Just returned from the range where I did some work on hinge action. I feel like I'm getting a handle on the concept and wanted to do some experimentation with ball flight using different hinge patterns. One thing I've come to realize of late is that, as a swinger, I don't think I've ever used proper hinging or swiveling. Now that I have a better idea of the procedures, it occurs to me that I've always tended toward angled hinging (no roll feel), which may explain why my miss usually went to the right and also why it was nigh on impossible for me to hit a hook or a draw (even when I adjusted my setup/alignment). With more of a focus on dual horizontal hinging and "full roll", my stock shot shape is changing and I find I'm hitting more draws now. I set up with a slightly open face (to account for the horizontal hinging) rather than my usual square face.
Anyway, it was interesting to try hitting full shots (6-irons and drivers) using an angled hinge (setting up with the face a little more square and feeling "no roll" through impact) and see a higher ball flight and a tendency for it to fly straight or slightly right (due to the closing and layback tendency of angled hinging?). I could then mix in some shots using horizontal hinging and, sure enough, more right to left and slightly lower.
I've been trying to utilize max trigger delay. When I do I find that I really can't think about starting the swivel at the release area. Things are just happening too quickly. I think of getting to a full roll on the followthrough and that seems to take care of the necessary swivel/hinge/swivel action.
I'm sort of going it alone on the range and just wanted to see if my observations make sense.
Hank
Hank,
Everything sounds great. You're doing all the right things.
Now do one more:
After 'taking' your Impact Fix 'picture,' hold it in mind all the way to theTop, then through the Start-Down, Downstroke, Release and through Impact to theFollow-Through. Don't think about how you're going to do it. Just doit. This is what Homer meant when he said:
"Your attention span must be as long as your Swing" (3-B)
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