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Originally Posted by Rackster I have got two drills for cocking / hinging the wrists, but both appear to be slightly different to me, especially bearing in mind Gregs RH drill advice. Greg says the wrist should hing up. Is the following drill OK for this as it the wrists hinge upwards here (this is a PDF document, go to page 3 section 3 "Learn to hinge your wrists") http://www.adrianfryergolf.com/html/...arntoplay2.pdf
I have also got this drill from David Blair, here I would say your wrists hinge from to the side. http://www.golfinternationalmag.co.u...vid_blair1.htm
This little drill from Blair also reminds me of the Leadbetter classic pre set drill, however the Leadbetter version involves a full swing, rather than isolating the hand action.
Which one is correct or are they both the same? |
To me they are the same. Blair is not cupping his wrists he is cocking them and rolling his forearms.
Wrist cock is achieved by an up and down vertical movement of the wrists only. To prove this:
Address an iron.
Lift it straight up by pulling upward as far as possible by raising your wrists only.
Bend your elbows so the iron is over your right shoulder.
Make a full shoulder turn as in the backswing.
Now raise your arms so your left arm is straight.
You will now be in a perfect backswing position with the club correct at the top. You will only have lifted your wrists vertically, no cupping involved.
When using rotation in the backswing it gives the impression that the wrists are cupping but they should not.