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I keep from flipping during my swing by not thinking about current events or the slow group in front of me. Otherwise I’d flip. Right out. Especially these days, in California. Can you imagine: the Governator? Sheesh squared.
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I keep from flipping during my swing by not thinking about current events or the slow group in front of me. Otherwise I’d flip. Right out. Especially these days, in California. Can you imagine: the Governator? Sheesh squared.
Do you suppose he says "I’ll be back" every time he checks in at the starters’ shack? –Blair "Sheeshelplex."
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Well, here is what works for me. Try to keep your left arm straight on the backswing and think about rotating your left shoulder under your chin (or close) and the backswing……and then on the follow thru again "keep your left arm straight" and think about rotating your right shoulder under your chin. My mental thought process on most all of my swings is to smooth out my swing in rhythm…. "Left shoulder……. Right shoulder". This helps me to finish higher than I normally would. Keep your arms straight and swing them like a loose rope and just forget about your wrists breaking……
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Hi all – I recently started playing golf and while I do allright, my 7 iron has the exact same trajectory of my playing partners 9 iron. Same for 5 and 7, etc… I’ve thought about it some and done some slow swing and I’m pretty sure I’m flipping/breaking/etc my wrists too early. Comes from playing softball I think where I *want* to break them early and drive it through with my back hand. So, I know the problem, and I know the fix, but other than "focus on not breaking your wrists" does anyone have any tricks/tips to help me sort of sub-conciously not break my wrists? Thanks all! -philip
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What follows is AMATUER advice and worth what you paid for it…. You NEVER break you wrists in golf. They don’t hinge; they roll over. To demonstrate the right feeling, get out a baseball bat and swing it a few times. You will feel your right wrist rotating as you reach the point of imaginary contact and then continueing to roll over until you finish with the right hand on top of (crossed over??) the left. It’s called "release" and it’s easier to demonstrate than to describe. Find a good golfer (or a pro) and they can show you in a minute. It’ll take longer to learn to do it. Jeff – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Hi all – I recently started playing golf and while I do allright, my 7 iron has the exact same trajectory of my playing partners 9 iron. Same for 5 and 7, etc… I’ve thought about it some and done some slow swing and I’m pretty sure I’m flipping/breaking/etc my wrists too early. Comes from playing softball I think where I *want* to break them early and drive it through with my back hand. So, I know the problem, and I know the fix, but other than "focus on not breaking your wrists" does anyone have any tricks/tips to help me sort of sub-conciously not break my wrists? Thanks all! -philip
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So, I know the problem, and I know the fix, but other than "focus on not breaking your wrists" does anyone have any tricks/tips to help me sort of sub-conciously not break my wrists?
What helped me overcome this problem was to concentrate on making a good smooth shoulder turn during both the backswing AND the downswing all the way through to the finish position. Making sure that my shoulders and upperbody don’t stop or slowdown as I approached the impact zone. If the shoulders slow down as the return to the square (address) position the arms and clubhead keep racing along and my wrists breakdown. If I keep the shoulders turning properly they are open at impact, the hands are ahead of the clubhead, the wrists don’t break down, the clubhead doesn’t hit fat, and all is well. Hope that helps. — Neal B. Richmond, VA RSG Roll Call: http://rec-sport-golf.com/?rc=beasleyneal
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I’m just learning golf myself and this is a work in progress, so this is just a suggestion, not the final word on the subject. At address, your arms form a "V", with the vertex being your hands on the club handle, and the two endpoints being on your shoulders. At impact and, perhaps more importantly, through the follow-through, I try to keep the relative position of both elbows and the bottom hand in the "V" position established at address. (The top hand goes through the "supination" referred to by the previous poster. I can feel it when it’s working, but can’t quite get it to happen consistently.) I believe this is, in large measure, very Ben Hoganesque swing technique. At least at the moment, I am following it not from rote, but because maintaining the "V" prevents my wrists from collapsing prematurely. — Andrew – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Hi all – I recently started playing golf and while I do allright, my 7 iron has the exact same trajectory of my playing partners 9 iron. Same for 5 and 7, etc… I’ve thought about it some and done some slow swing and I’m pretty sure I’m flipping/breaking/etc my wrists too early. Comes from playing softball I think where I *want* to break them early and drive it through with my back hand. So, I know the problem, and I know the fix, but other than "focus on not breaking your wrists" does anyone have any tricks/tips to help me sort of sub-conciously not break my wrists? Thanks all! -philip
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Hi all – I recently started playing golf and while I do allright, my 7 iron has the exact same trajectory of my playing partners 9 iron. Same for 5 and 7, etc… I’ve thought about it some and done some slow swing and I’m pretty sure I’m flipping/breaking/etc my wrists too early. Comes from playing softball I think where I *want* to break them early and drive it through with my back hand. So, I know the problem, and I know the fix, but other than "focus on not breaking your wrists" does anyone have any tricks/tips to help me sort of sub-conciously not break my wrists? Thanks all!
Study the issue of pronation. — RSG Masters 2004 pre-preliminary format http://home.att.net/~frostback2002
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Hi all – I recently started playing golf and while I do allright, my 7 iron has the exact same trajectory of my playing partners 9 iron. Same for 5 and 7, etc… I’ve thought about it some and done some slow swing and I’m pretty sure I’m flipping/breaking/etc my wrists too early. Comes from playing softball I think where I *want* to break them early and drive it through with my back hand. So, I know the problem, and I know the fix, but other than "focus on not breaking your wrists" does anyone have any tricks/tips to help me sort of sub-conciously not break my wrists? Thanks all! -philip