I've come to realize that the hard thing about golf is that everybody teaches it differently, just like not everybody swings the same.

@ChrisRyanGolf

Ай бұрын

Absolutely, plenty of similarities but also coaches have different preferences and things they like to see

Had one of the worst range session today, endless heel strikes and shanks, and I consider myself a pretty decent ball striker on a typical day. Didn't understand what was happening until I slowed everything down and realize I was missing some ulner diviation (wrist uncock). Started flushing it after that. This video helped validate some amount of ulner deviation is needed. Thanks Chris!

Excellent tutorial on how the Hack Motion device works and how it relates to the classic golf swing. Many Thanks!

@ChrisRyanGolf

3 ай бұрын

Thanks Joel 🙌

Excellent job Chris in explaining the proper movement of the hands, wrists, and arms in the swing! These movements are what I have been working on for a while now. I am seeing progress, but in changing one's swing, the process definitely is not "instant pudding!" Well Done Chris! Keep Up The Good Work!

@ChrisRyanGolf

3 ай бұрын

Thanks John, and yep swing changes are hard, but as long as you are on the right path they are worth it

This hopefully will have fixed my bad self taught ideas on the swing. The wrist/forearm rotation is what I have been trying to fight for so long and have been losing power and missing right as a result. Can already feel the power in the bottom of the swing just practicing turning the wrists over through impact! Thanks

I must admit that I'm a bit of a sucker for all this smartphone technology, but I do sometimes long for the good old days when we used to watch the ball to see if it was a good shot or not.

@ChrisRyanGolf

3 ай бұрын

Tech is most definitely helping, I personally use both, I still observe ball flight and learn from that, but having the insights that something like HackMotion provides is priceless

@jacobr4558

13 күн бұрын

The ball flight doesnt teach the average golfer much. For example you hit a pull. What caused it? Fast arms Early extension Wrist flip Grip Path Equipment Body stall Lie

@mikeb2377

13 күн бұрын

@@jacobr4558 Sorry, Jacob, the remark was supposed to be tongue-in-cheek; and not taken too literally.

Good stuff....thanks for posting

Great Advice tips

Excellent tuition!

@ChrisRyanGolf

3 ай бұрын

Thanks 🙌

Well done Chris 👏 😊

@ChrisRyanGolf

3 ай бұрын

Thanks Roy 🙌

Excellent vid Chris

@ChrisRyanGolf

3 ай бұрын

Thanks 🙌

great video Chris. Have you also tried out the deWiz aid that analyzes a variety of swing parameters? If so, any thoughts?

It seems like EVERY golfer on YT is trying to sell us these Hack Motion devices that cost $1000. I wanted to learn how to use my wrist wuthout the sales pitich. Instead i end up crossing another channel off my list. Thanks for your time! Cheers!!

@ChrisRyanGolf

Ай бұрын

No problem at all 😁

Thanks again for your brillant advice. One observation I would be glad you to comment upon: I think that while rotating the left underarm the right hand should still be lower to the ground a little bit until after impact. Do you agree?

@ChrisRyanGolf

3 ай бұрын

The trail hand is lower on the grip, so yes will always be lower to the ground at impact and just after

What about right forearm rotation in backswing?

Chris is some of the rotation also internal left shoulder controlling the forearm rotation taking the club too far inside on the takeaway?

@ChrisRyanGolf

3 ай бұрын

The lead shoulder does internally rotate in the backswing as well yes, but if either are over done then the club can be too far behind you

Great insight. It seems you missed wrist set in the takeaway as it’s not dead vertical. In the takeaways you need to take your wrist from your extension position & start the process of flattening the left wrist and extending the trail wrist. When you do the hammer the tee drill you’re maintaining 30+ degrees of extension (that’s going to massively open the face) Just feel like you needed to add in that in the backswing wrist set is a blend of vertical & horizontal movements. That there means they blend to more of a 45 degrees angle. That gives you the blend of wrist set & clubface control. Great video though. Had a lesson on this with the hack motion and this is what I discussed in my lesson. Is ams aren’t great with the takeaway so thought it was important to say

@ChrisRyanGolf

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching, the wrists and how they move could easily be a 2 hour video, I just wanted to try and keep it simple and explain the 3 movements, through the swing they all change, blend etc as you say Tricky to cover all aspects without getting too deep and losing the viewer, but appreciate your comments

@harryhall3469

3 ай бұрын

@@ChrisRyanGolf makes sense. Thank you for the reply Chris

I still flip at the ball, even when all of this is correct. It's infuriating

Does the left wrist work like a back handed shot in table tennis?

