I've been reading a lot about wrist cock lately. What it is and does and most importantly how it happens. Unfortunately, the "how it happens" part seems to be the most discussed and most disagreed on from professional to professional or instructor to instructor. I hear a lot of people say that the wrist cock should be a manual process you do with your hands during the back swing.

Professional "A" says once after you have started the backswing and the arm and club are now straight back and parallel to the ground the wrists should turn up pointing the club head straight up making the butt of the grip pointing directly at the ground. From here the shoulders and lower body should continue to turn wrapping the club around the body to finish out the backswing.

Professional "B" says the wrist cock should be a natural occurrence. You may have to do it manually when you are first starting to get a feel for what the wrists should do, but all in all it should a natural occurrence. The backswing should start out as normal and as centrifugal force is created; once the force is great enough (doesn't seem to take a lot) the wrist should automatically cock due to the force that is being generated to the club head. Basically in a nutshell, during the take away, let the club do the work and cock the wrists for you due to the force you are creating on the backswing.

I recently started swinging a club (Driver) in the yard to get a feel for what Professional B says. It seems to feel way more natural and it almost feels as if the club will release naturally and pickup the speed it needs to square approaching the impact zone. If I do the wrist cock manually it seems as though moving the hands during the backswing can cause muscles to tense quick without even realizing it, thus resulting in miss hits or less distance. As I was swung my driver in the yard (Haven't had time to go to the range yet) I did my normal swing, and man oh man was I creating some lag letting the club cock and uncock my wrists. It was very noticeable difference in club head speed as I was gripping the club as always and it felt like it was going to fly out of my hands. It really seems like doing it the way Pro "B" says you can really feel the release in the club since you are letting everything happen natural, you aren’t trying to bring the hands manually into the equation (which can cause you to tense up) and then trying to hang on to the club to long and not let it release.

Can anyone shed some light on what the correct procedure is, or which you prefer??