How your club, arms, and hands react when swinging.

Here's the facts:
-The clubhead rotates around the shaft during the swing.
-If the hands and fingers are on the club properly for you, the forearms will rotate during the swing and release the energy stored during the swing at impact.

I spent so much time on the grip in the last post because without the proper grip, the clubhead and the foreams will not rotate during the swing. This rotation is the result of the swinging of the club with the proper grip. It should not be something you intentionally make happen. The instinct grip will make this action difficult if not impossible.

Look at any tour player swing sequence in any golf magazine. When the club is swung back, the toe of the club is pointing up when the club shaft is parallel to the ground. As the club moves forward before impact, the toe of the club is pointing up when the club shaft is parallel to the ground. As the club moves forward after impact, the toe of the club is again pointing up when the club shaft is parallel to the ground.

Look at the club face when the camera faces the player. When the club shaft is parallel to the ground before impact, you can see the club face. After impact when the club shaft if parallel to the ground the club face you see the back of the club. This implies lots of rotation and momentum. Hence the term release to describe it.

In your forearms are two bones which help make our hands the wonders of nature they are. The radius and the ulna bones allow our elbows to point at the ground while our palms can rotate up and look at the sky or rotate down and look at the ground. In medical terms this phenomenon is known as pronation and supination. Hogan talked about this in his writing.

A warning. Even though your grip is correct for you, if your grip pressure is too high, it will interfere with this rotation. Feeling the movement of your club head, hands and arms is something most humans resist. The club doesn't feel as secure and you might lose control. Hence the tension. Please understand this freedom of movement needs to be allowed.

Next time another building block, Set-up and alignment. Until then, thanks.