Hitting with swivel, or a bit of horizontal hinging
 

ok, I've moved away from hitting with a closed face lately, to starting to shape the ball more with different hinge actions.

A normal hitting action with a square face produces a fade ball flight for me, if I hit with a little forearm roll or horizontal roll, I'll set a straighter ball flight, or even a little pull left ball flight.

Does anyone else use a hitting action this way, or do you all only drive with the right arm and an inert left arm.

Feel Un-centered
 

TBall,

The natural by-product of Hitting is Angled Hinging, the simultaneous closing and layback of the clubface (an uncentered motion with its fade tendency). You can, however, over-ride this natural tendency with whatever Hinging you choose. As long as you know what you are doing and can reproduce it when it counts, have at it. Caveat Emptor.

Drew, would you say that horizontal hinging may be more prevelant when we make the move to 4 barrel hitting? I remember YODA saying that horizontal hinging allows us the greatest compression? ...

Thanks,
Kevin

Arm and Hammer
 

Kev,

While the Angular motion of the Pivot and the Arms produce the Hinge Action, it is still the Hitters application of muscular drive out action. HH requires an intervention by the golfer.

Horizontal Hinging and its closing only motion does indeed produce the geatest compression because of its uniform centered orbit and contact point which perfectly aligns the force vectors.

I'm a dork :-)
 

Light bulb moment. I think we've been through this before Drew. I think I was misinterpreting YODA's finish swivel when hitting with horizontal hinging. Just smack me upside the head next time.

Thank you again for the help Drew! :salut:

Kevin

good feedback, I think you make a very good point regarding being able to control the face consistently.

I have always hit, but struggled with how much to close the face, I would often overdo it and hit face pulls dead left. With the face open and adding just a little forearm roll, I'm starting to take the left side a little more out of play.

I believe Homer may have said that the right arm controls the shaft and the left controls the face, I'm trying to apply that theory.

The beauty of a straight ball with draw spin.
 

While playing on Saturday Morning in a light drizzle we came to a 410 yard uphill par 4 and I was feeling "froggy" so I closed the face of my driver ever so slightly and Hit a screamer that rolled farther up the hill than ever before! I had never been there before and realized i was in between clubs without a clue! :scratch: :crybaby:

A plugged bunker shot later, I was in with a 7! :crybaby: :crybaby:

I need strategy now that I can Hit!


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