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In Ben Hogan's famous book, "5 Lessons: The Modern Fundamentals of Golf", there is a hefty amount of discussion regarding the release. More specifically, Mr. Hogan mentions a distinct feeling that lead arm supination does not begin until impact or just after. If you look closely though, this feeling is not quite in line with the included illustrations, which show a much earlier and gradual rate of supination. Ultimately, these illustrations are more representative of the 3D data and can provide a better reference for understanding how supination actually works in a "tour" release. So, be careful about interpreting "feel" versus "real", even from one of the greatest ball strikers to ever live.
Tags: Poor Contact, Chicken Wing, Cast, Release, Member Question, Concept
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This concept video answers the member question about the Hogan supination picture.
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So on the screen you can see the picture of the Hogan or from Hogan's five fundamentals
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talking about supinating at impact.
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He says, I get the impact and basically then I start supinating.
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Now in the picture you can see that from right around here where he's starting the picture
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all the way through to impact or past impact, he's supinating during that entire window.
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So I find that there is a little disconnect between what he said and what he actually
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did and what we've seen from 3D.
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So when I look at 3D graphs, almost invariably every golfer will start doing their supinations
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somewhere around here.
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So somewhere around Belly button height, they're going to start the supination.
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golfer's who tend to be more consistent have a really good flat, but we'll finish their
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supination later and typically cover a greater range with the longer clubs than those
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who are a little bit less consistent.
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So the danger for me is some golfer who's tried to feel like they wait until impact
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to then let it supinate and because of what they read in that Hogan book and when they do
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so the supination is too abrupt as a result, typically to compliment that the risk will
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tend to extend.
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So the arc width or the distance between the club and the body gets shorter quicker.
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And that combination can produce some face control issues as well as some some arc or path
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or low point control issues.
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So I'm a big fan of trying to get a smooth amount of supination from here all the way
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as late as you can into there.
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So a smoother kind of gradual feeling of that supination, not necessarily letting it get
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down there and then feeling like it snaps over or supinates down at the bottom.
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So if you have that concept because of this picture and because of what Hogan wrote in your
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book, take a look at some of the 3D graphs and hopefully that will help you visualize and
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understand better the supination rate and if you can go the extra mile, you'll see how
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that supination relates to arm extension, chicken wing, arc width, early release, all those
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key release components and how ultimately that will build you a much stronger impact position.
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If you supinate smoothly from the window, right about here, until right about there.
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So now I'm going to feel that smooth supination from right about here all the way until
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there going into a falther.
