Dear Yoda,
During the backswing does the left hand turn inside the right hand putting the left wrist at a right angle to the right wrist?
spike
Originally Posted by spike Dear Yoda,The Left Wrist is the Master Wrist. During the Backstroke, the Left Hand Turns palm down to the surface of the Plane. The Clubface goes where the Left Wrist goes, and the Right Hand, if it moves at all, always moves in accordance with the Left.
During the backswing does the left hand turn inside the right hand putting the left wrist at a right angle to the right wrist?
spike
Originally Posted by Yoda The Left Wrist is the Master Wrist. During the Backstroke, the Left Hand Turns palm down to the surface of the Plane. The Clubface goes where the Left Wrist goes, and the Right Hand, if it moves at all, always moves in accordance with the Left.Wow!!!
With a Strong, Single Action Grip (10-2-B) and Standard Wrist Action (10-18-A), the Turn to the Plane is a true rotation of the Hands (from Vertical at Address to Turned On Plane in the Backstroke). This Action is independent of Body Rotation and Arm Swing.
With Single Wrist Action (10-18-C-1/2/3), the Wrist apprears to Turn -- but it is not independently Turned. In fact, Single Wrist Action is not Wrist Action at all. Instead, it is a substitute, a Hinge Action, i.e., the Left Wrist is not deliberately Turned -- twisted -- but instead simply remains perpendicular to one of the Three Basic Planes (Horizontal, Angled or Vertical).
In other words, with Single Wrist Action, there is no true rotation of the Left Wrist. Its Motion is essentially dictated by the Body Turn and Arm Swing, but it is individualized by the Left Wrist into one of the Three Basic Hinge Actions -- Horizontal (10-18-C-#1); Angled (10-18-C-#2; or Vertical (10-18-C-#3). As the Backstroke progresses, the Left Wrist departs from its Hinge Action alignment and gradually Turns to Plane. Otherwise, the Left Wrist could not Cock on Plane, and the result would be a decidely 'Un-Golflike Motion' (which is always improper Execution).
So, no matter which procedure used -- Standard or Single -- the Hands arrive at the Top with identical On Plane alignments. The selected Variation merely defines the manner in which they get there. Precision, as always, is "recognizing and reconciling minute differentiations" (2-0).
Originally Posted by ldeitTo of the three Single Wrist Action Variations -- Horizontal (10-18-C-#1) and Angled (10-18-C-#2) -- arrive at the Top On Plane.
My Questions:
Would the left wrist and clubface be laying on the plane angle at Top in Single Wrist Action as it does with Standard Wrist Action?
If not the same, how would 10-18-C-#1,2,3 Left Wrist and clubface alignments look different at the Top from Standard Wrist Action?
Originally Posted by Yoda To of the three Single Wrist Action Variations -- Horizontal (10-18-C-#1) and Angled (10-18-C-#2) -- arrive at the Top On Plane.So...
In contrast, Single Vertical (10-18-C-#3), arrives at the Top -- typically on the Turning Shoulder Plane (10-6-D) -- with the Hands "under the Club." Here, the Left Wrist simply remains perpendicular (to the Horizontal Plane) throughout the Backstroke. In other words...
"Straight back, Straight through. Keep the clubface square (no turn or roll)."
Thus, for Pivot Strokes, Standard Action, Single/Horizontal Action and Single/Angled Action all arrive On Plane at the Top with the Clubface aligned parallel to the Inclined Plane, i.e., at approximately 50 degrees to the ground. With Single/Vertical Action, the Left Wrist remains perpendicular (90 degrees) to the ground - an Off Plane Loading motion -- and the Clubface is aligned likewise, i.e., 'Toe down'. During the Stroke, the player simply lifts and lowers his Arms as the Body Turn supplies the On Plane motion to the Arms and Hands.
As always, Vertical Hinge Action -- either through the Ball or away from it -- is a deliberate, mechanical manipulation of the Clubface. That is, a Counter-clockwise Motion on the Backstroke and a Clockwise Motion on the Downstroke. As such, it is the natural byproduct of neither Swinging (Horizontal Hinge Action) or Hitting (Angled Hinge Action). Unless deliberately employed for a specific purpose, it is, at bottom...
Steering.
The First Snare (3-F-7-A).
Originally Posted by tongzilla So...The Top Location is reached when the Hands are at Shoulder Height. The End Location is Higher but more important, it is farther around.
we have established that both 10-18-C #1 and 10-18-C #2 arrive at the Top On Plane.
The difference between 10-18-A and 10-18-C#1 at the Top is more a matter of how it got there rather than the actual alignments at the Top.
But since the motion of the wrists is different between 10-18-C #1 and 10-18-C #2, and yet they both arrive On Plane, then there must be something different in the rest of the body to make sure it's On Plane.
