Tomasello Horizontal Hinge

[jim_0068]

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.

[ChangeMySwing]

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

[mp33]

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

[jim_0068]

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

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.

[Delaware Golf]

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

[rchang72]

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

I've wondered about this, more from the "is hitting more accurate than swinging?" angle. In hitting, one only needs to monitor their right hand (PP#3 and PP#1), but in swinging, one has to think through both hands (PP#2 for downward motion, PP#3 to guide the pivot). I wonder if hitting (which in uncompensated strokes gives angled hinging) will be more accurate, because you can concentrate on one hand.

[birdie_man]

Personally, I wouldn't be able to say Hitting is more accurate than Swinging....

Personally, that is.

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And I don't know that it really is in general either.

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I only Hit my short clubs because I find it much easier to control trajectory....to hit it lower I mean. But that's different than just being more accurate....i.e. less dispersion, more consistency.

[JohnThomas1]

I wonder if the most accurate is the procedure that suits THAT particular individual.

[hue]

Personally, I wouldn't be able to say Hitting is more accurate than Swinging....

Personally, that is.

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And I don't know that it really is in general either.

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I only Hit my short clubs because I find it much easier to control trajectory....to hit it lower I mean. But that's different than just being more accurate....i.e. less dispersion, more consistency.

It is my observation that hitters seem to hit the short irons and wedges with a greater degree of accuracy than swingers with more control of ball flight and spin.

[jim_0068]

It isn't because they are hitting, it's because they are using an angled hinge.