Malaska Golf // Practicing the L to L Drill - Do Not Flip Your Wrists

I've had students tell me that when they're practicing the L to L, they feel like they're flipping their wrists through impact.

This is not correct. When you reach impact, the club should be in line with your left arm. The club head pulling your arm is what flattens your wrist at impact and creates the position you see. It's not a position you force.

If you force the club to go, or try to use your wrists to speed up the club head through impact, you will end up flipping. Again, this is not correct. Let the momentum of the club line you up. Since the club head is going faster than your hands, it will re-hinge back up after impact, creating the L in your follow through.

The L to L is a fantastic foundational drill to develop your golf swing.

Don't just play golf. Understand it.

[kbkesq]

Always great to see a new video. And impact really is mystifying to many of us.

[archcampbell]

This is HUGE for me! I have been "flipping" for the past few years and have lost a great deal of distance.

[BamaPaul]

Just wish would make more videos on takeaway and backswing. Very few videos out there on that and head position during swing.

[Sregnos]

Mike - love your instruction and how it makes so much sense. Do you have any tour pros who use your teaching who we can watch to see how experts use your principles? Thanks!

[carlwinsor]

Thank you Mike wished you where in the UK what do you feel about or KNOW about the coiling up and unwinding of the body to swing the club as we all try to do as told but it feels more like body says NO and is that why Tigers back and Jacks hip went . Big discussion up the Club today. kindest regards Carl winsor

[jakov]

Cant you do an video on not forcing with the arms so er can build on that?

[archcampbell]

I see Superstition Mtn in the background. Do you give lessons at one of the golf courses near Gold Canyon?

[GaleRauschenberger]

What about releasing from the top? wouldn't that be a flip except that you are turning?

[boikie]

Hi Mike, I was wondering what the clubhead path is when you do the drill with your left arm only. When going from the first L to the second ("downswing"), is it an outside-inside path? Thanks.

[son]

Mike this makes perfect sense. Can you explain how to add speed using your hands and wrist without flipping ? If you use the momentum of the clubhead The max speed will be topped off to a point so I tried adding more speed using the wrist and hands and sometimes it causes flip

[tonytanti]

What about knuckles down at impact or thumb down at impact as feels

[normankleinberg]

Understand completely about the attempt to "force" the club with your arms will result in the flip. But the question remains: What gets the club to "go"? Is it JUST gravity (ala Pete Cowen), do you consciously rotate your shoulders, your upper torso, your hips? IOW, if your arms aren't forcing the club down what does; i.e. what generates the swing? I realize this may actually be covered in another of the generous amount of videos Mike has provided us, but it might be worth pointing it out again. Regardless, thanks to Mike for the video.

[swu]

Consistent with Mikes whole teaching: let the momentum work, don’t force it with hand or any other part of the body parts

[maeu]

This conflicts with tipping of the shaft.

[TheFrenchPug]

You can get it if you go out and do this. After you get to the top, shift your weight forward towards the target and start lower half turn. At same time, without doing anything, your hands and right elbow should drop down into the slot like Mike is showing. Now turn the upper torso so that it is naturally following your lower half and feel like your shoulders are whipping your arms and hands through the impact zone. Do this slowly and gradually until you are hitting the ball feeling no tension in your wrists, forearms, biceps, triceps, and shoulder sockets. Your hands have to grip the club (left hand more than right) so they will go from a 2/10 at address in grip pressure, to a 4/10 at the top, and maybe a 5-6/10 at impact JUST ENOUGH to hold on to the handle (no wrist lock though). Then S M A C K !!! You are on your way :)

[steviedee]

Key statement: arms are NOT moving fast enough