Pre set wrist/Faldo Drill

[RussUK]

Afternoon all. I've been making decent progress on my swing lately but have often struggled with lack of power and high shots. Having had my swing looked at i was shown the preset wrist drill and pointed towards the Nick Faldo clip on youtube.

I have been trying this for a while and i am hitting much better shots with a lower trajectory. My question is why? how come i can hit such better shots using this drill, what are the benefits the drill can teach a golfer?

When you search for this drill one of the similar videos is from a guy call Jason Birnbaum who has a video entitled "golf swing of the future" which as far as i can see is pretty much this drill but starting with the hands closer the rear foot than faldo and works just as well.

I found that after the drill i can start my swing with an early wrist hinge and get good results and i know there have been some decent players in history such as Jerry Barber and more recently Danny Willett who start with an early wrist hinge so at least i know im not doing something completely bonkers!

 Anyone else use this drill or use an early wrist hinge?

[billchao]

I remember doing this in a lesson a long time ago. I think the idea was pre-setting my wrists was supposed to keep me from sucking the clubhead too far inside in the takeaway.

Even now I need to feel the clubhead traveling more up than in (pretty much straight up, actually), though I don't do the wrist hinge anymore because I need to have more of a Steve Stricker feel.

Do you have video, @RussUK? Maybe an early wrist hinge affects the way you load the shaft.

[mvmac]

3 hours ago, RussUK said:

Anyone else use this drill or use an early wrist hinge?

For me it was a bad move for my game. I worked on a MORAD type early arm fold, trying to keep the butt of the club on the right thigh to A2. It's was hard move to play with because of the sequencing/rates aspect, especially in competition, and it was harder to swing athletically. More of a "one-piece" move off the ball or even a bit of dragging the handle works best for me.

I think on paper an early set makes sense. Get it "loaded" early, then just turn but in reality in can be a tough thing to time on the course and potentially limit yourself dynamically.