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Originally Posted by Simon Woo So can I take it that if I maintain my right knee flex and spine angle, the chances of me overdoing my hip turn is very slim? |
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exactly it Simon. Dont try and forcibly hold the hips face frontal or anything. The hips should turn 45 degrees and this should happen early in the backswing as the core torso rotates. Think only about right knee and spine angle as you turn for a while and learn to feel what that feels like and how much more coil you get (your backswing will be shorter than you are used to for a start)
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Originally Posted by Simon Woo Don't quite get what it means that the club head remains in front of the hands... |
If you maintain the triangle in your hands and just push it back either with the left hand or by a turn of the chest and stop just after the takeaway just before the wrists start to hinge - see how the club head doesnt get behind the hands. Now whip the clubhead around yourself with your hands and stop at the same point. See how the club head is poitning behind you and is now inside your hands. (You may have also rolled the wrists doing this). Note is almost as bad to take the club back in a straight line with your hands
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Originally Posted by Simon Woo Sorry I can't quite visualize the line you are talking about, is it on the floor? And do you mean halfway back (as in arms horizontal), the shaft should be past vertical (meaning wrists are already well cupped)? |
Yes on the floor. Have a look at the attached pic. See the red line. Try and feel like you take the club back, with the triangle on that line (rather than the yellow one) using your turn only (using the takeaway feelings descibed above) and feel how the wrists set earlier. (almost immediately with a wedge and late with a driver) This is slightly exaggerated but you need to feel exaggerated to even get close to doing this right. Alsop try and swing back with some momentum to snap those wrists up. A small change will probably feel huge to you but at least try it and see if it works and let me know how you get on. The keys here are a connected rotational body turn and an earlier wrist set. Combine this with staying in your spine angle and I hope you'll notice a big difference