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Tyler Ferrell is the only person in the world named to Golf Digest's list of Best
Young Teachers in
America AND its list of Best Golf Fitness Professionals in America.
Understanding Wrist Position for a Better Golf Swing
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Understand the impact of wrist hinge on clubface position.
- Identify the difference between wrist flexion and extension during your swing.
- Feel how a proper wrist position can lead to more consistent ball striking.
Learn how proper wrist positioning at the top of your swing can enhance your control and improve your shots. This video explains the common mistakes golfers make and how to adjust your wrist angle effectively.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.400
This video is over setting the wrist.
2
00:00:06.400 --> 00:00:10.200
So I've had a couple cases recently of golfers who were trying to kind of
3
00:00:10.200 --> 00:00:10.960
understand what
4
00:00:10.960 --> 00:00:13.080
the wrist should do at the top of the swing.
5
00:00:13.080 --> 00:00:15.960
And basically what they were trying to do was they were trying to hinge them as
6
00:00:15.960 --> 00:00:16.240
much
7
00:00:16.240 --> 00:00:17.240
as possible.
8
00:00:17.240 --> 00:00:22.200
Now, this has been talked about a lot in golf because when we look from this
9
00:00:22.200 --> 00:00:23.560
face on view,
10
00:00:23.560 --> 00:00:26.880
you're going to tend to see this narrowing or this angle here.
11
00:00:26.880 --> 00:00:30.600
And so a lot of golf instructors have talked about hinging the wrist kind of
12
00:00:30.600 --> 00:00:31.280
like hinging
13
00:00:31.280 --> 00:00:32.520
a hammer.
14
00:00:32.520 --> 00:00:37.160
Now the problem with that is when we look at 3D, that's not exactly the case.
15
00:00:37.160 --> 00:00:40.600
And I'm going to go into exactly why during this video.
16
00:00:40.600 --> 00:00:45.370
So if you were to maximally hinge a wrist, then this left wrist is going to
17
00:00:45.370 --> 00:00:46.240
drift towards
18
00:00:46.240 --> 00:00:48.720
extension like so.
19
00:00:48.720 --> 00:00:53.910
The reason for that, you can check the video on combined movements of the fore
20
00:00:53.910 --> 00:00:54.520
arms.
21
00:00:54.520 --> 00:00:59.720
But to understand that if we were to hinge like so, you'll see that my wrist
22
00:00:59.720 --> 00:01:00.560
can extend
23
00:01:00.560 --> 00:01:02.600
pretty easily.
24
00:01:02.600 --> 00:01:06.370
If we hinge and then try to flex, it feels very uncomfortable and actually
25
00:01:06.370 --> 00:01:07.440
pulls my body
26
00:01:07.440 --> 00:01:10.480
out of that hinge or radial deviation.
27
00:01:10.480 --> 00:01:15.010
So when you go up to the top of the swing, if I'm facing this way, if you hinge
28
00:01:15.010 --> 00:01:15.560
as much
29
00:01:15.560 --> 00:01:19.900
as you can, you can see that that would tend to put the club face in a certain
30
00:01:19.900 --> 00:01:20.760
position.
31
00:01:20.760 --> 00:01:24.480
If I then tried to flex it, which is the motorcycle movement, you'll see that
32
00:01:24.480 --> 00:01:25.600
that tends to pull
33
00:01:25.600 --> 00:01:28.920
me slightly out of that hinge.
34
00:01:28.920 --> 00:01:33.090
So what's more important is at the top of the swing feeling like the right
35
00:01:33.090 --> 00:01:33.840
wrist is going
36
00:01:33.840 --> 00:01:39.240
to cup or extend as they've talked about kind of holding a tray or holding, you
37
00:01:39.240 --> 00:01:39.920
know, as
38
00:01:39.920 --> 00:01:44.640
if you were to grab the shower curtain, basically getting this wrist facing up
39
00:01:44.640 --> 00:01:46.040
like so.
40
00:01:46.040 --> 00:01:50.210
What we see on 3D is that in the at the top of the swing, the right wrist is
41
00:01:50.210 --> 00:01:50.600
going to
42
00:01:50.600 --> 00:01:55.910
be extended for a right hand golfer, almost 60 degrees, 50 degrees somewhere in
43
00:01:55.910 --> 00:01:56.640
that range,
44
00:01:56.640 --> 00:01:59.360
which is near maximum for a lot of golfers.
