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Originally Posted by danny_shank
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Matt, i agree with what you say about the grip, i think it's very important to have strong hands. Primarily because strong hands means you can have a secure, stable grip and retain relaxed muscles.
In my post i was really talking about how i can't see how strengthing muscles to physically uncock the wrists faster can help a swinger. Also i certaintly don't see how Freddy can be used as an example of a golfer who uses this technique and not his pivot to create power.
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I really don't know what my opinion is of working the muscles below the elbow to perform more quickly. This is nothing I had ever thought about prior to Comdpa referencing it. As far as Freddie is concerned, I would argue he is able to swing that quickly, allow CF to increase his swing speed, because he is able to grip the club firmly. This cannot be done without serious forearm muscle contraction. Some of the guys with really fast swing speed and low body fat percentage (Sergio and Villegas are great examples). They have tremendous contraction of the forearms at the bottom. Perhaps the key is to relax the arms and allow the force of the swing to contract them. Perhaps this would provide the Freddie look of being relaxed and being a "slave" to CF.
Matt