I parent I actually have 3 posts left on this series. The very last one, which I'll post sometime subsequent week, puts everything collectively into a swing you can definitely use. This post and the following will consciousness on the other drill I noted, in which we workout how we're going to get the membership from the top of the backswing all the way down to the impact role -- that is what we learned inside the original drill -- and the way to blend the two into one easy motion.
The image sequence above comes from a submit I did again in 2010 on how J.B. Holmes creates strength in his downswing. The traces display how he has very little wrist cock however his lead elbow is bent. We're going to focus on the first and third pix nowadays. The 0.33 could be very near the position we started out the first drill from, as you may see in this picture of HaNa Jang that I've used a lot in this series. (J.B.'s arms are a chunk farther into the effect region HaNa's, however you get the concept.)
The 'downswing drill' we are going to research is extraordinarily simple. We're going to begin in J.B.'s pinnacle of backswing position and swing down to HaNa's effect zone position. And to be pretty honest, it seems so simple that you could marvel why we need posts. The begin and cease positions are very clean:
- J.B.'s wrists are at basically the same angle to his forearms that they were at address, with his trailing elbow bent.
- HaNa's trailing elbow is still bent, and she's just swung it down near her trailing side.
Or is it that simple? If you look at the second photo in the J.B. sequence, you'll see that J.B.'s trailing wrist has bent toward his body on the way down. This is what we call downcock, and it helps create more clubhead speed in our downswing. And you need to understand both how and why this happens.
Hence, two posts.
Let's ensure you recognize the terms I'm the use of, when you consider that there are 3 phrases with '-cock' in them.
- First we have a term almost every instructor uses, and which I've already used in this post. That's downcock , where your trailing wrist bends toward your body on the way down.
- The other two are terms I created for this series to help me be more clear about how your wrists cock. The first was sidecock , the wrist movement you use if you make a karate chop with the side of your hand.
- The other I dubbed backcock , where the back of your hand hinges toward your forearm.
During this series I've mentioned a number of players who create downcock with their downswings -- and yes, downcock is an effect in your swing, not a cause. Sidecock, and the downcock it causes, are both the result of relaxed wrist and forearm muscles being moved by a combination of gravity and momentum. That's not as complicated as it sounds.
If you relax the ones muscle groups and pass your forearm as in case you were the use of a hammer -- bend your elbow and then trade route without any significant pause inbetween -- you'll experience your wrist cock towards your body when you change direction after which cock far from you while your forearm stops shifting far from you. If you nerve-racking the ones muscle groups, it might not appear -- no wrist action at all.
Armed with that expertise, let's get in a function to start our downswing drill. Turn your shoulders a bit more than you did inside the authentic drill -- 75-eighty? Must be plenty -- and allow your lead heel come off the ground to permit it. That will positioned you in essentially the identical pinnacle of backswing function that the first photo of the Holmes sequence suggests.
Now, if you hold a club in that position, and if you relax your wrists and forearms, and if you put your lead heel back on the ground to start your 'downswing', and if you just let your arms fall to around waist high, you should get a little bit of downcock. That's because the weight of the clubhead doesn't want to move at first -- the physics term for that is inertia -- so your relaxed wrists will start to bend toward your body as a result.
Then the club will start to move outward, away from your body, as your hands get near waist high because gravity has your hands moving in a small arc away from you (that's because your hips are going to shift a bit to your lead side as your shoulders start to turn) and the inertia is overcome. The clubhead now has a bit of momentum and wants to keep moving until it straightens your wrists.
With your wrists comfortable, this downcock and trade of direction probably may not sense very smooth. In truth, it will experience a bit jerky. That's ok. Part of that is because we don't have the speed of a backswing to load the shaft, which might cause the clubhead to have a bit momentum in the 'frame direction' earlier than we start down.
And it takes a few power to manipulate that preliminary momentum as you exchange path, because you could hurt your wrists in case you attempt to create too much downcock. That's why you notice such a lot of variations a number of the players who create downcock. Inbee Park has a small downcock however big vintage Jason Kokrak has a big one. I'd propose most gamers -- unless they may be male pros who pump heavy iron after they are not on the path -- stick with a smaller downcock like Park. You don't want an entire lot to get the blessings.
So you can exercise this drill, letting your fingers and hands drop down to the identical function as the authentic drill -- we're going to name it the HaNa Jang position. Here's every other picture from my post on HaNa Jang's swing, so that you can see it better. (Yes, I know her hips are turned more. But she's best five'5" tall and is absolutely hitting the ball with a full swing. You'll try this obviously once you start making the overall swing.)
We'll do the two drills together in the subsequent post. We need to get that backcock running first. Otherwise we'll have problem getting the clubface to square up at effect. This is sufficient for in the future!
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