45
00:01:59.360 --> 00:02:03.160
The left wrist is only going to flex 5 to 10 degrees.
46
00:02:03.160 --> 00:02:08.320
So what ends up happening is as I make this movement, because the right wrist
47
00:02:08.320 --> 00:02:09.000
is going
48
00:02:09.000 --> 00:02:13.840
to be cupping and the left wrist is going to be hinging, they're going to
49
00:02:13.840 --> 00:02:15.040
basically get
50
00:02:15.040 --> 00:02:20.240
into a comfortable position up at the top of the swing as if I was in this
51
00:02:20.240 --> 00:02:21.640
loaded position
52
00:02:21.640 --> 00:02:23.740
getting ready to throw.
53
00:02:23.740 --> 00:02:27.910
Now if I was to maximally hinge this as much as possible, then I would
54
00:02:27.910 --> 00:02:29.040
physically have
55
00:02:29.040 --> 00:02:32.880
no slack to increase it on the way down.
56
00:02:32.880 --> 00:02:38.080
So what we want to do is we want to make sure that we get some hinge in the
57
00:02:38.080 --> 00:02:39.360
left wrist and
58
00:02:39.360 --> 00:02:43.140
a fair amount of extension in the right wrist, but not quite go to maximum,
59
00:02:43.140 --> 00:02:43.880
because if you
60
00:02:43.880 --> 00:02:47.440
go all the way to maximum, you can't increase it in the transition.
61
00:02:47.440 --> 00:02:51.610
And the more important thing, if I face this way, the more important thing is
62
00:02:51.610 --> 00:02:52.640
during transition
63
00:02:52.640 --> 00:02:57.960
to get that motorcycle going and to have that wrist set.
64
00:02:57.960 --> 00:03:02.430
Now one of the other questions that I tend to get is, is it okay to start that
65
00:03:02.430 --> 00:03:03.280
motorcycle
66
00:03:03.280 --> 00:03:05.440
movement to end the backswing?
67
00:03:05.440 --> 00:03:06.440
And absolutely.
68
00:03:06.440 --> 00:03:11.590
There's a number of golfers, prominent golfers, who tend to as they set already
69
00:03:11.590 --> 00:03:12.600
start flexing
70
00:03:12.600 --> 00:03:14.480
that lead wrist.
71
00:03:14.480 --> 00:03:18.860
And in doing so, that pre gets the club face already starting close, then you
72
00:03:18.860 --> 00:03:19.400
don't have
73
00:03:19.400 --> 00:03:22.100
to think about it during transition.
74
00:03:22.100 --> 00:03:25.440
But if you're focused on hinging the wrist as much as you can, it's going to
75
00:03:25.440 --> 00:03:25.840
make it
76
00:03:25.840 --> 00:03:28.440
harder for you to do that motorcycle move.
77
00:03:28.440 --> 00:03:32.160
So yes, we want to hinge the wrist, but we want to have more of a focus on the
78
00:03:32.160 --> 00:03:32.720
cupping
79
00:03:32.720 --> 00:03:37.400
of the right wrist and the position of the wrist this way, rather than trying
80
00:03:37.400 --> 00:03:38.240
to maximize
81
00:03:38.240 --> 00:03:41.080
them in this hinge motion.
82
00:03:41.080 --> 00:03:44.410
So hopefully that helps clarify what the wrists are going to do during the
83
00:03:44.410 --> 00:03:45.660
setting phase.
84
00:03:45.660 --> 00:03:49.000
If you focus on it, it'll allow you to be a little bit more aggressive with
85
00:03:49.000 --> 00:03:49.360
what your
86
00:03:49.360 --> 00:03:51.080
body does during the downswing.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.400
This video is over setting the wrist.
2
00:00:06.400 --> 00:00:10.200
So I've had a couple cases recently of golfers who were trying to kind of
3
00:00:10.200 --> 00:00:10.960
understand what
4
00:00:10.960 --> 00:00:13.080
the wrist should do at the top of the swing.
5
00:00:13.080 --> 00:00:15.960
And basically what they were trying to do was they were trying to hinge them as
6
00:00:15.960 --> 00:00:16.240
much
7
00:00:16.240 --> 00:00:17.240
as possible.
8
00:00:17.240 --> 00:00:22.200
Now, this has been talked about a lot in golf because when we look from this
9
00:00:22.200 --> 00:00:23.560
face on view,
10
00:00:23.560 --> 00:00:26.880
you're going to tend to see this narrowing or this angle here.
