Quieting the Wrists in the Putting Stoke

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This drill video is taking the wrist out of the putting stroke.

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So one of the ways that we can get better at controlling the start line is to

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take out

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some of the big influences for start line.

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So the major influences for start line would be twisting at either the wrist or

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the shoulders,

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kind of like this, or if I was to twist too much with my body and shift the

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whole putting

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stroke plane either outside in or if I was to move excessively and shift it

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inside out.

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But primarily the majority of directional issues come down to a combination of

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kind of excessive

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wrist and flat shoulders.

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So the most common kind of bad putting pattern is more the hips turn and then

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the putter kind

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of gets thrown from the wrist kind of like that, has that chase look to it.

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So one of the ways that I approach that pattern is by trying to take some of

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the wrist out

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of it and make the stroke happen more from the shoulders and the big muscles.

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So I have a couple different training devices that I use, one is a commercial

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product and

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then two are kind of simple do-it-yourselfers.

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So I'll link the name in the bottom, I just can't remember head off the top of

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my head.

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But basically what this does is it kind of gives you a really strong feedback

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as far

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as if you are using your wrist.

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So it basically forces you to keep your wrist in the same position and I

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challenge my students

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to kind of keep the same amount of pressure, try to take the focus away from

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the golf ball

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and more into the connection of the wrist here.

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And basically try and keep the same pressure through the entire stroke.

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This might be aimed just a touch left, okay.

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So that's option one.

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It helps the main place where I will see the wrist breakdown is through impact.

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With the 3D stuff that I've seen, if you are going to have some wrist action in

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the stroke,

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you would rather have it happen to give a little speed in transition.

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You don't want to have a lot of wrist change down through impact.

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So I would rather see if you are going to use your wrist, use them early and

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then through

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the ball, basically have more stability or more of the motion happening from

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rocking

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as in just a tiny bit left.

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But have more of the motion happening in the bigger muscles such as the

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shoulders and

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the shoulder blade.

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So that's option one, option two is you're going to take a golf ball and you're

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going

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to fill that space.

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So you're going to place your grip on normal and if you have a cross-handed

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grip, you

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would place it on the opposite side.

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But basically the grip, the hand that's further down is going to have about a

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golf ball's

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amount of space just kind of in there.

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Now I haven't found a way that you would have to use a larger ball or larger

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object

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if you are gripping with more of the claw, which I don't try to talk students

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out of.

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I think the claw is a very good putting grip, dabbled with it myself.

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But this works very similar to that device, pretty much on the same line.

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Oh, I hit it softer, had a chance, okay.

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So golf ball in between the grip and the arm can help you feel if you are

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getting a

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little wristy.

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And then the last option is we've got two T's that are just duct tape together.

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So now if I put one T in the end of the putter, now I have something pointy

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sticking out and

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I can adjust it until it's basically starting up against my forearm.

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So now if I was to flip, I feel the point of the T push into my arm a little

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bit stronger.

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So I get some really solid, don't do that feedback.

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So you just have to play around with the angle of the T and the length of the T

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so that for

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you personally, it's right up against your arm.

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So there it's just touching me.

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And then rock the shoulders.

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I started that one just a little bit more right and we finally got one to draw,

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okay.

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So if you are struggling with putter face control, then you're going to look at

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video

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to see if you're having too much of a level shoulder plane or if you're having

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from the

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face on camera, more of this wrist breakdown.

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If you're having more of the wrist breakdown, then you got some options for

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being able to

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give you some strong feedback on how to control the motion more from the

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shoulders and less

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from the wrist.

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Option one, option two, option three, all of them help take out some of that

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motion.