Greg's right hand drill

[Simon Woo]

Yep I'm posting this in this folder as I want to know if the same applies for the woods and driver. Does the unhinging of the right wrist work here in the same way as for the irons, even though we are supposed to be sweeping and not hitting down on the ball? Guess I'm not very sure what to do at impact - my shots go very high with the woods, and I'm wonder if I'm erroneously cutting down on the ball and creating high back-spin shots.

[msklar92]

Re: Greg's right hand drill

if woods are going high, my guess is your left wrist is cupped and your right wrist is straight at impact. this adds loft to the woods because you are trying to lift the ball up
Try this - get into normal address position, turn you hips towards the target. the left wrist should be straight. the right wrist should be cupped. once you're in this position you should be able to hinge the club head up and down. up is set and down is release.

[Simon Woo]

Re: Greg's right hand drill

Thanks msklar. I am supposed to be sweeping the ball up with the woods, right? With the irons, I feel as if I am chopping down on the ball with the head, or what you might call 'slicing' in terms of the other racket sports. I suspect I might be doing the same with the woods, especially while trying to execute the unhinging of the right wrist at the same time

I've always been told the swing is supposed to be same for all clubs, so with the woods, I just place it more in front and use the same swing as my irons. So now I am not very sure if there is some more that needs to be done with the woods at impact. Right wrist cupped, left wrist straight, right wrist unhinging at impact. That works for the irons. So now the ball is further in front with the woods, shouldn't the unhinging be a bit later now, at the moment of impact? And would that not cause me to slice (racket sport term) and impart a lot of backspin on the ball?

[GregJWillis]

Re: Greg's right hand drill

The actions of the hinging of the wrists is the same, the only difference in the woods is that you do not do it as agressivly., Be smooth in the whole action of the legs, hips, shoulders, arms and last wrists. But don't over do the wrists, as that is as you expected, will put too much steepness in the angle of attack and add spin.

Gain power from a full hip and shoulder rotation through the ball.

[Simon Woo]

Re: Greg's right hand drill

Thanks Greg. In addition to the unhinging of the wrist, there is also the release part which I have come to understand as rotating the forearms (pronate for right and supinate for left). I am not sure if this is correct, but I have recently realised that if I rotate normally I hit my usual straight shots, and if I rotate more aggressively just prior to impact, I can create draws at will. Even though I'm not at the stage of shaping my shots, I wonder if I am on the right track or am I totally missing out on the concepts here?

At impact now I am focusing on the simultaneous unhinging of the right wrist and rotating of the forearms. Hope that's the right way to go? Please also advise if there are difference with the irons and woods. I found your quite explain on being less aggressive in the unhinging with the woods very enlightening as I have been trying to do the same with my irons and maybe that's why my woods are always so high?