11
00:00:26.880 --> 00:00:30.600
And so a lot of golf instructors have talked about hinging the wrist kind of
12
00:00:30.600 --> 00:00:31.280
like hinging
13
00:00:31.280 --> 00:00:32.520
a hammer.
14
00:00:32.520 --> 00:00:37.160
Now the problem with that is when we look at 3D, that's not exactly the case.
15
00:00:37.160 --> 00:00:40.600
And I'm going to go into exactly why during this video.
16
00:00:40.600 --> 00:00:45.370
So if you were to maximally hinge a wrist, then this left wrist is going to
17
00:00:45.370 --> 00:00:46.240
drift towards
18
00:00:46.240 --> 00:00:48.720
extension like so.
19
00:00:48.720 --> 00:00:53.910
The reason for that, you can check the video on combined movements of the fore
20
00:00:53.910 --> 00:00:54.520
arms.
21
00:00:54.520 --> 00:00:59.720
But to understand that if we were to hinge like so, you'll see that my wrist
22
00:00:59.720 --> 00:01:00.560
can extend
23
00:01:00.560 --> 00:01:02.600
pretty easily.
24
00:01:02.600 --> 00:01:06.370
If we hinge and then try to flex, it feels very uncomfortable and actually
25
00:01:06.370 --> 00:01:07.440
pulls my body
26
00:01:07.440 --> 00:01:10.480
out of that hinge or radial deviation.
27
00:01:10.480 --> 00:01:15.010
So when you go up to the top of the swing, if I'm facing this way, if you hinge
28
00:01:15.010 --> 00:01:15.560
as much
29
00:01:15.560 --> 00:01:19.900
as you can, you can see that that would tend to put the club face in a certain
30
00:01:19.900 --> 00:01:20.760
position.
31
00:01:20.760 --> 00:01:24.480
If I then tried to flex it, which is the motorcycle movement, you'll see that
32
00:01:24.480 --> 00:01:25.600
that tends to pull
33
00:01:25.600 --> 00:01:28.920
me slightly out of that hinge.
34
00:01:28.920 --> 00:01:33.090
So what's more important is at the top of the swing feeling like the right
35
00:01:33.090 --> 00:01:33.840
wrist is going
36
00:01:33.840 --> 00:01:39.240
to cup or extend as they've talked about kind of holding a tray or holding, you
37
00:01:39.240 --> 00:01:39.920
know, as
38
00:01:39.920 --> 00:01:44.640
if you were to grab the shower curtain, basically getting this wrist facing up
39
00:01:44.640 --> 00:01:46.040
like so.
40
00:01:46.040 --> 00:01:50.210
What we see on 3D is that in the at the top of the swing, the right wrist is
41
00:01:50.210 --> 00:01:50.600
going to
42
00:01:50.600 --> 00:01:55.910
be extended for a right hand golfer, almost 60 degrees, 50 degrees somewhere in
43
00:01:55.910 --> 00:01:56.640
that range,
44
00:01:56.640 --> 00:01:59.360
which is near maximum for a lot of golfers.
45
00:01:59.360 --> 00:02:03.160
The left wrist is only going to flex 5 to 10 degrees.
46
00:02:03.160 --> 00:02:08.320
So what ends up happening is as I make this movement, because the right wrist
47
00:02:08.320 --> 00:02:09.000
is going
48
00:02:09.000 --> 00:02:13.840
to be cupping and the left wrist is going to be hinging, they're going to
49
00:02:13.840 --> 00:02:15.040
basically get
50
00:02:15.040 --> 00:02:20.240
into a comfortable position up at the top of the swing as if I was in this
51
00:02:20.240 --> 00:02:21.640
loaded position
52
00:02:21.640 --> 00:02:23.740
getting ready to throw.
53
00:02:23.740 --> 00:02:27.910
Now if I was to maximally hinge this as much as possible, then I would
54
00:02:27.910 --> 00:02:29.040
physically have
55
00:02:29.040 --> 00:02:32.880
no slack to increase it on the way down.
56
00:02:32.880 --> 00:02:38.080
So what we want to do is we want to make sure that we get some hinge in the
57
00:02:38.080 --> 00:02:39.360
left wrist and
58
00:02:39.360 --> 00:02:43.140
a fair amount of extension in the right wrist, but not quite go to maximum,
59
00:02:43.140 --> 00:02:43.880
because if you
60
00:02:43.880 --> 00:02:47.440
go all the way to maximum, you can't increase it in the transition.
