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Wrist cock
Two club backswing
Another illusion in the golf swing is the wrist cock. The trick is that the wrist is already cocked
at address and doesn't need to be further cocked during the takeaway.
Take a club in your left hand and address the ball (a). Un-cock your left wrist and hold
another club against your arm in this position (b). Now make the takeaway with the two clubs
in place, note the position at the top of the backswing. The first club (a) is in a conventional
position and the second (b) is uncocked and in line with the left arm. Nothing has been done
with the wrist to achieve the position of club (a). The common mistake in trying to achieve
the position of club (a) is that you must move your wrist or double cock during the takeaway.
This exercise will help to understand wrist movement during the takeaway and encourage
right wrist bend rather than cock. Hopefully we can then achieve a club face angle of 45 deg
at the top of the backswing. If the wrist is double cocked the toe of the club points down and
the club face must be closed on the downswing to get a straight shot. This closing of the club
face leads to the club head passing the hands and impact is less precise.
exercise - Make the takeaway with the two clubs in place, note the position at
the top of the backswing.
The Golfing Machine - The Uncocking of the Flat Left Wrist is a Perpendicular Motion - not
a Horizontal Motion. (4)
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