Maintaining wrist angle throughout swing.

[Maverick]

Does this sound right? Maintain the wrist angle (right wrist for righties) thorughout the downswing past impact. I guess this is basically keeping your hands in front of the ball too then in hindsight. Another tip I heard was to imagine that the grip of the club is going at the target on the downswing through impact zone.

[OcgolfrChick]

yeah my coach had me do that...little shots and maintaining that angle through impact and stopping befor turning over my arms...it helps with impact..to "pinch" the ball..its good stuff...haha

[iacas]

Does this sound right? Maintain the wrist angle (right wrist for righties) thorughout the downswing past impact. I guess this is basically keeping your hands in front of the ball too then in hindsight. Another tip I heard was to imagine that the grip of the club is going at the target on the downswing through impact zone.

Just one comment... it's good to "feel" that you're holding the angle, but in reality of course you don't. At the top of your backswing it's usually 90 degrees, and as you start down often that angle increases to well over 100 degrees. You clearly don't maintain that angle or you'd miss the ball entirely, but

feeling as though you maintain the angle (as long as possible) is a good thing, sure.

[Maverick]

..You clearly don't maintain that angle or you'd miss the ball entirely, but

you read my mind.

[Maverick]

yeah my coach had me do that...little shots and maintaining that angle through impact and stopping befor turning over my arms...it helps with impact..to "pinch" the ball..its good stuff...haha

indeed

[OcgolfrChick]

what really helps me as far as this topic is concerned...

before playing, when im on the range...ill do two practice swings, short and stopping right after impact trying to maintain that wrist angle. then i hit the ball normally. you'll find that where u are at at impact is a lot more pure than before. it basically trains ur hands and arms, where they should be when ur hitting the ball.

my coach wouldnt let me hit full shots for about 2 weeks at practice..all i could do was hit little shots like that on the range.

[Maverick]

...ill do two practice swings, short and stopping right after impact trying to maintain that wrist angle. then i hit the ball normally. you'll find that where u are at at impact is a lot more pure than before. it basically trains ur hands and arms, where they should be when ur hitting the ball.

..that sounds like a cool drill..I see it!

[Finn07]

I know this is an old post but what exactly does this mean? Does it mean not turning your right wrist over at impact. Basically like hitting a "cut shot" I guess you could say.?

[sungho_kr]

I know when I am releasing to early, I hit the ground before the ball and the ball has this little floater for like 140 yards or something, disgusting. The way I fixed it is by 1. trying to straighten up my left arm at the top of the swing and trying to keep it straight going down and 2. visualizing a full upperbody rotation with the lowerbody solid, these two work well with "me." Also I would like to say don't try to shorten your backswing and cocking more with your wrist, unless your tiger woods, you probably will start cocking your hands the wrong way or just screw up your swing, over top for example. Another tip is right before you start your swing, look at a spot 2 inches in front of your ball and try to hit it on the way down so your wrists are bowed through impact and you have a better chance of maintaining your wrist angle. The dangers are that you might reverse pivot instead of moving your weight right in the swing or on the down swing, make your lower body move dramatically in front of you creating a really ugly active lower body on the down swing. That's what I think is the right thing to do.