Flat Left Wrist?

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For the longest time when I studied TGM, read forums and books BLBG, I struggled with some of the concepts in practice. Not that I didn't understand what I read, BUT the concept in practice seemed to be not as it would be 'ideally' or in preception as in words. THEN...



This statement/description made a world of difference in my understanding and implementation of the principles of TGM.

Precision is a MUST but the references and measurements MUST be relative. In short, references to the target, the ball, the ground is not alway the relative reference points, that is really old school or traditional thinking in a lot of respect and the visual check points can be misleading.


Again Thank You Yoda, you have indeed made a complex subject understandable.

Good post Martee . . . .

Let's see what the book has to say about the relation of the Flat Left Wrist and the corresponding Left Arm Flying wedge . . .

6-B-3-0-1 THE FLYING WEDGES The Clubhead may appear to move in a an arc around and outside the Hands when related to the Left Arm – the very basic Left Arm Flying Wedge. So – except in Sections 1 and 3 (Chapter the entire Left Arm, the Clubshaft and the back of the Left Hand are ALWAYS positioned against the same flat plane – the Right Forearm and the Clubshaft are, in like manner, positioned on the plane of the Right Wrist Bend AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE LEFT ARM PLANE. . Study 4-D-1 regarding “Grip” and “Flat Left Wrist”. Also see 7-3.

However in this case since we are discussing the TURNED LEFT HAND . . . the Left Hand and clubshaft are NOT positioned against the same flat plane BECAUSE the Left Hand is turned ON-TOP of the grip.

AND if we are assuming a 10-2-D grip, the Right Wrist Bend and Right Forearm are NOT AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE LEFT ARM PLANE. They are as Mr. K says in 10-2-D:

Now the Right Wrist is Vertical and the Left Wrist is Turned to the top of the Clubshaft so that the Left Wristcocking motion will be on the same line as the Right Wrist Bend . . .Any Left Wrist Bend at Impact Fix should be maintained throughout the Stroke.

And per 2-P . . .

Wristcock is a Clubhead motion – not a Clubface motion. Only with a Turned Left Wrist, such as 10-2-D, can Uncocking be both motions, that is, actually Throwing the Clubface at the Ball.

But why is the CLUBFACE being THROwN if we abide by the advice to maintain the same amount of Left Wrist Bend throughout the Stroke?

Thanks for indulging . . .

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