{"id":5426,"date":"2012-08-15T09:27:10","date_gmt":"2012-08-15T13:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/buffalogolfer.com\/wordpress\/?p=5426"},"modified":"2012-08-15T09:28:54","modified_gmt":"2012-08-15T13:28:54","slug":"wrist-positions-for-good-ball-striking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buffalogolfer.com\/wordpress\/wrist-positions-for-good-ball-striking\/","title":{"rendered":"Wrist Positions For Good Ball Striking"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tom Tucker is the current Teaching Professional<\/a> at the Plum Creek Driving Range & Practice Facility, located at 5141 Batavia Elba Townline Rd, Batavia, NY . Mr. Tucker was formerly the GM at Fifty Four Flags in Akron, NY, the Teaching Professional at the Batavia Country Club , Batavia NY and was the Head Golf Coach for Genesee Community College from 2009 – 2011. Coach Tucker was named 2011 NJCAA Division 3 Region 3 Coach of The Year. <\/em><\/p>\n

Great ball striking involves (among other things) having your weight positioned correctly
\non your front side, and sustaining a line of compression through the ball by maintaining
\ngood wrist positions.<\/p>\n

Wrist positions at address for chips and pitches are set up just as described in the
\nnext paragraph, which is the impact position.<\/p>\n

At impact, your left wrist should be either straight or slightly bent in the direction of
\nthe palm of the hand. Your right wrist should be cupped, which means it is bent away
\nfrom the palm of the hand. As long as one of the wrists is angled correctly on the
\nclub, the other wrist will be correct also.<\/p>\n

The hands and wrists must remain in this compressed state into and beyond impact,
\nwhich is challenging for many players to get right without practice. Here’s a good drill
\nfor this, the inverted praying hands drill<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Wrist positions at address for full shots may be the same as for chips and pitches, or
\nfor some golfers it’s common to set up with a cupped left wrist and straight right wrist,
\nthen on the takeaway, the wrists reverse – the left wrist goes flat, and the right wrist cups.
\nNow your hands and wrists are in the impact position, and they stay that way throughout
\nthe rest of the swing.<\/p>\n

For stock swings, the right wrist should NEVER flatten out completely at impact, even in the
\nimmediate follow through.<\/p>\n

Train yourself to attain these wrist positions through impact, and watch the ball start
\nto explode off the clubface!<\/p>\n

Enjoy, Tom<\/p>\n<\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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