In his January 1981 GSEM [Master, Golf Stroke Engineering] Class with Homer Kelley, Tommy Tomasello related the story of one of his most memorable teaching experiences. He had gotten a call from a middle-aged South Carolina home builder who had never played golf -- or any other sports for that matter -- and wanted to take lessons. Tommy agreed to take him on.
The student was a strong man - "a working man" -- but was experiencing the usual slow start and its accompanying frustration. Then came the breakthrough: Tommy armed him with a five-iron and advised him to hit the ball with his right arm while keeping his right wrist bent. The student immediately applied that instruction, and together, he and Tommy stared in amazement as the ball soared 200 yards.
"I've got it! All I've got to do is keep the 'kink' in my wrist!"
And so it was.
With that piece of advice as his cornerstone, and with an obsession and practice schedule that would rival a touring professional, the student progressed rapidly. Results? Within six months, he was scoring in the mid-70s.
The Flat Left Wrist is the #1 Alignment in G.O.L.F. The great disrupter of this Alignment is the Flattening (a Horizontal Motion) of the Right Wrist during Release. Instead, learn to Uncock (a Vertical Motion) the Left Wrist and Roll (a Rotational Motion) the Left Hand while maintaining the Bent Right Wrist.
Hybrid Mode
