Impact Leverage - Weak Wrists vs. Bowed Out Front Wrist
This is an idea I’ve had about why a slightly bowed-out front wrist at impact feels so solid and powerful, and I thought I’d share it: Given #1: I’ve mentioned many times that, at impact, a solid golf shot will have the shaft in line with the front arm and leading the club head. With my method, the body is unwinding, “dragging” this shape around to the left (for a right-handed golfer). I call this “trapping impact.” Given #2: Now, imagine the “weakest” part of the body related to the golf swing. Hmm… thighs, hips, shoulders, arms, wrists, fingers, etc. Well, in my opinion, it’s the wrists! Especially when they are cupped or bent inward. That seems to be a position that is not very strong or that cannot be held for very long against leverage. Given #3: Okay, let’s add the word “leverage” into the mix. People realized long ago that the longer something is, the easier it is to use it to move something else. Take a long pole, for instance. It works well until it breaks at some point. So, h...