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Old 05-19-2008, 07:24 AM
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Originally Posted by detonum View Post
Can the right wrist be bent and cocked? Or bent and uncocked? I never see these terms being used.

Hmm?

The Right Wrist should not be Cocked. The Right Forearm and Clubshaft should maintain the same relationship throughout the swing. The amount of Right Wrist Bend at impact is determined by Right Elbow Location at impact (all other things being equal). The Right Elbow Cocks the Left Wrist.

The fingers of the Right Hand should grip the Clubshaft. If the Right Hand Grip mirrors the Left Hand Grip (Palm type Grip), then the Right Wrist will cock. If you use the fingers of the Right Hand to Grip the Club, the the Right Wrist can be independent of the Left Wrist Cocking motion and the Right Wrist can remain Level throughout the Swing.
However if you prefer to cock the Right Wrist, it can be done in a number of ways. One of my personal favorites goes like this: Get into impact fix position with a Bent Right Wrist. Now, rotate your Right Forearm counterclockwise. Now you have a Bent and Cocked Right Wrist.

If you could sit on the Clubshaft during a swing (if you were 1" high and I Duct Taped you to the grip) and looked only at the Left Arm, you would Think that Uncocking is a pretty significant motion. But if you only looked at the Right Wrist, you wouldn't see or feel any other motion at all except that during release you would move farther away from the Right Shoulder. Put the Right Hand and Wrist and Forearm in a cast.

99.99% of all Golfers think that the Uncocking Left Wrist increases the Velocity of the Clubhead. Hmm?
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