Golf swing advice: Use your wrists for more power
Written By
Bobby Eldridge
Founder of Golf Download Video Fixes
I am going to give you some great golf swing advice. If you want to hit the golf ball further, you are going to have to use your wrists. Before you run out to the practice facility, I have to tell you exactly “how” to use your wrist to benefit your golf swing.
Let’s start at the address position. When you grip the golf club your wrist are unhinged. As you start the club back the toe begins to roll open and so do your wrists. When you reach the 9:00 o’clock position the back of the left hand should be parallel to your target line.
This is where you have to pay close attention to your wrists. From this position to the top of the backswing the wrists have to start (folding, breaking or unhinging) call it what you want, they have to have some play in them. By the time you reach the top of the backswing the shaft has to be parallel to the ground.
I know some of you struggle with arthritis, stiffness or the inability to turn like you use to. When you reach the top of the backswing and your shaft is pointing to the sky, you are going to loose a lot of yardage. The key here is to make sure you soften up the wrists and let them fold. Do not keep them in the same position as they were in at address. You are going to need as much sling in the downswing as you can muster up.
The best tip I can give you so you know for sure that you are folding your wrists at the top of the backswing is called the thumb pad drill. When you address the golf ball your left thumb is on the top of the golf club. When you reach the 9:00 o’clock position your left thumb is still on top of the golf club. As you continue to turn your right shoulder out of the way and swing the club to the top of the backswing, your thumb pad is now UNDER the golf club. In other words your left thumb pad is supporting the club at the top of the backswing. That is how you can tell if you used your wrist.
I know this golf swing advice will help you hit longer shots the next time you tee it up.
