Hello all,
So I took a lesson on Friday, first of the year, a day after shooting my best score ever (94) at a course that usually eats me alive. I've been playing pretty good golf by my standards...this is my third year of playing, I just broke 100 finally this year, and my last two rounds have both been under 100.
So this lesson was positive...I told him what my goal was (basically no limit to what I want to be able to do), and he had me take some swings and did a video analysis. Long story short, he was very pleased with the foundation of the swing, but I don't hinge my wrists at all. I stay on plane, I clear my hips, but I need to work on hinging #1, releasing the clubhead #2 (I have a lazy finish with my upper half), and getting more torque in my turn by keeping my right hip from opening up too much in the backswing.
I'm having trouble working the hinging into my swing. First, it seems like my left wrist will not hinge fully without cupping. Second, I know that tension in the forearms is no bueno, but how do you all hinge without creating tension? My forearms muscles have to flex to hinge my wrists lol. Third, am I "purposefully" hinging both wrists, or should I focus on my left wrist and my relaxed right wrist will follow suit?
Last, when does the hinge start? To work on it, he has me starting the hinge as soon as I take the club away from the ball, but it feels so unnatural and I seem to lift the club outside the target line for some reason. That's the other problem...my arms seem to want to lift further away from my body to hinge.
Thanks for any feedback. I don't have video or any pics but this is more of a feel thread rather than "what am I doing wrong" thread.
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So I took a lesson on Friday, first of the year, a day after shooting my best score ever (94) at a course that usually eats me alive. I've been playing pretty good golf by my standards...this is my third year of playing, I just broke 100 finally this year, and my last two rounds have both been under 100.
So this lesson was positive...I told him what my goal was (basically no limit to what I want to be able to do), and he had me take some swings and did a video analysis. Long story short, he was very pleased with the foundation of the swing, but I don't hinge my wrists at all. I stay on plane, I clear my hips, but I need to work on hinging #1, releasing the clubhead #2 (I have a lazy finish with my upper half), and getting more torque in my turn by keeping my right hip from opening up too much in the backswing.
I'm having trouble working the hinging into my swing. First, it seems like my left wrist will not hinge fully without cupping. Second, I know that tension in the forearms is no bueno, but how do you all hinge without creating tension? My forearms muscles have to flex to hinge my wrists lol. Third, am I "purposefully" hinging both wrists, or should I focus on my left wrist and my relaxed right wrist will follow suit?
Last, when does the hinge start? To work on it, he has me starting the hinge as soon as I take the club away from the ball, but it feels so unnatural and I seem to lift the club outside the target line for some reason. That's the other problem...my arms seem to want to lift further away from my body to hinge.
Thanks for any feedback. I don't have video or any pics but this is more of a feel thread rather than "what am I doing wrong" thread.
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