[ChrisNZ]

Does anyone have any ideas on this?

With so many swingers out there, it would seem standard wrist action would be pretty common, but the description I've given of it, where the clubshaft and right forearm are parallel to the ground at the same time is something you just don't see in actual golf strokes. The one possible exception to this, which makes me wonder more, may be (it's hard to tell because of the quality though) the Homer Kelley swing in the gallery.

The only way the shaft is angled in relation to the right forearm flying wedge is via the bent right wrist, so the only way the shaft can be further up the plane when the right forearm is parallel to the ground is if the bend points up the plane. Right?


The only solutions I can see to this (but I'm happy to be proven wrong!) are:

1. The turn to plane in the start up swivel is tiny - that is somewhat less than even a 45 degree turn. By this the swivel would still see the right wrist bend pointing somewhat up plane, but the effect would be less than with single wrist action. The right elbow would still work insde the plane somewhat as the swivel was executed.

2. The backstroke swivel of standard wrist action occurs, or at least is completed, after the club and right forearm have passed through the parallel-to-the-ground positions.

3. (Least likely I think) almost everyone uses single wrist action!

Can someone - ANYONE - help?

Chris