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Question 25

Question 1: When using the single-axis palm grip I still have a tendency to rotate the hands over through impact occasionally giving me a "super hook". I realize this is a habit from years of playing with a traditional finger grip. Any suggestions?
Question 2: Also, do you recommend starting the backswing with hands and arms pulling the shoulders around or a more one-piece movement with hands, arms, hips, and shoulders all moving simultaneously?

Don

Dear Don,

Part 1
The impact backwards program conditions the wrist to release without rotation. Hold the golf club in your hand with the grip directly in line with your forearm, this would be your rear arm and primary power system to club head speed. As I show on the stroke video once you have the single axis grip hold your rear elbow with your forward arm hand. Next, extend your wrist of your rear hand to a full 90 degrees attempting to have the butt end of the golf club pointing parallel down your target line. Do not move your arm back only extend the wrist, this is the last motion to happen before impact, the straightening of the rear bottom wrist. Simply straighten out your hand so that the golf club comes down on and strikes squarely at the golf ball, this is called flexing the wrist and is straight line motion into the golf ball. Caution! Do not try and flip the club up and do not try to move your hand backward in and attempt to create speed.

When done correctly you will feel the butt end of the grip hit your forearm, after you have struck the ball. If the butt end of the golf club goes under the forearm then you have rotated. Next put your forward top hand on the golf club and make sure that it does not interfere with what the right rear bottom hand is doing. When this drill is done repeatedly and correctly you will no longer roll your arms and hands over in the golf swing.

You can also attempt to keep your left forward arm high and away from your body, this will keep you from having the two rail system change plane. Your left forward arm works on the top rail, and your right rear arm works on a bottom lower rail. If the rear rail becomes higher or the forward rail drops down then you are closing the club face down and causing hooks and pulls.

The final cause could be that your upper body, instead of facing the golf ball at impact, has rotated open so that your shoulder line is now pointing to the left of the target (for right handed golfers). It is extremely difficult to swing down the target line if your shoulders are pointed left or right. We have a tendency to swing down our shoulder line when we are working the golf club effortless.

Part 2
The back swing is all about comfort and getting the golf club up to the top of the swing so that you can start down correctly. Anything that you do on the back swing has no influence over your down swing motion. So use a back swing that you fill comfortable with, and can maintain rhythm with.

Hope this helps,
Scott