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Just enjoying the Horizontal Hinge now that I can dependably envision and maybe reproduce it in high, medium or low trajectories!

http://lynnblakegolf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=56102&highlight=horizontal+Hinge# post56102

To Wit Yoda Said:


By maintaining my right wrist looking AT THE SKY as deeply as possible in my swing I get a very, very high draw! I hit a shot at the range the other day. 50 degrees or so outside, with a 12 degree driver, Cleveland 270, and the ball was about 20 stories high as it rose over the 200 yard marker still looking for an apex! I was shocked! So I did it again! My 9.5 degree Adams red-line was only about 10 stories high while still looking for the apex at 200.

The irons keep going up until the just drop out of the sky! so cool!

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Underhand Pitch, Motion and Feel

rchang72 wrote:

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Shift your Body into its Impact Fix Alignments.

Keeping your Right Forearm Flying Wedge intact -- that means Right Wrist Bent and dowel parallel to the floor (or ground) -- move the Club into an On Horizontal Plane Backstroke by Bending your Right Elbow.



Yoda,

When I take my stance with the impact fix alignments is my back at an incline, or do I stand straight up? And is the bending and straightening of the elbow along the line the right forearm makes on the horizontal plane?

I'm afraid that I'm not getting this part icon_redface.gif


Yoda's response:

For purposes of the drill on the Horizontal Plane, stand erect. But...be surethat you are your Weight is left and that your Hips and Shoulders are Open.This will allow you to move the Right Forearm Flying Wedge back and throughfreely. When you transfer the drill to the Inclined Plane of Motion, imitatethe pictures in 9-1-1 #2 and #3 for Waist Bend / Spine Angle.

Also, remember that the entire Right Forearm Flying Wedge -- the Right Elbow,the Forearm, the Bent Right Wrist, the No. 3 Pressure Point andthe Rigid Extension, i. e., the dowel -- will remain on the HorizontalPlane throughout. The Big Deal is to set the Right Wrist in a Rigid Bent RightWrist Condition and then hold it throughout the 'Backstroke' and'Throughstroke.'





DivotDelite wrote:

Hi:

I understand for swingers, the left wrist action controls the clubhead, and the left hands controls closing and opening of the clubface. With dual horizontal hinging 10-10-D and standard wrist action 10-18-A. the left wrist uncocks and rolls through impact, and the left hand hinges horizontally to close the clubface.

My question is what is the right forearm and wrist doing? I had always assumed that the right wrist was rolling to match what the left hand and forearm was doing. This is common instruction on websites and books.

A wrist throw trigger 10-20-E says "the Right Hand remains palm-up to the Plane during the Uncocking of the Left Wrist to produce a sequenced release per 2-G and 4-D-0." In order to keep the flying wedge assembly and to keep the left wrist flat and uncocking, and to keep the right wrist bent and the right palm face up to the plane, the wrist has to turn??

For the past year, my right wrist had been rolling through impact. Could never understand the underhand pitching motion that was described doing it that way. But if I turn my right wrist on the downstroke and through impact, then it feels like an underhand pitching motion. AM i completely off base? I couldn't find a section in the Yellow Book which describes what the right wrist is doing through release and impact except for one sentence in 10-20-E, but it was a bit vague.


Thanks

Yoda said:

Your first three analytical paragraphs are absolutely correct. You have doneyour homework and are to be congratulated for being 'on the money.'

You have accurately described the pure Swinging Motion. It features a TurnedLeft Wrist on the Backstroke; a 'Karate Chop' Uncocking Left Wrist fom the Top;a Swiveling Left Wrist from Release into Impact; the Full Roll Feel of LeftHand Horizontal Hinge Action to the Follow-Through (Both Arms Straight); andfinally, the Left Wrist Swivel into the Finish. The Left Wrist is The Lordof the Grip, and therefore, as you have correctly observed, the RightWrist is a complement to these Left Wrist Actions. See the UsefulCombinations 5-A/B/C/D.

So, you don't feel "Underhand Pitch Motion and Feel' doing all thatTurning, Cocking, On Plane Karate Chopping, Uncocking, Swiveling, Rolling andSwiveling again?? I bring glad tidings...

Who would?

Nobody!

The 'Underhand Pitch' part of the Pure Swing -- which concentrates on the LeftWrist Action described above -- just ain't there!

Unless, of course, you can somehow sense the Feel of the Full Roll ofHorizontal Hinge Action -- which is a 'No Roll' Feel on its own HorizontalPlane -- as an Underhand Pitch. But I seriously doubt you or anyone else can,because the fact is that it Feels like a Full Roll on the Angled Plane ofMotion.

So, where's the disconnect between what you are able to Feel and what Homer isdescribing in 2-N-0? Here's the key:

You must focus on your Right Forearm Flying Wedge (6-B-3-0-1). When youdo, you will see that its On Plane Right Forearm and its Bent RightWrist and its No. 3 Pressure Point and its Rigid ClubshaftExtension moves through Impact as a Paddlewheel (6-B-1-0). Thestraightening of the Right Elbow -- under the command of the Left Arm CheckreinAction -- powers, guides and regulates the No. 3 Accumulator (Left Forearm andClubshaft Angle) and with it the Clubhead Closing through Impact.

Even though the Left Wrist precisely aligns the Swinger's Clubface forHorizontal Hinging, the Paddlewheel Action of the Right Forearm is there.Per 4-D-0, the Swinger concentrates on Wrist Action and the Hitterconcentrates on Hand Action. If you want to sense Underhand Pitch,Motion and Feel, you must focus on Right Arm and Frozen Bent Right WristPaddlewheel Action, not the Swinger's Uncocking, Swiveling and Rolling LeftWrist Action.

Here's how to do that:

Get your Sand Wedge (or, better yet, a wooden dowel you can buy in any hardwarestore [48" X 1/4" diameter]). Grip it with your Right Hand only (inits normal positon on the Shaft). Go to Fix. Body shifted Left and PivotZeroed out. Right Wrist Bent with Shaft leaning forward ('againstthe Ball'). Now, keeping your Right Wrist Bent, take the Club up with a BendingRight Elbow and Magical Right Forearm Takeaway (7-3). Go no further Backthan Right Forearm Level to the ground (Acquired Motion 12-5-2). Better yet, stopat Basic Motion, two feet back per 12-5-1. Then, go through no further thanknee high (12-5-1 or waist high (12-5-2).

Check your Right Wrist. It has Flattened, right? Well, it should not have! Itshould still be Bent! Do this one-arm drill over and over again untilyou can go from your initial Fix position Bent Right Wrist to the Topto the end of the Follow-Through with your Right Wrist still Bent.Hit the first fifty Balls in your next five practice sessions with just yourRight Arm Flying Wedge. No more than about 20-25 yards. That's all! No GoldStars for distance! Gold Stars for finishing with a Bent Right Wrist at the endof your Follow-Through (Both Arms Straight Position). In other words, per4-D-1, you must learn to Straighten your Right Arm without Flattening yourRight Wrist. Practice also with your dowel on the Horizontal Plane per mypost last night ('Keeping You Busy') in the Five Steps To A Magical RightForearm Flying Wedge thread. As you learn to do this, you will suddenlyfind that you Feel...

Right Arm Underhand Pitch, Motion and Feel.

Congratulations!

You are becoming a G.O.L.F.er!
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