I thought it's the opposite... I was not swinging but hitting with hands, wrists, or arms. It's only after I made the changes (both "dead" wrist and keeping hands in front of body) that I finally felt that the power of my big muscles (torso and upper body) were transferred to the club head.
Maybe for whatever reasons, I just couldn't obtain that "natural hinging and unhinging". Not only did I lose distance and consistency with it, but the left wrist joint was a bit sore after hitting just 50 balls on the range. Now with the new swing, the left wrist felt fresh after hitting 100 balls.
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Originally Posted by bump-n-run
IMO if you aren't hinging the wrists, you aren't swinging...and if you aren't swinging, there is some kind of fine muscular (small muscles) manipulation through the hitting zone which will yield inconsistent results...the natural hinging and unhinging of the wrists not only creates power, but allows the club to travel freely without manipulation, gravity holding it on plane...hinging is intrinsic to a free flowing relaxed swing, which in turn will be more consistent and accurate...anything else for me is too much work in terms of timing...when you hinge freely, the swing will just happen, and happen again as it did before...my 2Cents...
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