The Finish Swivel

[Yoda]

...I am now proclaiming that there can be a Perverted Finish Swivel...I don't really care how many years someone has taught something it can be misrepresented...

I thought your demonstration of Finish Swivel was more accurate and concise at Pine Needles than what has been demonstrated after your Canton experience with the Grand Pooh Bah.

For the record, George Preisinger, then Head Professional at the Marietta Country Club in Marietta, Georgia -- not Ben Doyle at Canton -- taught me Swivel Action in 1963. I was 17 years old. Unfortunately, it was not until I got on the phone with Homer Kelley in 1980 that I learned to differentiate Swivel Action (after the Follow-Through) from Hinge Action (during Impact). I was 34 years old.

In between I hit some 800,000 practice balls. And that's a conservative number. There were many good shots, but my understanding was incomplete and it showed. What a waste.

And now, 25 years and probably another 800,000 practice balls later, I think I know the difference between the two. I have described that difference clearly in countless posts -- including those most recent above -- and now have illustrated it in both still sequence and video.

The only difference between the Hinge Action and Finish Swivel you see in this video -- both, by the way, executed with a Strong Single Action Grip (Wristcock Only, no Wrist Bend) -- and the ones I photographed and sent to Homer Kelley in 1982 and later still those demonstrated in the first 'night-time' videos (late 2004) now on this site -- is the camera angle. And, at least according to my own understanding...

Both are correct.