[Daryl]

Daryl,

Hogan's left wrist looks flat to me prior to release... I tried the bent left wrist at release and I could not get arched fast enough...got flat...but had some over-roll issues... w/ a flat left wrist the clubhead came around the corner nicely on the elbow plane.

Lake

"it came around the corner nicely on the elbow plane" with a Vertical Left Wrist.

I see what you see. The left wrist looks flat. But do you see that the shaft in the first picture isn't on the elbow plane as it is in the last frame? That's not typical Hogan either. Look at the pictures in post #20.

All videos that I reviewed are on You tube. I'm not surprised, given the time period, that so few videos exist. But in "Five Lessons" every illustration shows a bent left wrist during the Downstroke.

Look at his Waggle in "Five Lessons". His waggle is unusual because at the end of his backward waggle his left wrist is vertical. Nobody I've seen waggles that way except BH.

See page 99 and notice his Vertical Left Wrist in illustration #1. First Paragraph, page 101, is his great description of a Simultaneous Release assisted by Arching the Left Wrist. Look at the famous swivel sequence on page 102. The First Illustration having a Bent Left Wrist, the second, a Flat Left Wrist and the fourth illustration is clearly a Vertical Left Wrist. Page 106 illustrates his Downstroke sequence and #2 shows his Bent Left Wrist Downswing.

It appears to me that his swivel transformed an On Plane Left Wrist with Standard Wrist Action to "Single Wrist Action".

The illustration below is not "Time Sequenced". Viewing his video in slow motion reveals that the distance between hand position 1&2 is about 2 inches but between 2&3 as much as 6 inches. So his Left Wrist became Vertical long before Impact.




The following quote is taken from "The Secret" by Martin Davis. It's on the "Ben Hogan" golfclub website. (http://www.benhogan.com/legacy/book/chap2.html) 8th paragraph.

The second adjustment, involving a twisting or cocking of the left wrist, was the more important one. On the backswing Ben would bend his left wrist backward and inward forming a slight V, thus opening the clubface to its fullest at the top of the backswing and not allowing the club to close quickly enough on the downswing to cause the dreaded hook.

Hogan revealed in life magazine that the "secret" involved cupping the left wrist at the top of the back swing and using a weaker left hand grip (thumb more on top of the grip as opposed to on the right side.... Hmm?, with a "weaker left hand grip", Elbow Plane, "Single Wrist Action", what better way to insure the clubface is prohibited from closing to much making the ball go left.

I didn't claim that BH Cupped his left wrist .....Ben Hogan did.

My claim is that while on an Elbow Plane, his cupped Left Wrist, weak grip, and his swivel, combine to transform a Standard Wrist Action to Single Wrist Action and prevented Hogan from "Bending the Delivery Line" because it allowed him a Simultaneous Release. A Simultaneous release won't bend the Delivery Line.

His early release allowed him the space needed to complete the swivel and create a vertical left wrist well prior to impact. Although the Left Wrist for Swingers and Hitters is considered Vertical for Impact, they don't become vertical in the same location before impact.

Then understanding and executing the Left Wrist Action per 2-N-1, synchronizes the entire procedure. Trigger Delay alters little geometrical but magnifies the physics. The Paddlewheel Action of the straightening Right Elbow (10-10-C) initiates and sustains the #3 Accumulator Hand Motion (4-D-0) unit the Both-Arms-Straight and Zero Accumulator #3 position of Full Extension – but, of course, under the guidance of the Flat, Vertical Left Wrist Hinge Action (2-G). Accumulator #3 Action is not Lever Assembly Extension. See 2-P. With the Endless Belt Effect, The Belt (Hands) and the Clubhead have the RPM but the Surface factor sets in and gives the Clubhead greater MPH – in reverse proportion to the size of the Pulley (the smaller, the faster). That is, raised Hand Position – reducing the Accumulator #3 Travel –plus Trigger Delay. Conversely – a larger Pulley (lowered Hands) requires a higher Handspeed and an earlier Trigger. See 6-B-3-A, 6-F and 6-N-0.