Topic: Why driving high?

Flat Left Wrist

Topic: Why driving high?

Arched is better than bent as it prevents the clubhead getting thrown away. In teaching a FLW to some students you can exaggerate for a habitual Bender ( boy is that going to get a chuckle from some) getting them to feel that they hit the ball with an Arched wrist. What happens is they get the same Bend going on a little later so they arrive at the ball with a FLW. Once they see the result, they try really hard to break the habit.

Guru,
I had a lesson yesterday and the Pro identified flipping as my biggest problem. We worked on delaying the wrist break until after impact. I was wondering if the brains trust have any tips aside from hitting punch shots to ingrain the feel. Are impact bags a good way of getting the feel for a FLW?

Thanks

Evan

Topic: Why driving high?

Good to hear the driver is behaving itself, yeah for the good guys:)

Yep fire up a new thread. 140-150 on the fly would be good. Can you hit your 4i in the air that far? But go start a new thread and lets see what the crew considers. If you can video a swing you will get lots of clues.

Topic: Why driving high?

ellimb: your required launch is dependent up on your swing speed. Pros Launch angles are much lower. 14-15 is good for mere mortals as a rule of thumb.

Brissy: do you mean bent left wrist at the top? Or arched? Either way beware a fix which is not Flat as its layering a possible issue onto the previous issue. Beware the Dark Side.

Topic: Why driving high?

i fixed my high isusse by cuping my left wrist at the top of my back swing

Topic: Why driving high?

hoegaarden is the nectar of the gods!

Its also bloody expensive over here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Topic: Why driving high?

hoegaarden is the nectar of the gods!

Topic: Why driving high?

Good launch angles for higher handicappers around 15 degrees.

Read Fix Your Swing Part One and Two to see where and why the balls goes somewhere in your stance:)

Topic: Why driving high?

Stick to the hoegaarden…great beer!

Topic: Why driving high?

Arched is better than bent as it prevents the clubhead getting thrown away. In teaching a FLW to some students you can exaggerate for a habitual Bender ( boy is that going to get a chuckle from some) getting them to feel that they hit the ball with an Arched wrist. What happens is they get the same Bend going on a little later so they arrive at the ball with a FLW. Once they see the result, they try really hard to break the habit.

Topic: Why driving high?

Sounds good to me:) Where is Hoegarten beer from? Sound like a wild beer garden in Germany!

Belgian I believe Guru. It’s a little different, but not unpleasant…

Keeerect, as Homer would say.

Hoegaarden is a Belgian White Beer brewed in the town of that name.

Topic: Why driving high?

Cocking is increasing the angle between the shaft and forearm.

If you put your arm out in front of you fingers pointing straight, thumb pointing up, that will give you a FLAT Left Wrist vs the forearm. Now bend the wrist so the fingers point at the target keeping the forearm in the same place….BENT condition.

Reverse the fingers to point away form the target and now you have an ARCHED condition.

Deliberate cocking is OK for special shots. Normal cocking happens as the right arm bends in the backswing.

If BENT is Death,
how about ARCHED (btw is this = Bowed) ?
outta curiosity…...

Topic: Why driving high?

and nice beer i must say ….

Topic: Why driving high?

See, I just knew someone would know:) We have such a worldly educated bunch of people who frequent this place.

Topic: Why driving high?

Sounds good to me:) Where is Hoegarten beer from? Sound like a wild beer garden in Germany!

Belgian I believe Guru. It’s a little different, but not unpleasant…

Topic: Why driving high?

Sounds good to me:) Where is Hoegarten beer from? Sound like a wild beer garden in Germany!

Topic: Why driving high?

Cocking is increasing the angle between the shaft and forearm.

If you put your arm out in front of you fingers pointing straight, thumb pointing up, that will give you a FLAT Left Wrist vs the forearm. Now bend the wrist so the fingers point at the target keeping the forearm in the same place….BENT condition.

Reverse the fingers to point away form the target and now you have an ARCHED condition.

Deliberate cocking is OK for special shots. Normal cocking happens as the right arm bends in the backswing.

Topic: Why driving high?

Cocking it is fine and a great source of power. Bending is death.

Topic: Why driving high?

Toolish will be close to the money for most high tee hitters there.
If your left wrist is bent coming into the ball, the stamped loft on the driver will bear no relationship to the 15 or higher loft you actually hit the ball with.

Playing it back in the stance means a chop at the ball and most high hitters will then end up learning backwards to get the loft back onto the ball to try to get back to their old distances. It is a progression teachers see all over the world.

So your best bet is to get the ball up under your left shoulder and learn to keep a Flat Left Wrist (which comes with a Bent Right on attached). Hit up the Golf School articles, get a beer (come on beer sponsors where are you??) and a few light bulbs will fire up.

Topic: Why driving high?

you may be flipping it a bit.

Topic: Why driving high?

Why do you want to hit it lower?

You can hit the ball on the up and generate a very low spin rate which allows height with penetration.

Lets not confuse tradjectory with penetration.

Topic: Why driving high?

Not sure but sounds like you may be coming down on the ball rather than sweeping it of the tee.

You could try flattening your take-away a little to encourage a shallower angle of attack at the ball on impact.

Topic: Club fitting @ Melb City HOG

Go to one of the Demo days, get the rep to record the specs that suit you best then head back to the HOG to purchase…

Flusher, What is the best way to find out when and where the demo days are going to be held??

Topic: Club fitting @ Melb City HOG

Yes I have found them to be v helpful, good blokes.

Topic: Club fitting @ Melb City HOG

Don’t wanna bag them but how can they possibly see results in ball flight and swing in a shop ??? The computer programs are only simulators !!

Go to one of the Demo days, get the rep to record the specs that suit you best then head back to the HOG to purchase…

Just my opinion for what it’s worth.