✋ Hinge those wrists! 💪
4 golfers recommended it · 2024–2025
Quick tip · Intermediate
A short clip on hinging the wrists in the backswing to create an L shape.
Why golfers recommend it
- Create the L, good video
- Stance too wide, hand path
- Wrist hinge position
- More wrist hinge, noodle arms
Summaries are written by AI from what golfers said about the video.
4 comments from Reddit
u/greener0999 2025 · r/GolfSwing · in “Golf swing 2025 (anything I could improve on?)”
you've got no hinge or set, at all. you have to "create the L". that's where you get your club speed and good ball striking from. it is a critical part of the golf swing. ▶ this video ▶ this video
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u/wristshowdotheywork 2025 · r/GolfSwing · in “Long time lurker - first time poster!”
setup - stance is too wide get closer to shoulder width. it's very hard to turn super wide. your takeaway is super wide and pulls your whole body backwards, your head shifts laterally a ton when you reach out so far with everything so straight, the next part of your swing gets really complicated as you try to bend your wrists and elbows and lift your arms all at once. it's very angular from this straight reached out …
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u/MasterpieceMain8252 2024 · r/GolfSwing · in “Any tips?”
No, by the lead arm gets parallel to the ground, that's when it should be 90 degrees(club pointing straight up). Hinge should be done early to get there. After that, as the arm goes up further, and club will be closer to parallel to the ground. Like in this ▶ this video. U can't physically hinge wrist more unless u have cupped wrist(which is death move) Go to 0:38 from this ▶ this video U see how he gets to about 90 …
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u/bikkiesfiend 2025 · r/GolfSwing · in “Please help”
Needs more wrist hinge. Think your your arms and wrists as noodles, and whip the arms with your body. ▶ this video
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