61
00:02:47.440 --> 00:02:51.610
And the more important thing, if I face this way, the more important thing is
62
00:02:51.610 --> 00:02:52.640
during transition
63
00:02:52.640 --> 00:02:57.960
to get that motorcycle going and to have that wrist set.
64
00:02:57.960 --> 00:03:02.430
Now one of the other questions that I tend to get is, is it okay to start that
65
00:03:02.430 --> 00:03:03.280
motorcycle
66
00:03:03.280 --> 00:03:05.440
movement to end the backswing?
67
00:03:05.440 --> 00:03:06.440
And absolutely.
68
00:03:06.440 --> 00:03:11.590
There's a number of golfers, prominent golfers, who tend to as they set already
69
00:03:11.590 --> 00:03:12.600
start flexing
70
00:03:12.600 --> 00:03:14.480
that lead wrist.
71
00:03:14.480 --> 00:03:18.860
And in doing so, that pre gets the club face already starting close, then you
72
00:03:18.860 --> 00:03:19.400
don't have
73
00:03:19.400 --> 00:03:22.100
to think about it during transition.
74
00:03:22.100 --> 00:03:25.440
But if you're focused on hinging the wrist as much as you can, it's going to
75
00:03:25.440 --> 00:03:25.840
make it
76
00:03:25.840 --> 00:03:28.440
harder for you to do that motorcycle move.
77
00:03:28.440 --> 00:03:32.160
So yes, we want to hinge the wrist, but we want to have more of a focus on the
78
00:03:32.160 --> 00:03:32.720
cupping
79
00:03:32.720 --> 00:03:37.400
of the right wrist and the position of the wrist this way, rather than trying
80
00:03:37.400 --> 00:03:38.240
to maximize
81
00:03:38.240 --> 00:03:41.080
them in this hinge motion.
82
00:03:41.080 --> 00:03:44.410
So hopefully that helps clarify what the wrists are going to do during the
83
00:03:44.410 --> 00:03:45.660
setting phase.
84
00:03:45.660 --> 00:03:49.000
If you focus on it, it'll allow you to be a little bit more aggressive with
85
00:03:49.000 --> 00:03:49.360
what your
86
00:03:49.360 --> 00:03:51.080
body does during the downswing.
Tyler Ferrell is the only person in the world named to Golf Digest's list of
Best Young Teachers in America AND its list of Best Golf Fitness Professionals in America.
Understanding Wrist Position for a Better Golf Swing
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Understand the impact of wrist hinge on clubface position.
- Identify the difference between wrist flexion and extension during your swing.
- Feel how a proper wrist position can lead to more consistent ball striking.
Learn how proper wrist positioning at the top of your swing can enhance your control and improve your shots. This video explains the common mistakes golfers make and how to adjust your wrist angle effectively.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.400
This video is over setting the wrist.
2
00:00:06.400 --> 00:00:10.200
So I've had a couple cases recently of golfers who were trying to kind of
3
00:00:10.200 --> 00:00:10.960
understand what
4
00:00:10.960 --> 00:00:13.080
the wrist should do at the top of the swing.
5
00:00:13.080 --> 00:00:15.960
And basically what they were trying to do was they were trying to hinge them as
6
00:00:15.960 --> 00:00:16.240
much
7
00:00:16.240 --> 00:00:17.240
as possible.
8
00:00:17.240 --> 00:00:22.200
Now, this has been talked about a lot in golf because when we look from this
9
00:00:22.200 --> 00:00:23.560
face on view,
10
00:00:23.560 --> 00:00:26.880
you're going to tend to see this narrowing or this angle here.
11
00:00:26.880 --> 00:00:30.600
And so a lot of golf instructors have talked about hinging the wrist kind of
12
00:00:30.600 --> 00:00:31.280
like hinging
13
00:00:31.280 --> 00:00:32.520
a hammer.
14
00:00:32.520 --> 00:00:37.160
Now the problem with that is when we look at 3D, that's not exactly the case.
15
00:00:37.160 --> 00:00:40.600
And I'm going to go into exactly why during this video.
16
00:00:40.600 --> 00:00:45.370
So if you were to maximally hinge a wrist, then this left wrist is going to
17
00:00:45.370 --> 00:00:46.240
drift towards
18
00:00:46.240 --> 00:00:48.720
extension like so.
