+Tyler F
Alright, I’ve been trying it out on a few range sessions now and I’ve created a little video of the results so far.
So, I really liked the unhinge move, and it makes a lot of sense to me conceptually. I’m not sure if I’m unhinging enough as I thought I would see a bigger difference in the shallowness pre-impact, though it does feel more shallow. But I think the biggest impact the thought of unhinging has made, is to make me rotate more through impact and finish in a more “rotary” finish where the club comes around behind me and doesn’t feel held off like in the old swing no 4. I can take away the club more on plane, and still be able to shallow it in transition.
I also feel like the unhinge move gives me a more shallow angle of attack, maybe too shallow resulting in fats and thins if I don’t get the low point just right. So unfortunately not great low point control so far. The balls definitely launch higher. It feels nice in that it lets me finish better though. But it also looks and feels more flippy than swing no 4, which to my eye has a better impact position and with better arm extension after impact.
Unhinging also made the motorcycle move feel more natural, but perhaps for the wrong reasons? Before when I didn’t motorcycle at the top of the backswing I had trouble deciding in which direction to lay/unhinge the club down. Now, if I motorcycle at the top my tendency when trying to unhinge is to produce lead arm pronation and trail arm supination rather than lead arm ulnar deviation. For now I’ve just gone with the pronation/supination idea as it shallows the club more.
Another piece of the puzzle is that it is getting more clear that my main miss is a pull, so I don’t feel like I want to motorcycle anymore in the downswing. Though to be fair, I think part of it comes from slightly uneven hips, so maybe I am shooting straight, only that I can’t trust the direction my feet are pointing.
My main concern right now though is the flippy action that the unhinge move produces. And since the swing I called "foolproof swing no 4" in the last video has such better direction control and low point and overall solid contact I’m thinking I should try to combine the two. In fact, I've just been reading up on the wipe movement now, and I believe that is exactly what my philosophy behind swing no 4 is, so maybe I should call it the wipe swing from here on. I saw it more as "pushing the club" into the ball though just before extending the arms post impact. The idea behind it started when I experimented with what felt like no wrist hinge on the backswing and coming into delivery position with a more square club face, but its problems have always been a takeaway under plane and a very akward held off finish. I reckon I have enough lead arm supination at impact since I am even pulling the shots. But at the same time it's pretty clear to me that it's a lack of supination at the follow through that causes me to stall/hold off the finish. I simply run out of lead wrist extension. I suspect I need to add more supination (roll the hands over) between impact and follow through, but I can’t seem to time it. My thinking is that it should come naturally but it doesn’t. I find it very difficult to both extend the arms in front of me, and at the same time release/flip naturally in front of me. Does it make sense? Any ideas?
I would love to hear what you think about all this. I hope I’m not bogging you down with too many details here. :)
Olle
