Unlocking The Keys To Proper Golf Wrist Hinge (Video) - by Pete Styles
Unlocking The Keys To Proper Golf Wrist Hinge (Video) - by Pete Styles

So using the wrist correctly in the golf swing is sometimes a bit of a mysterious art for a lot of golfers. They are not sure when they should and when they shouldn’t and the concern that using the wrist is going to cause them problems in terms of not only the direction of the golf ball, but also the distance of the golf ball. And I guess in a way they are right to be concerned because the risks have a very important role to play in the golf swing and they can be misused. It’s also important to notice that we don’t use loads and loads of wrist hinge in all of our wrists but we also don’t use zero wrist hinge, we have to get the right amount, the right balance, for different shots. And the two wrists also play a slightly different role. So if we hit a golf ball with no wrist hinge we are going to find that we are missing out on a huge amount of potential power because there is a join here that can create lag and release lag and if we don’t have it we end up very straight wristed and we lose masses amount of power. We might gain accuracy and that’s hence why we do this sometimes in putting but you know there is no point in being accurate over 50 yards, you would rather hit the ball 250 yards and loose a little bit of accuracy.

So distance is important, create the angle and create the zip. Now the left hand is quite important to us because during the impact phase, we want the left hand wrist angle to actually be quite straight, quite zero and then as it rotates over rather than hinging and releasing, its straight and it rotates, so the wrist is turning and not hinging not quite so much. The right wrist does a slightly different job to the left and the right wrist stores and releases power. So it stores power by cocking on the way back, the right wrist sits in this position, it stores the power into the downswing and then it releases it turns over. So it comes from this loaded position in here and it releases as it turns down, so the right hand works over the top of the left hand and the left hand is a nice flat back of the left wrist, rotating back down to the ground as it comes through impact. So utilizing wrist hinge is important to generate power, having the wrist doing the right amount of work for the correct shot is important. It’s also important to understand they do slightly different jobs, left wrist firm and flat at the impact position, right wrist releasing from this cocked back position to generate power, the right hand stores a lot of power in your golf swing. If you get your wrist right you will hit longer straighter golf shots. 2015-10-15

So using the wrist correctly in the golf swing is sometimes a bit of a mysterious art for a lot of golfers. They are not sure when they should and when they shouldn’t and the concern that using the wrist is going to cause them problems in terms of not only the direction of the golf ball, but also the distance of the golf ball. And I guess in a way they are right to be concerned because the risks have a very important role to play in the golf swing and they can be misused. It’s also important to notice that we don’t use loads and loads of wrist hinge in all of our wrists but we also don’t use zero wrist hinge, we have to get the right amount, the right balance, for different shots. And the two wrists also play a slightly different role. So if we hit a golf ball with no wrist hinge we are going to find that we are missing out on a huge amount of potential power because there is a join here that can create lag and release lag and if we don’t have it we end up very straight wristed and we lose masses amount of power. We might gain accuracy and that’s hence why we do this sometimes in putting but you know there is no point in being accurate over 50 yards, you would rather hit the ball 250 yards and loose a little bit of accuracy.

So distance is important, create the angle and create the zip. Now the left hand is quite important to us because during the impact phase, we want the left hand wrist angle to actually be quite straight, quite zero and then as it rotates over rather than hinging and releasing, its straight and it rotates, so the wrist is turning and not hinging not quite so much. The right wrist does a slightly different job to the left and the right wrist stores and releases power. So it stores power by cocking on the way back, the right wrist sits in this position, it stores the power into the downswing and then it releases it turns over. So it comes from this loaded position in here and it releases as it turns down, so the right hand works over the top of the left hand and the left hand is a nice flat back of the left wrist, rotating back down to the ground as it comes through impact. So utilizing wrist hinge is important to generate power, having the wrist doing the right amount of work for the correct shot is important. It’s also important to understand they do slightly different jobs, left wrist firm and flat at the impact position, right wrist releasing from this cocked back position to generate power, the right hand stores a lot of power in your golf swing. If you get your wrist right you will hit longer straighter golf shots.