WHEN (and how) to hinge the golf club correctly

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[jdkumpe]

Eric has been dropping gems with Trevor! yall are a great duo

[surprisesurprisemf]

You both guys doing unbelievable I´ve learned so much from you both and can fix my problems that´s simply Please don´t stop your graet Take care, Harald

[jeffedmaiston]

Absolute gold as usual. Love the videos of y’all together.

[MrBlizzard]

The “visual” and “feel”combo with the stick and tee is immaculate. Thank youuuu

[tombaron]

Hi Eric, this makes sense but is also confusing as there are many others who are advocates of early wrist hinge. Do you have any advice on how to figure out which approach is best for a particular person? Thanks!

[kenlamb]

Really like the tee in the glove. It has been a struggle with the orientation of the lead wrist during backswing.

[wilsondelancy]

Great video as usual! I'd like to request more angles when doing the drills. Is it possible to split screen and see face on as well as dtl at the same positions of the takeaway and back swing. Please and thank you!

[mikepryor]

Excellent video! What I’ve been missing this early golf season!

[jodibebon]

I picked up that terrible habit of hinging my wrists right off the bat about a month ago, thinking it looked cool. Boy did it ruin my irons. Thank you for restting me and getting me back to my game!

[jamesgerboc]

Do you cause hinge, or does it occur on its own? What pressure and tension are in the fingers and arms? Lag comes at transition. Too much tension there's no lag. Too little tension and contact becomes random due to lack of control.

[robbosch]

Eric, sometimes I think you're the guy inside my smartphone...listening to everything I say and watching everything I do. I've been obsessively working on initial takeaway and hinging these last few days and voila, this video pops up. Awesome stuff, and it validates the things I've been working on. For years I thought I had good turn in my takeaway, but using a Live View camera recently I discovered my arms (especially right arm) bending early in the takeaway. Why? Poor chest and body rotation away from the ball, which you guys specifically mention in this video. Also, I get very laid off at the top of my backswing, so the tip of having the butt end of the club pointing at the ball or inside the target line is invaluable. Great video!

[chaddy-me-boy]

I didn’t realize I was moving my hands alittle forward as the trigger which then meant I hinged to early…..
Thanks!

[jeffp]

Been working on handle in club head out hinge up. When I Focus on this the hinge up feels mechanical and not repeatable if I think about folding elbow instead of hinge it feels much more fluid does that make sense is there any issue with just letting the elbow fold it seems like the wrist hing as the elbow folds Sorry for odd questions. Thx

[merzilla]

same application when considering a Driver Swing? seems like it would be. i suffer from super inside backswing, this helps a lot 🎉

[honkerhr]

Are you hinging by flexing the wrist, or by pushing on the bottom of the handle with your lead side hand? I've seen a couple videos lately that say the hinge happens automatically when you push the end of the grip away from you with your lead hand. I've been working on keeping a flat wrist, and it's helped a ton. I have experimented with allowing the hinge to happen by momentum at the top of the swing, and/or by pushing the grip away with my lead hand while having my trail wrist back. I'm afraid that I'll introduce tension by trying force the hinge.

[SvingitGolf]

I like to hindge early in the backswing.

[kylesmith]

seems like the clubface is extremely closed throughout the backswing and at the top of the swing, no?

[cpsmith]

Where's the following video on downswing? This is good stuff here, but now it's time to hit the ball and not the ground behind it.

[jamiesloan]

The “ah ha” moment for me was to feel the right wrist cock BACK, not UP. Most people don’t feel that. Right wrist BACK automatically flattens, or slightly bows the left wrist for you. It also sets the club nicely, and keeps you on plane(holding a tray, butt of the grip pointing at the ball/target line). However, cocking the wrists UP gives you a very cupped left wrist, open club face, and puts you very across the line at the top(not good).

[tonystopar]

Club in the navel drill keeps things moving away in one piece.⛳🏌️