@ChrisRyanGolf

3 ай бұрын

It may do…. But I’m afraid I’m not sure how the wrist should move when playing table tennis

As an Engineer who specialised in dynamics (kinetics when applied to golf) I can tell you the wrists do not store or produce significant power in the golf swing. They allow power (energy) to be transferred from the big energy producing muscles in the body to the club-head. The way the wrists work determines how efficient this transfer mechanism and is, therefore as you correctly assert, critical to the amount of club-head speed produced.

@justinstephenson9360

3 ай бұрын

Obviously most of the power has to come from how fast the grip end of the club rotates around the body which must be a function of the big muscles but surely the unhinging of the wrists moving from flexion to extension at the bottom of the swing adds a reasonable amount of speed? With your background maybe you can answer a question which has always bothered me about golf kinetics. We always talk about club head speed at the bottom of the swing but we never talk about the club head acceleration at the point of impact. Why is the acceleration never considered important?

@tedblaikie1580

3 ай бұрын

@@justinstephenson9360 The important parameter at impact is the club head velocity as this determines the momentum and kinetic energy that is available to be transferred to the ball and other things being equal how far it will go. Measurements of tour swings show the club head velocity is increasing right up to impact (the club head is still accelerating). An analysis technique called reverse dynamics indicates that after the start of the release some of the club head momentum/energy is used to unhinge the wrists. This means the wrists are acting to slow down the club head. In this phase the wrists act like rusty hinges - the more rust the more they slow down the club head. This is probably why top pros with oily wrists report that they feel their wrists do nothing through impact (difference between feel and real). However, there is a second mechanism that is available to transfer energy/momentum to the club head during the release. This utilizes the hand path tangential component of the large centrifugal force acting along the club shaft during this phase. This mechanism more than makes up for the lost energy/momentum unhinging the wrists. This means the club head velocity increases (accelerates) right up to impact. Hope you find this as interesting as I do.

@christophersutton2681

Ай бұрын

😊

@jacobr4558

13 күн бұрын

So the wrists transfer the energy? If the trail wrist is extended in the downswing and that energy coming from your body goes through the wrists then wouldnt that feel like "storing" energy? I get that in a technical sense but lets say you had a terrible grip and didnt use your wrists they can block the transfer of energy correct?

@tedblaikie1580

12 күн бұрын

@@jacobr4558 I certainly don’t think about my wrists storing energy or even feel this is what is happening. But this may be because of the way I think about the golf swing. You often hear golfers talking about winding up like a spring or coil in the backswing. This can and does feel like you are storing energy. However, what you are really doing is stretching the muscles that will be used to power the downswing. A stretched muscle does not “store” energy but if contacted can deliver more power than a muscle that is slack and that’s why we stretch them. When you apply a force to the grip of the club it applies an equal and opposite force to your body- this is one of the fundamental laws of physics. So, when you try to rotate the club, say, anticlockwise around your body in the downswing the club try’s to rotate your body clockwise or at least try’s to slow down its anticlockwise rotation. In the early stages of the downswing the wrists (including the forearms) are active in torquing the grip which does speed up the club-head. However, at low speeds the energy input into the club-head is relatively small (kinetic energy in the club-head goes up with its velocity squared - each doubling of the velocity takes 4 times as much energy). Once you reach the release point in the downswing (before the club-head is parallel to the ground) the function of the wrists is more like the hinges on a slamming door. If the hinges are rusted up they will reduce the impact on the door jam and if they are well oiled they won’t absorb much of the momentum in the door and you will get a bigger bang. Hope you find this interesting.

The only person IMO who ever taught this right was Moe Norman - All the PGA seems to do is overcomplicate everything.

You need to be enstien to work this out

I've tried hinging my wrists like this and I tend to shank it to the right for a righty golfer. It should be more of a flex in the right wrist like holding a serving tray