Hogan release vs 5 Lessons release

tembolo1284 · November 7, 2012

Found a great article by Kelvin.

http://www.aroundhawaii.com/lifestyle/health_and_fitness/2012-02-ben-hogans-release-and-how-youre-never-going-to-get-it.html

Wanted to get your opinions on it. Seems more evidence that Hogan wasn't actually doing what he said he was doing in his 5L book.

TeeAce · November 7, 2012

I quite much agree with everything Kelvin says there and agree 100% what happened. The only disagreement is here

as I see that move made by muscular action of palmar flexion (bowing the wrist) instead of supination. If it would be supination, the club head would move more outside of the hands and left thumb would turn more toward the camera. Now it rotates only about same amount that left deltoid is moving.

Also at impact and bit beyond he continued rolling left wrist that way but keeping the club face at the right side of the hands. It's like left back handed top spin move where the thumb continues pointing away from the target as long as possible and bowing is closing the face instead of rolling the forearm around it's own axis and thumb to the target. That also happens but it happens later and by forces of the club.

I beieve his intention was something like in on of my favorite drills here

TeeAce · November 7, 2012

Found an other bogey from Kelvins card.

When the arm is hanging down, supination will never turn the palm up or pronation down. Cant understand how that has came to this text. When forearm points down, supination of the right forearm will rotate the palm toward the camera (out) not up at all.

ej002 · November 7, 2012

I think it was intended to be though of through the time elapse, at the end there is palm up going on.

TeeAce · November 7, 2012

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I think it was intended to be though of through the time elapse, at the end there is palm up going on.
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If that's the meaning, I agree if the arm is more less parallel to the ground. The text gives just a different view as it talks about impact area.