The proper way to use your wrists in the swing, says Top 100 Teacher

The golf swing consists of quite a lot of transferring components. In the time it takes to make that movement, the physique, arms, palms and wrists are all transferring in tandem to ship the ball flying down the fairway.

Any semi-competent golfer is aware of that as a reality, however some parts that energy the swing aren’t as effectively understood. For instance, the way the wrists work in conjunction with the remainder of the parts could be certainly one of the most misunderstood parts of the swing.

For a fast explainer on the topic, we enlisted the assist of GOLF Top 100 Teacher Brian Manzella. Check out the video above, or learn beneath, for extra on how to correctly use your wrists in the swing.

How to use correctly use your wrists in the swing

Many gamers are conscious that they want to use their wrists in the swing, however few truly know how to do it. This outcomes in numerous less-than-ideal positions in the swing.

“If you look at almost any swing sequence of a great player, they all have this look,” Manzella says. “The club is up the plane. The face is turned somewhat to the plane. And the butt of the club is more or less pointing back at the ball.”

Now that you just perceive the proper place post-impact, take that very same wrist hinge place and transfer your arms and physique again to affect. You’ll discover that to sq. up the clubface, the wrists want to have a lot much less hinge than they do by means of the launch.

“It’s obvious that from impact to [release], there was a lot of wrist,” Manzella says. “And if I take this position back even further to halfway down, now you can see how much I’m actually flinging the clubhead past my hands.”

Sometimes taking positions in your swing and transferring them to different factors on the swing arc may help you perceive the actions wanted to get to these spots.

“Don’t be alarmed if you think you’re doing the ‘fling’ too early,” Manzella says. “As long as your pivot is moving, that’s going to have some force along the shaft that’s keeping your hands ahead of the clubhead so you line the club up like a Tour player at impact and swivels up the plane just like Freddie Couples and Ben Hogan.”

Zephyr Melton

Golf.com Editor

Zephyr Melton is an assistant editor for GOLF.com the place he spends his days running a blog, producing and modifying. Prior to becoming a member of the group at GOLF.com, he attended the University of Texas adopted by stops with Team USA, the Green Bay Packers and the PGA Tour. He assists on all issues instruction and covers newbie and ladies’s golf.