Swinging with an angle hinge?
 

Can one swing successfully using an angled hinge or are the components not compatible?

JohnThomas1,

Please see 10-19-0, pg 192, last para.

Thank you kindly, looks like i might be in trouble if tooooo much skill is reqiured hehehe [-o<

Short answer: yes it's possible but you're always going to be fighting the inclination for the clubhead to close. If you do try it, make sure you feel less left wrist TURN going back and less ROLL coming through. I find it helps if I set up with a slightly open plane line and then try to "hold it off" coming through impact.

Thanks Matt, good to see you still going strong

Swinging with an angled hinge is easy. It took me a while to find a way to reproduce it consistently and when i describe how to do it below some of you will probably chastize me lol.

Basically, everything in the backswing stays the same and everything up to impact stays the same.

What you have to ELIMINATE is the SWIVEL.

NO SWIVELING!

Once you get to "both arms straight" you have to have this feel of (here we go) letting the clubhead pass your hands.

Hope that helps.

Thanks Jim, and i do know what you mean. Not that much swivel with an angle hinge anyway i think so it should be spot on.

Thanks

I Swing w/ Angled Hinge right now.

Striking it very well.

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I Swivel on the way back.....open it up about as much as I possibly can....then Angled Hinge on the way through. No lefts.

Doesn't feel the least bit hard for me to stop the Roll through the ball.....in fact, this is the best I've ever been at eliminating the left side...and the trajectory isn't weak or with too much fade either.

Don't feel like I have to resist anything at all....especially cause I haven't been missing left really at all.

Thanks for the comment BM. Would opening it up on the way back equate to horizontal hinging? also when then not swiveling back on the way down leave the ball to the right? I thought if we opened it on the way back then we had to close it on the way down. Thanks for any help mate :)

With the Tomasello approach...going back and forth from horizontal hinging and angled hinging is so simple and soooo effective.

Swing with the right arm and hit with the right arm....it's that simple.

DG