HOW TO TRANSMIT POWER TO BALL
"THE LEFT HAND HAS TO BEAR BACK AGAINST THE RIGHT" DUNNS MUSSELBRUGH 1922"LIKE THAT. A SORT OF A SHOT BACKWARDS" HENRY COTTON 1986
"DOWNSWING. 1. Keep the head and shoulders behind the swing. Pull the hands gradually toward the ball. 2. Keep the hands and wrists in their same original position as at the end of the backswing, until impact, at which time the wrists "straighten out." (Let the hands lead the clubhead until impact) 3. Keep the arms in close to the body during the downswing. (The right shoulder goes underneath.) IMPACT. 3. Keep the wrists in a straightened-out position. (Avoid the tendency to get the clubhead ahead of the hands at impact. The wrists remain straight.) FOLLOW THROUGH. 3. Keep the wrists in their straightened-out position until near the finish, when they bend forward. " Jock Hutchison, British Open Champion
Download : "This paper summarizes several research projects selecting information that should have practical application and help golfers reduce their score. 5. Impact. The right hand supports the club from behind and the base of the index finger is the pivot point about which the club tries to turn due to the impact. The left hand in front of the grip counters the force of impact by maintaining a backward pressure." 'Analysis of the Golf Swing' 5. Impact, Stanley Plagenhoef Exercise Science Department University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA.
"SLICERS
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Download : "In a golfing sense the hands in a way really work in opposition to each other at the crucial moment, the moment that counts, that of impact between the club-head and the ball, the left arm stopping at the wrist for an infinitesimal fraction of a second as the ball is struck, accelerating the speed of the clubhead. This momentary stoppage is not discernible to the eye, but it exists just the same. It is commonly known as getting the wrists into the stroke. It is a combination of swing and hit, the swing coming almost wholly from the left arm and the hit from the right." Building Up A Game, By Walter J. Travis, September 1920
HENRY COTTON
OPEN CHAMPION 1934, 1937, 1948
Download : "Whilst there is a lot of talk of the" Swing the club-head" theory being all there is to the golf game, unless the wrists are strong you can swing to your heart's content and not get very far. You have to make the club-head do the work. This is my slogan, and this "make" implies effort, will power and resistance, for the golf-club the golf club is more or less a lever and the left hand resists the hit of the right hand." Henry Cotton 24.1.51; 31.3.44. Open Champion 1934, 1937, 1948. British Ryder Cup Captain 1947, 1953
Download : "My wrists are especially firm in the impact zone. They must not turn to the left-the right hand moving over the left - because that would put a hooking spin on the ball. I drive the back of my left hand directly along the initial intended line. At impact, the clubhead will have already passed its lowest point on the downswing and be starting to rise. Held square to the line by firm wrists, the clubface will then impart a tiny clockwise spin to the ball, thus causing the fade from left to right." 'The Controlled Fade Off the Tee' Billy Casper, 1966. U.S. OPEN Champion 1959, 1966
HENRY COTTON
OPEN CHAMPION 1934, 1937, 1948
BOB TOSKI SAYS :
Download : Henry Cotton, 'Facts and Ideas' Sport & Country, 24.1.51 Image © Illustrated London News Group "Whilst there is a lot of talk of the "Swing the club-head" theory being all there is to the golf game, unless the wrists are strong you can swing to your heart's content and not get very far. You have to make the club-head do the work. This is my slogan, and this "make" implies effort, will power and resistance, for the golf club is more or less a lever and the left hand resists the hit of the right hand." Open Champion 1934, 1937, 1948. The Golf Foundation UK 1952
