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This concept video is the science of the putter flip.

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So many golfers struggle with getting risty or flipping the putter.

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And we're going to talk a little bit about what's going on.

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And while this is an important concept for putting,

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because it definitely messes up your face and path,

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it does relate to the full swing.

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So you can take this and apply it to short game

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as well as the full swing.

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But it's small enough and easy enough

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that we're going to break it down with putting.

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So I've got one of our old demo putters here.

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And I took a piece of tape and put it in the middle of the grip.

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And so the spot that I've got there

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is essentially where the hands will intersect.

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And so that point there is an important point

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when you're talking with golf biomechanist.

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That's where the hands kind of overlap

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and apply forces to the putter or the golf club.

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Now in a flip, what's happening is I'm either.

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So a flip will look like this.

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And sometimes it has rotation in it,

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but the primary thing is it will look like that.

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Now you can see that when I do that,

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basically below this point is going forward

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and above this point is going backward.

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Kind of like this.

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Well, that either means that I'm applying a force below

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like this either with the wrist or with the arm

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or with the shoulder.

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Right?

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So I could straighten the arm.

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I could do it with the shoulder

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or I could do it with the wrist.

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The other option is I'm pushing back

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and I'm kind of blocking with this hand.

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So if I push this way above the line

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or that way below the line,

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that's going to cause this flip action.

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So in order to not flip,

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I need to do the opposite.

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I need to apply a force below the line this way

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or above the line that way.

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So basically that would be either more of that left side pulling

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or more pushing with the higher part of the right hand

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rather than the lower part of the right hand.

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Because it can be tricky once,

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if I go to one hand, well then I don't have both hands

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working on it, but I still have that same essential point.

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So if I'm putting one handed, then it would be

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if I flip, it would be applying force more towards the bottom

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end of the grip rather than the top end.

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So if I need to keep the top end moving,

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then I need to keep more the heel of my hand

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and the inside of my arm working.

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Or if I really wanted to flip,

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then I would get the bottom end moving

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in the top part of the hand going the opposite direction.

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So now you can break this down

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when you're doing your single arm drills.

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If you're having any of a flip,

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you can basically find out, well,

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as the left arm kind of stopping

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and letting the club pass or as the right arm straightening

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or right wrist flipping.

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So there's really my options for the putter flip.

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There are a few more with the full swing

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because you can get your body heavily involved,

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but when it comes to striking the putter with just the putter,

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it's more about how these arms and hands are acting.

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No speed.

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So if you struggle with a little bit too much wrists,

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then any of the drills that kind of take,

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especially that right arm out of it

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and get more of the energy happening more

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from the upper body and the shoulders,

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the shoulders and the arms can tend to smooth out

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that flip pattern.

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But sometimes putting a dot

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or just kind of visualizing where the hands interact

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and trying to keep the top of the grip moving faster

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than the bottom of the grip will help you

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when you're working through your flip pattern.

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So demonstration left hand only

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if I keep the top part of the grip moving

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which comes from keeping that left side going through

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or if I right hand only,

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if I keep the heel of the hand moving

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instead of the toe side or sorry,

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the finger side, if I put both hands on,

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then it's a matter of coordinating the two

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to kind of work together

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and feel more that right side and left side

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and kind of my whole body keeping the club from passing.

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So if you're struggling with a flip,

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hopefully this helps you visualize what's actually happening

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at the hands and you come up with some ways that you can train it.