One golf swing mistake that many golfers make, and one that goes largely unnoticed, is flicking their wrists in takeout.
Most golfers are so concerned with the more visible mechanics of shoulder and hip twists, swing planes, and keeping the head steady, that it’s easy to see why such a small movement, such as twisting the wrists, could unnoticed. But unfortunately it does.
What causes the problem is usually one of a few things. It may be that the golfer has swayed to the side on his backswing and has exaggerated his spin too much. Or it could be due to the golfer pulling the club too far in at the start of the serve. And it often occurs when the golfer, obsessed with making a full turn with the shoulder, has done so by swinging the golf club in a more rounded swing path horizontally, rather than vertically.
So how can you detect this almost invisible disease? You can monitor to see if it is indeed a wrist roller, stopping your takeout when your golf club is parallel to the ground. In the ideal position, the tip of your golf club should be pointing directly at the sky and if you were to draw a line from the end of the club, crossing the tip line below, it would be parallel to the imaginary target line the ball is pointing at. golf. bottom.
But if you’re guilty of twisting your wrists, you’ll see quite a different position in which both the toe and butt of the golf club meet. For the right-handed golfer, the butt of the club will point well to the right of the intended target line and across the golf ball, not directly over the line of the toes. The toe of the golf club will point to the rear of the golfer, with the clubface noticeably open.
There are so many things that can go wrong in these positions, one of which is that the club is now too far out of the correct golf swing plane. The golfer eventually feels as if the club is getting stuck behind him/her at the culmination of the backswing.
Depending on how curled the wrist is, on the next downward swing the golfer has to drastically change direction and contort their golf swing so that the golf club is close to making contact with the golf ball. Not pretty to watch, with throwing motions, karate chops, and premature lead shoulder opening the most common sightings.
How can you conquer this unwanted pain?
The answer is not that complex actually. Practice starting your serve by swinging the club back in one piece with your shoulders and arms (forming a “V”) and focus on keeping the back of your left hand down the target line for the first eighteen inches or so. of your recoil Now all you have to do is swing on your shoulder in a circular path and along the roll plane you had set in direction.
If this doesn’t fix the situation for you, and you’re still having a hard time feeling like you’re not twisting your wrists and keeping the club flat, then get yourself a quality golf swing trainer to practice on. (There are several reviewed on our website). They are worth the cost.
Spinning the wrist at takeout is a guaranteed killer for a solid golf swing. I hope that after reading this article, it will no longer go unnoticed and will be fixed permanently soon.