Tomasello Horizontal Hinge
 

In the Tomasello videos,which are absolutely wonderful,he says 90% of golf shots are played with a horizontal hinge action.Is this true? Should we be striving for this or is it personal preference?

Pers. preference.

I play an Angled Hinge more or less all the time.....don't really like Hor. Hinging......and I'm a Swinger too.

Don't feel like I'm losing compression.....not at all.....

Yeah, I too use mostly angled hinge.Especially since I only learned it in the last few years.I just wondered what the school of thought was on this.

Tommy taught a swinging procedure with the right arm and therefore this was his preferred preference. If one took a lesson off say Yoda or Ted and they taught you a hitting procedure then you would be angle hinging most of the time.

if you are truly swinging you should be using a full roll most of the time just like tommy says.

Now you can resist that full roll and angle hinge but if you are going to do that my preference is to use a 10-2-D grip.

I use a horizontal hinge. I have finally learned how to swing:p and play a draw for every shot. It started with the Tomasello vids, but now I have my own technique

Is the angled hinge action more accurate than horizontal hinge action? Is this a fair question or too general?[-o<

Can you tell us more about your own technique....I have been studying the Tomasello procedure and am curious where you modified from it.

It "can be" but not necessarily. Because of the higher flight and more backspin angled hinge produces it tends to be easier to control and hit more on target than draw spin.

But not always.

Right to Left (Horizontal) Left to Right (Angled)
 

Here is a tip (a priceless tip at that)from the man himself, Tom Tomasello (I believe Tommy and I talked about it over lunch and on the driving range, it was one of the highlights of my 3-day school with Tommy). Use Horizontal Hinging for pins tucked on the left side of the green...Why? Horizontal Hinging with the right arm accelerated swing that Tommy promoted produces a right to left spin on the ball...when the ball hits the green it tends to continue spining right to left....towards the hole. The opposite effect can be produced with angled hinging...left to right spin...aim your shot at the middle of the green and watch the ball move left to right upon hitting the green. Yes, course strategy with HINGING...

DG