I have notice good players twirl the iron just before address in the ball. No one that I have asked seems to have a reasonable explanation for it.
My theory is that these players are trying to get FEEL the type of PP in their hands or armpits by twirling (or is it twurling?) the club. I think twirling the club around the hands makes the grip pressure less tight and places the correct PP for the type of shot one is anticipating to to get ready for.
Has anyone ever used this technique? If so can you tell me if you are trying to FEEL a certain PP.
I notice Tiger untwirl club in the follow through. Maybe along the same lines it's to get the last shot's PP memory out of one's mind and start "fresh"
Comments?
Last edited by dlam : 06-06-2010 at 10:53 AM.
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So if you feel you do twirl the club in your hands in the set prior to hitting a shot, do you a clockwise or counterclockwise twirl? With which hand. Which club and what type of shot are you trying to accomplish?
For example I tend to twirl my woods clockwise with my right and left hand cause after hitting some of irons shots. I feel I a certain tightness. I think I am primarly a swinger for the driver and fairway woods I feel very little tension in my right hand and use PP2and 4 no PP3 maybe little bit of PP1.
We're twirling the Longitudinal Center of Gravity, the Sweetspot Plane. The shaft rotates around it, not vice versa. The #3pp attaches to it, defines the top of it on the handle when hitting a shot.
After one year of searching for the answer I believe the twirl is a way to promote a right to left or left to right spinning shot.
Keeping in mind the proper rhythm and alignment, if I twirl the club in a counterclockwise direction it allows me to focus on hitting draw.
When I do the opposite ,clockwise twirl in my set up then it helps me visualize a fade better.
Of course there are much more factors involved but these are the generalities.