I refer to the thread started by Eric K previously. I too have difficulty in understanding how not to cock the right wrist.
I put my hands together in front of me as if clapping, elbows bent and some distance apart, with a FLV left wrist and a Bent Level Vertical right wrist, when I cock my left wrist in the plane of the left arm, I notice a corresponding rotation anti clockwise of my right forearm. Would you consider that I am also cocking my right wrist? I am not able to cock the left wrist without this corresponding movement of the right forearm. This is what I see when performing the right forearm pick up. However in your video of the flying wedges, you mentioned that it was a no-no.
Thanks for shedding some light on this recurring question of not cocking the right wrist.
I refer to the thread started by Eric K previously. I too have difficulty in understanding how not to cock the right wrist.
I put my hands together in front of me as if clapping, elbows bent and some distance apart, with a FLV left wrist and a Bent Level Vertical right wrist, when I cock my left wrist in the plane of the left arm, I notice a corresponding rotation anti clockwise of my right forearm. Would you consider that I am also cocking my right wrist? I am not able to cock the left wrist without this corresponding movement of the right forearm. This is what I see when performing the right forearm pick up. However in your video of the flying wedges, you mentioned that it was a no-no.
Thanks for shedding some light on this recurring question of not cocking the right wrist.
If the Right Wrist is Bent and Level, there will be wrinkles at the back of the Hand. However, if the Wrist is Bent and Cocked, wrinkles will also appear at the base of the thumb.
If the Right Wrist is Bent and Level, there will be wrinkles at the back of the Hand. However, if the Wrist is Bent and Cocked, wrinkles will also appear at the base of the thumb.
Not exactly. The right wrist can be bent and PARTIALLY cocked and not have wrinkles at the base of the thumb. So lack of wrinkles at the base of the thumb does not imply it's level.
Thanks Yoda for your reply. What about the rotating right forearm? In the video when you demonstrated the cocking of the right wrist which is a no no, it looked as if you were rotating the right forearm. I am still not 100% clear what is the correct way.
I've noticed that when the left wrist is cocked, if I remove my right hand from the grip, and unbend to flat position, it looked level but rotated. Also I could cock the right wrist quite a bit from there.
What would be great if yoda or a member could post two pictures of a Right Wrist Bent and Level and a Right Wrist is Bent and Cocked. I know that they are very close to each other but they make one big difference in the golf swing. I myself follow the swinging pattern and find if I have the slightest cocking in the right wrist I get accross the line at the top of my backswing but when I really focus on a fixed right wrist my backswing is much shorter and my club is much more laid off at the top.
Below are four photos of Bent and Level Right Wrists. Disregard the yellow lines. Homer reasoned that one could cock the Left Wrist without cocking the Right Wrist by allowing CF and Right Elbow bend to Cock the Left Wrist. Hard to imagine at first. The advantage of this method is that the RFFW can stay intact, on its own plane, the Plane of the Right Hand Bend and can be Driven into the ball like a battering ram either Actively by the Hitter or Passively by the Swinger. Any right hand wrist cock would have to be totally undone prior to Impact for the Right Arm to be inline with the club as seen below. So its damaging geometrically and adds nothing to the physics or force of the swing that cant be gained via left wrist cock and uncock. Perhaps a one armed man playing with just his right arm would choose to cock his right wrist for power but he'd pay a price in consistency I'd imagine. Luke can hit it one handed without a cock pretty dang far by the way. So there is consistency to be gained by setting the RFFW at Address, Impact Fix and then returning it to the ball at Impact. The RFFW has a structural advantage.
To understand what an off plane right hand cocking would look like (off plane meaning an off the plane of the Right Hand Bend not an off the Inclined Plane) imagine the first photo below of Lynn but with his right hand cocked UP and the dowel now off the table top (which represents the Plane of the Right Wrist Bend).
These four guys have their right forearms and their clubshafts "on the table", courtesy of a level right hand. Try chipping with just your right arm to see how sweet and powerful this alignment can be. If it isnt working make sure your right hand is frozen in a bent position in accordance with your desired amount of shaft lean, ball position etc and focus on establishing and sustaining the pressure in your #3pp. This last bit is amazing as its often the missing ingredient, one armed chipping or two armed driving or putting or anything.
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