Who uses this wrist cock?

[leaney]

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jTteViS3fOg

I've been using this for a while and it works wonders.

Has anyone else had success with this type of wrist cock? I know everyone is different but it amazes me how simple and easy it is to hit a ball well with this.

Personally I set my wrists like this in the second half on my backswing but you could set it early too IMO.

 

[JustOne]

Perfect....... IF you want to get to the top of your backswing looking like this.....

I wouldn't suggest anyone try it this way.

 

[chrisd]

I've been working hard on holding a similar wrist hinge as on the video ( not Dustin's) as I had a tendency to hinge the wrong wrist at the top. I have certainly hit ball/ turf more consistently as a result.

 

[virtuocity]

You may be interested in Joe Dante's "Four Magic Moves" book which advocates this wrist hinge IMMEDIATELY in the swing.

Great way to hook a ball though IMO

In fact my first posts on this forum was asking about this method of swinging the club. I asked, then gave up golf for a year and came back at the the start of this year to try to learn golf again.

Here's a wee pic:

 

[Mozza73]

This is what Chris at Myswingevolution reckons Hogan used to do on the downswing, he would roll his wrists into this position during the latter part of his downswing - all part of his 'secret' to avoid the dreaded hook.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3lpCPIhgcU

 

[leaney]

Perfect....... IF you want to get to the top of your backswing looking like this.....

I wouldn't suggest anyone try it this way.

Why wouldn't you suggest this? Because Dustin Johnson is a bad player?....

 

[Foxholer]

Seems to me that there are so many different ways to set the wrist that it's not absolutely critical how it's actually done. There ae some that advocat that method, others saying that's bad, others again saying 'the best wrist cock is no wrist cock'. The one-piece take-away promotes little, initially, and the 'club, arms, torso, hips' promotes some early.

But the DJ bowed wrist style does not seem natural to me!

 

[JustOne]

Why wouldn't you suggest this? Because Dustin Johnson is a bad player?....

If you've learnt to play golf with that wrist hinge from an early age then I guess that's fair enough, but you wouldn't want to be learning that or teaching it. Dustin Johnson gets the club uber closed at the top and he has to clear his body like no-one on this forum probably does in order to square the face. He practically has his belt buckle facing the target before he's even hit the ball.

If you think you're Dustin Johnson then go ahead :thup:

 

[Foxholer]

Dustin Johnson gets the club uber closed at the top and he has to clear his body like no-one on this forum probably does in order to square the face. He practically has his belt buckle facing the target before he's even hit the ball.

If you think you're Dustin Johnson then go ahead :thup:

Is that actually because of the way the wrists are, or is that just another quirk of DJ? He has a huge shoulder turn and no small over-swing (with Driver). Not really a swing to use as a model in the first place - except maybe for advocating 'X-Factor'!

 

[need_my_wedge]

Perfect....... IF you want to get to the top of your backswing looking like this.....

I wouldn't suggest anyone try it this way.

I'm no expert on the golf swing, and am only commenting with the Dustbin hinge, but surely it will depend on the angle where your arm and hands intercept the club. Using the instruction from the video link, you only get to Dustin's position if your arms are straight, in line with the club out in front of you. If your arms are pointing towards the floor at approx 45 degrees to the club (as below pic), then the wrist makes a natural hinge to a comfortable/ natural position as you turn the shoulders. You'll need to make sure you have a similar angle when you put the club on the floor if you try this in a swing.

 

[need_my_wedge]

Thought I'd give this a try whilst playing last night. The practice swings all looked good, in slo mo the club was in a good position at the top of the swing, and matched my normal position comparing it against my normal takeaway......... However, the downswing felt distinctly different and odd. First drive I connected and hit quite well with a bit of draw....... Next shot, a 7 iron for the green, 180 yds to the pin from left side of the fairway...... Practice swings all good but actual shot again felt strange in the downswing and went 90 degrees straight right..... That was enough of that, at least for last nights round......

I couldn't figure why the swing felt odd because the position at the top was how I usually feel. Maybe because the takeaway angle/ path was/felt different as a result of the early hinge, it results in a slightly different path on the downswing too? The reason I tried it was because I do sometimes feel that my hinge doesn't always happen, this takeaway definitely makes it happen, but I don't think I'm going to try this again on the course, at least not until i try it on a range session at some point.

 

[SocketRocket]

Joe Dante had a book 40 years back that promoted this early form of wrist break. I tried it for a while out of curiosity and found it produced good ball striking, no matter what it looks like at the top. The point being that you don't need to change the wrist set through the swing. It also promotes the hands ahead of the club, prevents flipping the wrists and helps to keep on plane.

 

[virtuocity]

Joe Dante had a book 40 years back that promoted this early form of wrist break. I tried it for a while out of curiosity and found it produced good ball striking, no matter what it looks like at the top. The point being that you don't need to change the wrist set through the swing. It also promotes the hands ahead of the club, prevents flipping the wrists and helps to keep on plane.

Yep, this one. It's a good read.

You may be interested in Joe Dante's "Four Magic Moves" book which advocates this wrist hinge IMMEDIATELY in the swing.