Meillo
Eagle Member
Hoi,
I suffer a lot from nose-up throws. I see it in the flight and in the little distance increase drivers give me, compared to mids and putters.
I have a general understanding how the result should be but I don't know exactly what I should do when and how. There seems to be few instructions on wrist positions and movements, apart from the hardly helpful statement: you should throw nose-down.
Questions I have:
- Is your wrist locked in the same position all the time during the throw?
- Or is it relaxed at the beginning and you push it actively down at the point of release?
- You probably don't rotate it inwards or outwards, or are you?
I guess that my wrist becomes relaxed at the point of release (because tension does not go well with the swing mechanics), and this causes nose up at the release. Thus, it seems to not matter much what I do with my wrist at the beginning of the throw.
I've had some better nose angle results when I rotated the wrist outwards at the end, but that doesn't seem to be the way to go, besides, it reduced my accuracy. I also had some better results with the thumb positioned more towards the center of the disc and rotating the wrist rather inwards, but this feels unnatural for me. Normally my thumb is positioned over the tip of my index finger.
As a side note: I know that my joints are generally less lose than those of others. It could thus be that I cannot as easily tilt my wrist down. That, however, shouldn't be an excuse.
The question I'm asking is: When should I do what with my wrist? When is it lose, when is it tight? Is it only tight or is there an active push in a direction? (How does that match the tension und loseness of the rest of the arm during the phases of the throw?)
The more detailled the instructions are, the better. It doesn't matter if there are different ways; I can try all of them and see what fits best for me.
Thanks a lot.
I suffer a lot from nose-up throws. I see it in the flight and in the little distance increase drivers give me, compared to mids and putters.
I have a general understanding how the result should be but I don't know exactly what I should do when and how. There seems to be few instructions on wrist positions and movements, apart from the hardly helpful statement: you should throw nose-down.
Questions I have:
- Is your wrist locked in the same position all the time during the throw?
- Or is it relaxed at the beginning and you push it actively down at the point of release?
- You probably don't rotate it inwards or outwards, or are you?
I guess that my wrist becomes relaxed at the point of release (because tension does not go well with the swing mechanics), and this causes nose up at the release. Thus, it seems to not matter much what I do with my wrist at the beginning of the throw.
I've had some better nose angle results when I rotated the wrist outwards at the end, but that doesn't seem to be the way to go, besides, it reduced my accuracy. I also had some better results with the thumb positioned more towards the center of the disc and rotating the wrist rather inwards, but this feels unnatural for me. Normally my thumb is positioned over the tip of my index finger.
As a side note: I know that my joints are generally less lose than those of others. It could thus be that I cannot as easily tilt my wrist down. That, however, shouldn't be an excuse.
The question I'm asking is: When should I do what with my wrist? When is it lose, when is it tight? Is it only tight or is there an active push in a direction? (How does that match the tension und loseness of the rest of the arm during the phases of the throw?)
The more detailled the instructions are, the better. It doesn't matter if there are different ways; I can try all of them and see what fits best for me.
Thanks a lot.