Hey thanks Dave, i will go thru that DVD again for sure mate. Some great stuff in that.

Angled Hinge at Augusta
 

Guys, I hate to change gears (it's angled hinge related though), looking at Masters highlights from yesterday's round at Masters.org, I found Freddy Couples executing a perfect little right arm hitting pitch shot (with angled hinging) at hole number 9, if you can find the highlight (masters searchable video, round 2, 2006) it's worth watching. Here is the title of the highlight:

Checkout how Freddy loses the lag at the end of the stroke...

Title: 2006 Masters Tournament
Player: Fred Couples (United States)
Round: Round 2
Description: Couples Hops Past Hole at No. 9


DG

Matt,

In the Collin Neeman lesson videos, Lynn talks about promoting a fade by using angled hinging. I believe that Collin is a Swinger, so I am wondering how to reconcile your statement about the inclination of the clubhead to close (which is what I experience when I try to Swing with angled hinging) with Lynn's advice to Collin.

RT

With angled hinging, the clubface will not close during the impact interval as much as it does with horizontal hinging. This in turn will impart some "fade" spin onto the ball. A perfectly centered impact with horizontal hinging produces perfect compression and, given the correct ball position, a dead-straight shot.

What Lynn means is that in general an angled hinge produces a fade. I was saying that when you do Swing with an angled hinge that due to the physics of Swinging the clubface WANTS to close. Each and every stroke you need to fight the tendency of the clubface to close down and produce horizontal hinging.

So in summary: when Swinging the clubface naturally wants to close through impact. To make an angled hinge, you can't let that happen. If you do successfully keep the closing action from happening, you will produce a slight fade. As usual with The Golfing Machine, things come full circle once again.

A reason for everything
 

I wonder why Lynn didn't teach Collin to just place the ball forwards a little and and retake the Grip with the Left Wrist Flat, Level and Vertical and the Clubface facing the initial target (Manipulated Hands Swinger). This would eliminate the need to produce the compensating Angled Hinging motion for the swinger.

Exactly what I do too. Thank G__ I'm not the only one.

Matt,

Thanks for the info.

RT

For me it doesn't at all.....feel like I'm gonna miss ridiculously right that is. I hit to a trajectory right now that I'm very happy with. Straight fade to slight push fade. Perfect IMO. I don't have to feel like I'm ever holding off a hook.....I just rotate my torso to the left as hard as I can really....while Axis-Tilting of course....to get shoulder downplane.

I'm prolly adding some right arm thrust through Impact but I'm not sure.

I feel no inclination to Horizontal Hinge to tell you the truth.

Bbl....going to hit balls....:)....springtime :):):):cool:

-Paul

Jim,

When you say "(b)asically, everything in the backswing stays the same and everything up to impact stays the same" does this mean you use a typical Swinger's takeaway swivel and sequenced release?

RT

Exactly. Same takeaway, same sequenced release, same downswing move.

I just eliminate the swivel by letting my left wrist breakdown after both arms straight. However i have REALLY good clubface control. So this may not be the smartest option for everyone.