19
00:00:48.720 --> 00:00:53.910
The reason for that, you can check the video on combined movements of the fore
20
00:00:53.910 --> 00:00:54.520
arms.
21
00:00:54.520 --> 00:00:59.720
But to understand that if we were to hinge like so, you'll see that my wrist
22
00:00:59.720 --> 00:01:00.560
can extend
23
00:01:00.560 --> 00:01:02.600
pretty easily.
24
00:01:02.600 --> 00:01:06.370
If we hinge and then try to flex, it feels very uncomfortable and actually
25
00:01:06.370 --> 00:01:07.440
pulls my body
26
00:01:07.440 --> 00:01:10.480
out of that hinge or radial deviation.
27
00:01:10.480 --> 00:01:15.010
So when you go up to the top of the swing, if I'm facing this way, if you hinge
28
00:01:15.010 --> 00:01:15.560
as much
29
00:01:15.560 --> 00:01:19.900
as you can, you can see that that would tend to put the club face in a certain
30
00:01:19.900 --> 00:01:20.760
position.
31
00:01:20.760 --> 00:01:24.480
If I then tried to flex it, which is the motorcycle movement, you'll see that
32
00:01:24.480 --> 00:01:25.600
that tends to pull
33
00:01:25.600 --> 00:01:28.920
me slightly out of that hinge.
34
00:01:28.920 --> 00:01:33.090
So what's more important is at the top of the swing feeling like the right
35
00:01:33.090 --> 00:01:33.840
wrist is going
36
00:01:33.840 --> 00:01:39.240
to cup or extend as they've talked about kind of holding a tray or holding, you
37
00:01:39.240 --> 00:01:39.920
know, as
38
00:01:39.920 --> 00:01:44.640
if you were to grab the shower curtain, basically getting this wrist facing up
39
00:01:44.640 --> 00:01:46.040
like so.
40
00:01:46.040 --> 00:01:50.210
What we see on 3D is that in the at the top of the swing, the right wrist is
41
00:01:50.210 --> 00:01:50.600
going to
42
00:01:50.600 --> 00:01:55.910
be extended for a right hand golfer, almost 60 degrees, 50 degrees somewhere in
43
00:01:55.910 --> 00:01:56.640
that range,
44
00:01:56.640 --> 00:01:59.360
which is near maximum for a lot of golfers.
45
00:01:59.360 --> 00:02:03.160
The left wrist is only going to flex 5 to 10 degrees.
46
00:02:03.160 --> 00:02:08.320
So what ends up happening is as I make this movement, because the right wrist
47
00:02:08.320 --> 00:02:09.000
is going
48
00:02:09.000 --> 00:02:13.840
to be cupping and the left wrist is going to be hinging, they're going to
49
00:02:13.840 --> 00:02:15.040
basically get
50
00:02:15.040 --> 00:02:20.240
into a comfortable position up at the top of the swing as if I was in this
51
00:02:20.240 --> 00:02:21.640
loaded position
52
00:02:21.640 --> 00:02:23.740
getting ready to throw.
53
00:02:23.740 --> 00:02:27.910
Now if I was to maximally hinge this as much as possible, then I would
54
00:02:27.910 --> 00:02:29.040
physically have
55
00:02:29.040 --> 00:02:32.880
no slack to increase it on the way down.
56
00:02:32.880 --> 00:02:38.080
So what we want to do is we want to make sure that we get some hinge in the
57
00:02:38.080 --> 00:02:39.360
left wrist and
58
00:02:39.360 --> 00:02:43.140
a fair amount of extension in the right wrist, but not quite go to maximum,
59
00:02:43.140 --> 00:02:43.880
because if you
60
00:02:43.880 --> 00:02:47.440
go all the way to maximum, you can't increase it in the transition.
61
00:02:47.440 --> 00:02:51.610
And the more important thing, if I face this way, the more important thing is
62
00:02:51.610 --> 00:02:52.640
during transition
63
00:02:52.640 --> 00:02:57.960
to get that motorcycle going and to have that wrist set.
64
00:02:57.960 --> 00:03:02.430
Now one of the other questions that I tend to get is, is it okay to start that
65
00:03:02.430 --> 00:03:03.280
motorcycle
66
00:03:03.280 --> 00:03:05.440
movement to end the backswing?
