There were a couple of things I wanted to explore today. One was proper posture, the second was the right wrist position on the down swing, and I also wanted to look at club head speed.
It looks like my normal posture is pretty good and I didn't find that I was rounding my back too much. So, I'm going to ignore that issue for the time being.
There is a YouTube group called Athletic Motion Golf who explores the minutia of the golf swing. They have pros and amateurs alike and explore the differences in the swings between the two groups. A recent video discussed the right wrist actions which they have found should be a position to cause the right palm to face towards the ground during the latter portion of the downswing. This seemed strange to me. I would have thought that the palm would have faced parallel to the ground during this portion of the swing.
Well, live and learn! It works quite well that the right palm is facing ground ward. This seems to allow the hands to work together well. I was happy with ball contact. It also seems to allow me to move the grip towards the left as it comes across the body. I think that's needed to make room for the club to finish its path.
Finally I was curious about club head speed. I have a radar meter that tells me this. It came from Santa, thanks Barb! These data were interesting too. The slower I swung the faster the club seemed to go. Now, this meter is not calibrated and maybe not accurate, but as long as it is consistent, then I can pull useful information from it. I also found that my club head speed was faster with the four wood than the driver. I do hit the four wood quite well and the driver is the worst of my clubs, so this is maybe not a wild surprise, but it was unexpected.
So for the round tomorrow: continue to keep the right palm facing down, and swing slower! I watched the Texas Open today and the pros seem to take the club back more slowly than I do. Emulate, emulate, emulate!
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