Hands Too Far Forward

[galopin]

Chris and galopin,

Very good posts . . . How do you get un-ARCHED?

thanks!

B

Bucket,

My best wild guess would be to find where in the Stroke that you Arch the Left Wrist (at Impact Fix? Start Up? Back Stroke? Release Point? Someplace else?).

When you hit a chip, and take the Stroke to Follow-Through, is your Left Wrist Arched or Flat? If it's Arched, you should practice hitting chips and make sure that your Left Wrist is Flat from Address* to the end of the Back Stroke (for a chip) to Follow- Through. Keep in mind that when the Left Wrist is Flat, the Clubshaft is in-line with the Left Arm (from the front view facing the Player). So hold your finish at Follow-Through and check for your Flat Left Wrist and an in-line Clubshaft.

Then do the same for pitches...that is, check to see what Left Wrist Alignment you have at Follow-Through. Then do the same thing for full shots...take them to Follow-Through, hold this position, and check your Alignments.

I don't see a need to go any farther than Follow Through, because after Follow Through, you Swivel, and the Left Wrist moves from Flat to Bent (as the Right Wrist moves from Bent to Flat) in order to keep the Clubface on Plane.

Good luck.


*If you're hitting Swinging chips/pitches/fullshots, you can start from a Bent Left Wrist at Adjusted Address, but check for a Flat Left Wrist at the end of the chip/pitch/full shot Back Stroke.