked after:
Over the top/Steep downswing (Click to Fix). I gave you the fix for slices and pulls - that section has many fixes for this issue.
Club path too in/out causing the club to fall too low in the downswing (Click to fix). This is the section on hooks.
Unhinging the wrists because of old habits, etc. (Click to fix) - general early extension fixes.
Let me know if those help you to hold the wrist angle better. Also, keep in mind that you don't need to FORCE the hands to be forward, that's why "flipping" the hands and early-extension is typically the RESULT of something else happening in your golf swing (like the 3 things I mentioned above).
Stay crispy KFC!
Tom