Right Hand Drill

[elguapogurn]

I went to the range tonight to try out the right hand drill I read about on this forum. Wow! I gained at least 10 yards on the fly, and even more on the roll.

My question is, How the heck is the ball ever going to stick on the green???

Now I must say the ground here in Cleveland is really dry since we haven't seen rain in a couple weeks, so the ball was rolling forever on the non-watered range. But the lower flight of the ball really has some getty up. Does the sharper angle of attack create more backspin on softer ground?

Overall I thought the drill worked great. Hitting straighter and longer is never a bad thing.

[GregJWillis]

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Yes, you have lots of spin on it and you will even (if you play soft covers) bring it back.

Ranges are very difficult to evaluate roll as it would out on a real course. So I usually only worry about carry, unless you practice on some super nice ranges that are basically a real courses.

Good job and Great to hear!

(My Drill here: Golf Lessons - GregJWillis)

[elguapogurn]

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A response from the man himself...nice! Thanks Greg!

Hey since your checking out the thread, I have one question right now. Do you ever release the right hand? Or do you just carry that right hand angle to finish? I was trying to release after impact. Might not matter either way.

[GregJWillis]

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Yes, you release. But not as a swat (where the wrist breaks horizontally), you release it vertically as in a hammer action downward. It feels like a normal release...lots of acceleration/whipping strength added as the last action. But the idea is that shoulders are open to the target at impact, and not square. SO the hands don't have to worry about closing the face square, the hips and shoulders have done that for you. Your hands get the luxury of just adjusting the hight of the shot based on how hard you hammer them down. It's a very consistent and controlled swing.

[elguapogurn]

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So by keeping the wrists in the angled position thru impact, am I missing the hammering part? That's what I was doing last night. If you're going to hammer, don't you have to break the angle of the right wrist vertically before impact?

I guess what I'm trying to ask is that the angle of the right wrist has to flatten out just before impact when I'm attempting to hammer down on the ball?

I really appreciate your responses. . Thanks again!!

[GregJWillis]

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With the trailing hand's grip on the club in the fingers, and the palm on top of the grip (the leading hands thumb), hammering down is not swatting. So release that action (up/dn) all you want.

[Timothy Slaught]

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Hello:

If you take your left hand without a club and just move it with the left wrist in the swatting manner you will see that the wrist will allow a wide range of motion. If the wrist is flexible, perhaps near 180 degrees of swatting rotation. This motion is not good in the golf swing.

Now use your wrist to cock the left hand up and down in the proper right hand drill manner. You will see that this range of motion allows only a 45 degree cocking action. This is the hammering range of motion of the left side. It simply allows you to bring the club back down to the ball. This action is much easier to time than trying to achieve this motion while simultaneously unhinging the club through the ball using the swat with the clubhead moving at 100 plus mph.

I use this left side explaination for the right hand drill but it applies for the right hand as well. The hands should work together in the golf swing.

[GregJWillis]

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Amen Brother Timothy! Well spoken.

[cayrbee]

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WOW ! What a difference. No wonder why so many people hit it so good. They have found G W & the WAY it should be done. Thanks a bunch G W .

[I_A_N]

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Hi Greg,

the right hand drill sounds prity good and I will be giving it a try. Just one question though, When using a Driver or fairway wood, how is your setup using this method. Not being able to try this out yet so just thought I'd ask.

Cheers Ian

[GregJWillis]

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Ball position is forward in your stance, just inside the leading heal.
Everything else is the same...grip, alignment.

[pnearn]

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Just an aside Greg but Ive never understood this 'hammer' theory personally. For me I need to feel as if I use my hips to turn my left arm and flat left wrist down into the back of the ball - keeping that left arm as straight as I can - extensor action/FLW

If I try to add an up/down motion to this - well, I cant see what it would do for me, other than add some other bit of timing?

Maybe Im just not getting all of the method ?

[snowman]

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Just an aside Greg but Ive never understood this 'hammer' theory personally. For me I need to feel as if I use my hips to turn my left arm and flat left wrist down into the back of the ball - keeping that left arm as straight as I can - extensor action/FLW

If I try to add an up/down motion to this - well, I cant see what it would do for me, other than add some other bit of timing?

Maybe Im just not getting all of the method ?

Yeah if I focus on a hammer move my swing gets all jerky, instead I try to focus on pulling the butt of the club back down the target line and the wrists release downwards on their own.