Denny
Newbie
Hi,
I am completely new to this forum but thought I would start as I mean to go on and try and stir things up a bit.
The thing is, I play golf very differently to everyone else I know. What is more, I am sure I am right and everyone else is wrong! When I try to explain my methods to my friends and playing partners, they tend to laugh a lot and ask me why, if my methods are so good, I am not playing professionally? I usually answer that I know the correct method of running a hundred metres, but it does not mean I can take on Usain Bolt!
I will start the ball rolling (or flying) by asking why it is that we are told to keep the left arm straight throughout the swing? The answer I am usually given is to create as wide a swing as possible, as this gives speed.
No it does not! If you wanted an even wider arc, then don't hinge your wrists and see where that gets you.
The speed in the swing comes from the wrists unhinging and the club head catching up with the arms. We know it as "lag" and we are told to maintain it as long as possible.
My conviction is that bending the left arm at the elbow, we create more lag and as this unwinds, it massively increases club head speed. You have created a three pendulum swing instead of the usual two pendulum swing.
I am 67 years old, weigh under 12 stone and have a swing speed of 105 mph (measured).
Does a tennis player keep his arm straight when serving?
Does a baseball player keep his arm straight?
Would you keep your arm straight when using an axe?
I welcome your thoughts as long as they are civil.
Denny
I am completely new to this forum but thought I would start as I mean to go on and try and stir things up a bit.
The thing is, I play golf very differently to everyone else I know. What is more, I am sure I am right and everyone else is wrong! When I try to explain my methods to my friends and playing partners, they tend to laugh a lot and ask me why, if my methods are so good, I am not playing professionally? I usually answer that I know the correct method of running a hundred metres, but it does not mean I can take on Usain Bolt!
I will start the ball rolling (or flying) by asking why it is that we are told to keep the left arm straight throughout the swing? The answer I am usually given is to create as wide a swing as possible, as this gives speed.
No it does not! If you wanted an even wider arc, then don't hinge your wrists and see where that gets you.
The speed in the swing comes from the wrists unhinging and the club head catching up with the arms. We know it as "lag" and we are told to maintain it as long as possible.
My conviction is that bending the left arm at the elbow, we create more lag and as this unwinds, it massively increases club head speed. You have created a three pendulum swing instead of the usual two pendulum swing.
I am 67 years old, weigh under 12 stone and have a swing speed of 105 mph (measured).
Does a tennis player keep his arm straight when serving?
Does a baseball player keep his arm straight?
Would you keep your arm straight when using an axe?
I welcome your thoughts as long as they are civil.
Denny
. But I won't !
