Flying wedges defined

[metallion]

I'd be very grateful if someone would be kind to define the term flying wedges. I have been searching in several forums without luck.

(Note. I am not looking for info on how to execute the shot, but its definition, i.e. what it is)

[RickPinewild]

It's not a shot, it is more of an alignment of the two forearms in relation to the shaft. Search for the magic of the right forearm.

[metallion]

Thanks Rick. Knowing its not a shot obviously helps a great deal.
No wonder I found certain subjects puzzling. Maybe not so much now...

I still find it ward to search for. I'll try to look it up in the yellow book.

[birdie_man]

Haha ya I was clueless as to that for a long time...

Ya...my wedges fly sometimes when I'm angry.

Actually, I think Brian talks about it here:

http://www.manzellagolfforum.com/for...?TOPIC_ID=1735

[6bmike]

Much has been written and posted. Check Yoda’s archives on PDF. In the meantime, it is the vertical only movement of the left wrist combined with the horizontal only movement of the right wrist. The Flying Wedges, to me, is The Golfing Machine in a nutshell.

[mb6606]

The Flying wedge also describes the appearance of the right arm to the left arm at the top. The left arm appearing as the wing of an airplane and the right arm the supporting strut attached to the wing.
As in this image
http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/3...9283_tiger.jpg

[metallion]

I am getting it. Each wedge is the angle between the (extension of the) clubshaft and the respective forearm.

Left wedge: Angle varies with wrist cock.

Right wedge: Angle varies with wrist bend.

Finallly makes sense, but why the (kewl) name? Why not just shaft-to-forearm angles?

Last Q not important. Thanks!!! for clearing the fog.

[bambam]

I'll take a crack at this one; here's how I understand the "flying" piece.

It's has to do with how those forearm angles/wedges relate to one another and the selected plane. The right and left wedges should be perpendicular to one another...it keeps the left wrist flat through impact and controls the clubface. The wedges also have specific alignments to the selected plane during the swing (different for swinger and hitter); regardless, the wedges "fly" as a single unit, aligned on plane, into and through impact.

[Yoda]

I am getting it. Each wedge is the angle between the (extension of the) clubshaft and the respective forearm.

Left wedge: Angle varies with wrist cock.

Right wedge: Angle varies with wrist bend.

Finallly makes sense...

Very good, Metallion. By jove, I think you've got it!

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