67
00:03:05.440 --> 00:03:06.440
And absolutely.
68
00:03:06.440 --> 00:03:11.590
There's a number of golfers, prominent golfers, who tend to as they set already
69
00:03:11.590 --> 00:03:12.600
start flexing
70
00:03:12.600 --> 00:03:14.480
that lead wrist.
71
00:03:14.480 --> 00:03:18.860
And in doing so, that pre gets the club face already starting close, then you
72
00:03:18.860 --> 00:03:19.400
don't have
73
00:03:19.400 --> 00:03:22.100
to think about it during transition.
74
00:03:22.100 --> 00:03:25.440
But if you're focused on hinging the wrist as much as you can, it's going to
75
00:03:25.440 --> 00:03:25.840
make it
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harder for you to do that motorcycle move.
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So yes, we want to hinge the wrist, but we want to have more of a focus on the
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cupping
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of the right wrist and the position of the wrist this way, rather than trying
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to maximize
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them in this hinge motion.
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So hopefully that helps clarify what the wrists are going to do during the
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setting phase.
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If you focus on it, it'll allow you to be a little bit more aggressive with
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what your
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body does during the downswing.
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This video is over setting the wrist.
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So I've had a couple cases recently of golfers who were trying to kind of
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understand what
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the wrist should do at the top of the swing.
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And basically what they were trying to do was they were trying to hinge them as
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much
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as possible.
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Now, this has been talked about a lot in golf because when we look from this
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face on view,
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you're going to tend to see this narrowing or this angle here.
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And so a lot of golf instructors have talked about hinging the wrist kind of
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like hinging
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a hammer.
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Now the problem with that is when we look at 3D, that's not exactly the case.
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And I'm going to go into exactly why during this video.
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So if you were to maximally hinge a wrist, then this left wrist is going to
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drift towards
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extension like so.
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The reason for that, you can check the video on combined movements of the fore
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arms.
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But to understand that if we were to hinge like so, you'll see that my wrist
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can extend
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pretty easily.
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If we hinge and then try to flex, it feels very uncomfortable and actually
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pulls my body
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out of that hinge or radial deviation.
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So when you go up to the top of the swing, if I'm facing this way, if you hinge
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as much
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as you can, you can see that that would tend to put the club face in a certain
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position.
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If I then tried to flex it, which is the motorcycle movement, you'll see that
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that tends to pull
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me slightly out of that hinge.
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So what's more important is at the top of the swing feeling like the right
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wrist is going
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to cup or extend as they've talked about kind of holding a tray or holding, you
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know, as
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if you were to grab the shower curtain, basically getting this wrist facing up
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like so.
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What we see on 3D is that in the at the top of the swing, the right wrist is
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going to
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be extended for a right hand golfer, almost 60 degrees, 50 degrees somewhere in
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that range,
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which is near maximum for a lot of golfers.
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The left wrist is only going to flex 5 to 10 degrees.
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So what ends up happening is as I make this movement, because the right wrist
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is going
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to be cupping and the left wrist is going to be hinging, they're going to
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basically get
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into a comfortable position up at the top of the swing as if I was in this
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loaded position
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getting ready to throw.
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Now if I was to maximally hinge this as much as possible, then I would
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physically have
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no slack to increase it on the way down.
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So what we want to do is we want to make sure that we get some hinge in the
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left wrist and
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a fair amount of extension in the right wrist, but not quite go to maximum,
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because if you
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go all the way to maximum, you can't increase it in the transition.
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And the more important thing, if I face this way, the more important thing is
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during transition
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to get that motorcycle going and to have that wrist set.
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Now one of the other questions that I tend to get is, is it okay to start that
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motorcycle
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movement to end the backswing?
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And absolutely.
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There's a number of golfers, prominent golfers, who tend to as they set already
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start flexing
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that lead wrist.
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And in doing so, that pre gets the club face already starting close, then you
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don't have
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to think about it during transition.
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But if you're focused on hinging the wrist as much as you can, it's going to
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make it
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harder for you to do that motorcycle move.
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So yes, we want to hinge the wrist, but we want to have more of a focus on the
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cupping
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of the right wrist and the position of the wrist this way, rather than trying
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to maximize
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them in this hinge motion.
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So hopefully that helps clarify what the wrists are going to do during the
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setting phase.
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If you focus on it, it'll allow you to be a little bit more aggressive with
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what your
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body does during the downswing.
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