Most beginners are throughly confused about what the hands and
wrists are really suppose to be doing at impact.
Most beginners are throughly confused about what the hands and wrists are really suppose to be doing at impact. Done in slow motion, most players flip their hands upwards through impact causing the the left wrist to cup inwards and the right wrist to flip under. This motion is common for those players who feel they need to scoop the ball to get under it and thus get it airborne.
The fact remains that the wrist should not cup and flip but stay rather flat at and through impact. This is achieved by letting your wrists roll with the right going over the left. When this happens, the back of the left hand and left wrist remain flat. This will cause the club to stay low through impact creating that divot after impact that we always talk about. When the wrists flip upwards and cup, the only divot that may occur is before you hit the ball. Most of the time the results are go ng to be a thin or “skulled” shot.
Check your position after impact. If this describes you then work on keeping those wrist flatter and rolling not flipping.
Remember, when all else fails, take a lesson, you’ll be surprised how much we can help.
