Hinging or not hinging?

[Osmond]

no way should you fight nature in my opinion, if you try to stretch the takeaway and swing wide I think that causes all sorts of problems, I hinge the wrists very early as did seve as does danny willett, tiger swings wide adam scott wide, top players do it there own way I don't think its a massive issue to focus on.Timing, tempo, rhythm far more important, weight shift important, your mate may bomb it but that's natural talent you cant teach that, youll never match him, but is he straight.

That's kind of the answer I didn't want :) I guess he's no more crooked than me - and I'd love to be 50y longer even if it meant I was in the rough more often. Short and crooked is kind of the kombo I'm dealing with right now and it isn't really working :~(

[wingback]

well lets concentrate on the crooked bit that is something we can fix.Please don't try to work too hard on being a bomber, get some teaching, look at a video of the swing, think about your missed shots, try to understand whats happening.

[Osmond]

well lets concentrate on the crooked bit that is something we can fix.Please don't try to work too hard on being a bomber, get some teaching, look at a video of the swing, think about your missed shots, try to understand whats happening.

Thing is, I don't (want to) believe that only the crooked thing is fixable. If I knew that was the case, I'd seriously start thinking about something else than golf. I believe that I'd be a scratch golfer if I had a swing that gave me 30 more yards off the tee. And I'm secretly hoping changing the way I hinge the club will lead me towards that goal.

[wingback]

take it you've gone down the route of being properly fitted out ie clubs, balls, shaft launch monitor stuff?This will get you 30 yards.

[Osmond]

take it you've gone down the route of being properly fitted out ie clubs, balls, shaft launch monitor stuff?This will get you 30 yards.

Improving the angle of attack would give me more yards, yes, but I don't believe it'd give me a better swing. A better and more powerful swing is a lot more than just the 30y on a drive.

[Osmond]

...because it gives you more options off the tee and makes the second shot shorter as well. As in the former 140y shot is now the 150y shot.

[wingback]

maybe do some gym work, but I do believe that length of the tee is generally god given, im sure you can get a bit longer but not much, just my opinion I will probably get shot down in flames but that's my opinion.

[iacas]

What do you mean by some should do it sooner, some later? Is there a typical player with some sort of tendency that might benefit from hinging later rather than doing it early?

I mean that some players do it sooner, and some do it later.

Other players, to improve, should try to do it SOONER, because they do it too late for their swing, and others should try to do it LATER, because they do it too early for their swing.

Can't say by looking at a still image.

Start My Swing thread. And check out this thread: .

[Osmond]

Maybe at some point I'll have the courage to post my own swing :) I tried to upload my friend's swing but the format was wrong or something. I'll check out that thread, thanks.

[mvmac]

To the question: different players hinge at different times. Some should do it sooner; some later.

Yep either one works. @Osmond some players have to think about their hinging rates while others never think about it. Just depends on what their priority piece is.

Maybe at some point I'll have the courage to post my own swing :) I tried to upload my friend's swing but the format was wrong or something. I'll check out that thread, thanks.

I would guess that there are other reasons your friend hits it far.

[boogielicious]

Maybe at some point I'll have the courage to post my own swing :) I tried to upload my friend's swing but the format was wrong or something. I'll check out that thread, thanks.

You need to upload it to Youtube.  That is pretty easy.  You can upload it as "unlisted" and it will be semi-private.  Then copy the URL.  When you post it in a thread, click the little film icon in the edit bar of a reply and paste the youtube URL.