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I have a question about this drill.
This "Hand Cocking Drill" is the one where you move from your address position directly to the hand cocked position as you can see in the pictures above (Martin Hall). From there you move to the top of the backswing and move through the rest of the swing.

Most TGMers have said that this drill is incorrect from the TGM standpoint because as the way it's explained in most golf books, both wrists are cocked. In TGM, we know that the left wrist is cocked and uncocked while the right wrist does not cock or uncock.

My question: Can this drill be done properly without cocking the right wrist? In the picture above, do you think Martin Hall's right wrist is still not cocked relative to the address position?

Looks like it must be cocked to be in that position....

That said, this is a very useful drill in learning how to keep the club 'out in front' of you and to stop from coming too far inside/under plane on the backswing.

If you do this drill, feel that you move the hands 'straight back' along your toe line, and you will note that at hip high everything will 'line up'.

Cocked or not, a worthy drill IMO, especially for the many people who let the hands move 'away' and the clubhead too 'inside' during the very early stages of the takeaway. A very common problem. Helps you feel the hands staying inside and getting 'under' the clubshaft.