In reading 5 Lessons I was wondering if anyone could explain something. Hogan said that any use of the hands to square the club is pure folly and a timing nightmare essentially . But then he says that you need to supinate your hands/wrists just prior to impact.
Dont you need to time the supination so your wrist so it is bowed/flat at impact? Especially in his case where he had a cup in his left wrist at the top?
In reading 5 Lessons I was wondering if anyone could explain something. Hogan said that any use of the hands to square the club is pure folly and a timing nightmare essentially . But then he says that you need to supinate your hands/wrists just prior to impact.
Dont you need to time the supination so your wrist so it is bowed/flat at impact? Especially in his case where he had a cup in his left wrist at the top?
What Mr. Hogan probably meant was that trying to square the club with a THROWAWAY type of hand action would be a "nightmare."
I believe Mr. Kelley used some of the pictures of Mr. Hogan to form his ideas about G.O.L.F.. The FLAT LEFT WRIST at Impact, for example.
In TGM... Mr.Hogan was using... A Lagging Clubhead Takeaway, Random Power Package Loading ,Delayed Hip Action, and said he had a "cupped wrist"(Double Wrist Action) at the Top or End. Some pictures show this, and in some it is not as obvious(with the wrist).
Maybe some others can chime in and do the DOWNSWING.
Hogans waggle seems real similar to Tommy Tomasello's pre-set wrist movement in the video here. Hogans cupped wrist as Birdie_man mentioned was probably another measure to encourage a fade.
Didnt Gary Player come out recently saying most players would have more power and get greater distance w/ a cupped left wrist?
Ive been using that Couples type swing w/ a cupped wrist, and while l I do get a lot of power and distance, the accuracy isnt as good as when I keep a flat left wrist through out the swing. Also hit mid to short irons kind of fat.
I guess youre just adding one more variable when you go from a cupped to a flat or bowed wrist at impact.
Hogans waggle seems real similar to Tommy Tomasello's pre-set wrist movement in the video here. Hogans cupped wrist as Birdie_man mentioned was probably another measure to encourage a fade.
Didnt Gary Player come out recently saying most players would have more power and get greater distance w/ a cupped left wrist?
Ive been using that Couples type swing w/ a cupped wrist, and while l I do get a lot of power and distance, the accuracy isnt as good as when I keep a flat left wrist through out the swing. Also hit mid to short irons kind of fat.
I guess youre just adding one more variable when you go from a cupped to a flat or bowed wrist at impact.
The "cupped left wrist" in TGM is called Double Wrist Action. With this the left wrist is cocked and bent. Some players do very well with this. The wrist is Turned, Cocked, and Bent on the Backstroke. When used properly with what the book calls a "true Centrifugal Force Swing", it can actually inhibit clubhead throwaway, because of the reverse rotation during Release. Here the left wrist moves to Flat and Vertical.
Actually, when done properly, a FLAT LEFT WRIST is visually very slightly BENT, DEPENDING ON YOUR GRIP, AND THE CLUBFACE APEARS SQUARE AT THE TOP. With the Double Action("cupped"), THE CLUBFACE WILL APPEAR A LITTLE OPEN AT THE TOP.
WITH ARCHED, THE FACE WILL USUALLY APPEAR SHUT AT THE TOP(clubface to sky).
The FLAT LEFT WRIST, SQUARE CLUBFACE AT THE TOP, VERSION... is usually the procedure that is recommended for most people. However, if you are getting good results with the Double Action version, this is fine.
Hogans waggle seems real similar to Tommy Tomasello's pre-set wrist movement in the video here. Hogans cupped wrist as Birdie_man mentioned was probably another measure to encourage a fade.
Didnt Gary Player come out recently saying most players would have more power and get greater distance w/ a cupped left wrist?
Ive been using that Couples type swing w/ a cupped wrist, and while l I do get a lot of power and distance, the accuracy isnt as good as when I keep a flat left wrist through out the swing. Also hit mid to short irons kind of fat.
I guess youre just adding one more variable when you go from a cupped to a flat or bowed wrist at impact.
Well...I guess that video shows a Bend....we can't see Hogan on the screen too well...but Gary draws the lines, etc. that indicate a Bent left wrist.
For one though....when Player demonstrates what Hogan's doing....he doesn't look double-Cocked.....left wrist looks Bent....but looks more like he took a Turned grip....i.e. Flying Wedges still intact.
(read "Is the world flat???")
And if THAT'S what he's advocating....well then ok (doesn't have to be a Turned grip tho).
Question:
Possible at all that Hogan could've EVER played a grip that was slightly Turned.....and could've produced a Bent left wrist at the top....but while keeping his Wedges intact?
Did he ever go to a draw as his normal flight? (maybe going for more distance when he was older?)
I just really don't know about this double-Cocked crap....
Last edited by birdie_man : 05-10-2006 at 10:03 AM.
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