[innercityteacher]

Would you say that the horizontal hinge emphasises the right hand/trail hand heel palm/palm push forward ahead of the clubface?

Patrick

Swinger's can get caught up in swivel as a hinge action, and it is important to understand what a horizontal hinge action means.

As an example, get into an impact fix position - left arm and shaft in line (face on), right forearm and shaft in line (down the line). Weight on the left side. Hips open about 30-45 degrees, shoulders basically matching the target line. Right foot rolled onto the inside edge.

Now without changing the lower body, lift the hands and arms up to chest high.

The clubface (leading edge) should be vertical to the ground.

More importantly, for a true horizontal hinge motion, that leading edge should stay vertical to the ground through the motion. Technically speaking, it only matter's from impact to separation, but you want to feel it though the motion.

The trick to understanding the feel is to get the feel first on the horizontal plane, with your hands out in front of you.

From that position, practice turning back and through, keeping the clubface (leading edge) vertical to the ground.

Physics will want you to turn/roll, even on the horizontal plane, but don't do it. It may feel like a turn and roll on the inclined plane, but when doing this drill on the horizontal plane, don't turn and roll.

On the horizontal plane, this may feel somewhat like a frisbee throw, or a baseball swing (again, with no turn/roll).

Keep moving back and through on the horizontal plane until you really get the feeling of keeping that clubface vertical to the ground. Back and through, back and through. Feel how the arms move to allow that motion.

Once you have a solid feeling on the horizontal plane, keep moving back and through as you slowly move to lower and lower (more inclined) planes.

The closer to a golf swing you get (the more inclined), the more it looks and starts to feel like a true turn and roll but it is NOT A SWIVEL. The left wrist is still vertical to the ground, just like on the horizontal plane.

If you lose the feel of the vertical left wrist, move back up to the horizontal plane.

Keep that feeling of a vertical left wrist (to the ground) on the inclined plane.