left handed swing

[Rainmaker]

So . . for the last little while I've been working on this move my teacher showed me . . at first I thought of it as an aggressive rotation of the hands through impact . . .the feeling changed over time in various ways .. but I always have thought of it as "the wrist move".  I asked my teacher a few weeks ago . .what is the name for this move?  He said (paraphrasing) - there's not really a name for it . .maybe you could call it a release . . .

Ok . .so home I go to work some more on this "wrist move".  I have never tried making a left handed swing . .I don't know why . .just haven't.  Anyway . .I tried it . .and guess what . .there is no "wrist move", lol.  

As I'm taking the club back lefthanded . .just as it gets past parallel . .I feel "the wrist move" . .but I didn't make it.  Then on the swing through . .there is no "wrist move".  

This "wrist move" is all about getting the dominant hand to quit mucking things up and allow the left side to pull to extension.  It feels like a "move" because it's my non-dominant side  . . so it feels weird.  

Ever make a left handed swing?  What did it teach you?  If you never have and feel like you can't figure out how to get a full extension . .maybe it would help.  I didn't use a left handed club or even hit any balls and that was enough for me to see  "the truth" about "the wrist move".  

[iacas]

A bunch of us have made left-handed (or opposite-sided) swings.

I don't think it taught me much of anything.

I'm generally not a fan of anything I'd call "release" unless it's extending the trail elbow or something like that. Almost never anything related to the wrists or anything rolling over.

[Rainmaker]

22 minutes ago, iacas said:

A bunch of us have made left-handed (or opposite-sided) swings.

I don't think it taught me much of anything.

I'm generally not a fan of anything I'd call "release" unless it's extending the trail elbow or something like that. Almost never anything related to the wrists or anything rolling over.

Yeah . .well you already knew everything when you did that, lol.  

I just reviewed that thread (cool thread idea, too) and the post/swing from Ernest Jones is exactly what I'm talking about.  

Swinging right-handed - it feels like a "wrist move".  Swinging left handed . .it just feels normal (in the downswing).