#3 and right arm flying wedge
 

... another #3 question.

Can you properly use accumulator 3 and hold the right arm flying wedge? I'm assuming it would depend on the pattern and when its okay to lose the wedge.

If the pattern called for max delay of the RAFW, can you even use #3?

Id say:

-the right forearm flying wedge stays intact throughout the swing.
-there is no delay of the RFFW as it is not a power accumulator but rather a structural alignment.

I think the goal is to maintain the RFFW but as we have all seen with post impact pictures, the bend in the right wrist has disappeared.

With an aggressive acc3, throwout action of this right wrist bend is bound to happen.

I agree that the right wrist bend (wrist extension) is not an accumulator but we can see with swings like VJ and Phil that the bottom wrist bend is moving quickly towards a flat condition... meaning that the wrist is flexing towards the palm of the hand.

If the goal is to maintain a RFFW, does acc3 have to be released only to a certain degree? (maybe thats a misleading way to put it... )

I'm not sure that it's not an Accumulator. Flattening the Right Wrist at Impact meets the Definition of an Accumulator.


When the Pros Flatten the Right Wrist (Driver Tee Shots), they are timing the motion with Impact to bring about as much Clubhead Velocity as they can Muster without Over-swinging. They must "Time" the action because there is no automatic Trigger to Flatten the Right Wrist. It certainly adds Clubhead Speed (at the Expense of Clubface Control).

What we call throwaway, they call Accumulator.

I played that way on Sunday. It added 15 yards to all clubs except for wedges. I missed 16 greens. My inside Right Forearm muscles hurt like hell on Monday and Tuesday. I'm not doing that again. (Well, maybe off the Tee :) I only missed two Fairways)

The comparison that I would make is that provides a Three Barrel Stroke Distance. The Ball travels farther than my normal Two Barrel Stroke but no Farther than my Three Barrel Stroke (When I can do it). BUT, it's no-where as accurate as my Three Barrel Stroke. With my normal two or three barrel stroke, I would hit 16 greens; not miss them.

I don't think that you can pick up a Club, have Yoda walk you through the Alignments for a Three Barrel Stroke, and you can walk away with a Three Barrel Stroke for life. I wish it were that Simple. It takes a lot of Practice and Playing and more than most Golfers are willing or able to dedicate. It requires enormous Precision for a Three Barrel Stroke to out-perform a good Two Barrel Stroke. But, the reward is distance and control. A well performing Three Barrel Stroke is probably Scratch Golf on just about any Golf Course you can Play.

The structure of the flying wedges says intact. The 'power package'.

The entire power package is rotated as a unit, so done properly, you can release fully and never flatten the right wrist. That is far, far better than what the 'seems as if' is, for even pga tour players.

There is no power in flattening the right wrist. Ever. By doing so you shorten your lever from around 12-13 feet to about 4-6 feet and remove a lot of mass from your available force at impact. Speed is important, but so is mass when creating force.

That should have been in the Book. I couldn't agree more.


I don't Know Ed. That's my normal belief but last Sunday I was a little Surprised myself when Flattening the Right Wrist added Yardage. It's more an Uncocking and Flattening simultaneously of the Right Wrist. Ya gotta cock the Right Wrist too.

cock the right wrist? :naughty:

You can gain speed, but you give up mass (and control). You won't reach your maximum potential force throwing the right wrist (controled throw away).

When you hit a good one, do you feel impact all the way through your body down to your feet? You should feel pressure in your right instep, and your #3 PP.

It does meet the definition of an acc... but when used can diminish ideal impact alignments. It is also throwaway, which kills impact conditions, but is defined as something that reduces speed.

Can it really reduce speed if released an amount not reaching a flat right wrist?

And if the RFFW was held past seperation. has this club come up short of its full potential?

I agree. But I think that the Pros do it intentionally.

I completely agree.