Wrist Cock vs. Wrist Hinge in the Golf Swing
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Do you know the difference between wrist cock and wrist hinge in the golf swing? The difference is what separates high handicappers from low.
do you know the difference between wrist cock and wrist hinge if you don't listen up because they can be completely destroying your golf swing if you're doing one more than the other and doing one incorrectly almost without fail when somebody sets up with their right side dominant that right hand on top of the club I've talked about in the right side dominance video no axis till weight kind of hanging on the side etc without fail they tend to wrist hinge too much and not have enough wrist cock so what is that wrist hinge think about riding a motorcycle right we've all ridden something like this where you pull the throttle twist the throttle and so you're moving your wrist in this plane it's wrist hinge if you rotate your arm excuse me this way and move your wrist up and down that's wrist cock and this is hinge really simple it just depends on the angle that you're moving your wrist and the angle your forearm is when you do this that tends to shut the clubface okay this moves the clubface up and down the right way and when we just do too much hinge now you there is wrist hinge in the swing I'm going to talk about that in a second but if you just do wrist hinge watch what happens clubface shut I'm in that weird gang handshake I talked about when it's shaking hands video where my right hand is on top of the club and the clubface is now hooded because all I've done to move the club is hinge my wrist this is really easy to do when you're in that right side dominant position because your wrist is in a weak position it doesn't want to cock up it wants to go this way your wrists have to cock and hinge during the backswing but it's gradual for most people it's more wrist cock from the left wrist then wrist hinge from the right wrist that's where people make the mistake we're all right-handed for the most part and we want to use that right side to dominate the golf swing and this feels really awesome it feels really powerful but it creates a shut clubface a flip at the bottom and all kinds of other problems and makes the club tend to want to go back inside during the takeaway so when you see this stuff look at my right wrist what have I done I've hinged it which has flattened out my left wrist too soon if you look at my little video I did on this little trick to have your right thumb on your left hand during the takeaway this keeps the club or the wrist from flattening out which then only gives you the option to cock your wrist to take the club up on plane now notice if you're one of these golfers who always takes the club inside and under the plane guess what you're doing you're definitely hinging this wrist and not using my little trick of thumb on the wrist joint to keep the club staying outside your hands and working up during the takeaway if we do this my wrist is now cocking and as I keep going back notice I have very little hinge in my right wrist there's gonna be some but not this much like most of us tend to want to do as I go back and then as I keep going it's going to hinge as I finish at the top but so many of us want to hinge it early shutting the clubface ripping it to the inside and under the plane so when you're working on your takeaway the club should always stay outside your hands or in line with your hands we never want it going inside your hands that's a death move for most golfers that all starts with wrist hinge so make sure that you understand the difference between wrist cocking and wrist hinging and your golf swing will be a much simpler move because of it
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