Tomasello Horizontal Hinge

[mp33]

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?

[birdie_man]

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.....

[mp33]

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.

[JohnThomas1]

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?

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.

[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.

[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.

[hg]

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

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