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Old 04-07-2006, 03:44 AM
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Re: Cupped left hand.

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Originally Posted by Simon Woo
Good to hear it was that easy for you Jim I know what's my bad habit - when I reach the top, I try to hinge my right wrist and by overdoing that, I end up cupping the left wrist. And to my horror (by doing some testing just now), I found out that if I really overdo the hinging of the right wrist, the cupping actually disappears! Well bad news is that it's now ingrained in my swing as a result of doing the same thing for 10 months, and it's really difficult for me to kick that habit now...Plenty of drills and practice swings for me now I guess :P

Good thing is I realise that even though my left wrist is cupped at the top, when I swing down I will uncup the left wrist and end up with a nice flat left wrist and cupped right wrist at impact.

So I'm curious to know, what hosts of problems would a cupped left wrist at the top bring, if at impact it goes back to flat? Is it the swing plane? Power loss? Etc?

Thanks!
not sure what your concept of hinge is. rear/right wrist does not COCK, it cups. left wrist cocks. In the back swing, the right wrist cups, the right elbow folds and the left wrist cocks. as far as being cupped at the top, it can create timing issues, especially on short shots. Also, if you happen to be a little tense over a shot you may not have your arms relaxed enough to make that move.
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