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In this video, we discuss a common point of discussion. Does the lead wrist bowing (or flexing) cause the club face to close? Some say yes, but others can do it and still get the same face number on Trackman. Can both be correct or is there only one right answer? Find out a simple way to reconcile this in your brain in this Golf Smart Insight.
Tags: Not Straight Enough, Intermediate
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in this video we're gonna take a look at
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bowing the lead wrist to close the club
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face so it I've gotten like three
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questions here in the last month of of
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basically saying does bowing your lead
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wrist close the club face because I've
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heard a number of instructors saying
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that no it does it and I'll give you the
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two different perspectives because you
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pretty much have to I don't think
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there's a middle ground you have to
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choose one way or the other you can
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understand the other but you got to
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choose one of them either you're going
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to look at the club in just its overall
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relationship with the club like if
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you're or the target line I should say
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so if you're looking at something like
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Trackman and you say okay that clubface
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is either open or closed just based on
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where the club is the other option is
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you're going to look at the individual
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components and how the body is affecting
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the open closed and the path at any
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point in time if you're gonna do the
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latter if you're gonna look at
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individual components then flexing that
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lead wrist is going to close the club
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face and move the path to the right what
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ends up happening is or what I've seen
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is to a couple different instructors
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we're demonstrating the on on track man
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you can hear I am here clubface is
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square and then I bow that wrist and
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club face is square the problem is they
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did other movements so if I was here and
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I just boat the wrist now I'm still in
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everything else is stayed the same the
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club is not on the golf ball I'm not at
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impact position I would have to use
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something that would move the path to
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the left either a rotation or what
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they're demonstrating which is shoulder
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adduction so if I pull that arm away
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from me that's gonna tend to open the
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clubface
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so if I close the club face with the
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wrist and I open the clubface from the
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shoulder yeah the clubface is gonna look
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like it's still square just with less
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loft but that doesn't mean that this by
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itself didn't close the club face so
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hopefully this helps you understand but
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yes in my opinion if you're breaking
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down these individual movements flexing
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that lead wrist or bowing that lead
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wrist is going to move the path of the
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club to the right and it's going to
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close the club face if you then
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are able to get a similar clubface
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alignment it means that you're doing
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other complementary things to reopen
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that clubface and understanding how
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those two work together will ultimately
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allow you to fine tune and self manage
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your own swing on the course
