Just back from our wonderful LBG Academy experience at Old Waverly Golf Club. Once again, the video camera revealed that few students have an adequate
Finish Swivel to bridge the gap between the end of the Left Wrist
Hinge Action from
Impact to
Follow-Through (Both Arms Straight and the Club about 45 degrees to the ground) and the
Finish (any point beyond the Follow-Through).
Here's my version (taken from a revealing camera angle at our Woodmont school). After the Horizontal Hinge Action (Frames 7-9, Left Wrist remaining
Vertical, or perpendicular, to the ground, i.e., the horizontal plane), the Left Wrist
Swivels (Frames 10 and 11) -- actually
twists, i.e., rotates to the left away from the Vertical -- until the Wrists are in their 'parallel to the Plane' alignment. With momentum, especially in the longer shots, the wrists may actually Swivel a bit further.
It is in this Swiveled condition that the Right Wrist loses its Bend. As the Stroke comes to its conclusion, the Right Wrist Bend is re-established and the Flying Wedge alignments are restored (Frame 12).
One good way to learn this Feel is to do the following simple drill:
1. From a normal standing posture, extend your Left Hand chest-high in front of your Body with the Left Palm facing the sky ("catching raindrops").
2. Lay your Right Wrist directly over your Left Wrist, letting the palm 'hang' facing the ground. Your palms will
not be touching. Instead, your Left palm will extend from under your Right Wrist, and your Right Wrist will extend over the top of your Left.
3. Leaving your Feet planted, turn your Body to the left and then look at your Wrists and Arms. That's about how they should appear at the completion of your Finish Swivel -- the Right Wrist has 'crossed-over' the Left. This is how the Clubshaft completes its rotation around the Sweet Spot.
Can you believe it?
Of course, your Computer will not let you get there if you are approaching the Ball from above the Plane ("Outside-In"). Instead, it will actually rotate the Left Wrist in the opposite direction (clockwise) -- and usually throw in a good old-fashioned 'chicken wing' for good measure -- in order to
STEER (the First Snare / 3-F-7-A) the Clubhead and Clubface (and Ball) back to the Target.
But that's another story...
Many thanks to
6bmike for both the Stroke Sequence and Video.
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