On Jul 23, 2016, at 4:30 PM, John Negley <jpnegley@icloud.com> wrote:

John: Thanks for the nice note! I have become a devoted follower of your teachings, and have made significant progress during the past two years. I do have a question that keeps coming up regarding wrist position in the backswing. I noted from one of your followers that you had emphasized the need to “open his right hand more during the backswing.” I have, at times, gotten too wristy, which I believe comes from my tendency to roll my wrists at takeaway. Please describe your thought process regarding wrist position in the takeaway/backswing. J

I wrote to John saying

Hi, John

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p style=”text-align: justify;”>I’m not sure about the quoted passage, but I can say the wrist activity is controlled by the trailing arm flexion. The more the trailing arm bends, the more the wrists hinge. The control we exert over the position and or direction of the wrist flexion determines whether or not we can use our swing components in balance with one another.
Supination comes from a need to get clubhead travel in a swing without lower body engagement (Jones, Hogan). Pronation comes from a full turn and lower body – driven swing (Trevino, Nicklaus, Watson, D. Johnson). A full turn provides room between the arms and the torso as the lever complex remains on the plane.
This swing room cannot function properly (Under Control) if the club face rotates too far below the plane due to its disconnected nature. The pronation slows the transition to allow a reconnection to occur before impact out of necessity. The anterior muscles in the forearm are stronger than the posterior muscles, so isolating them with pronation keeps us from launching our golf club from the top and engages the lower body as a power source. It has been known as reconnecting the “V”.

I hope this helped. Best Wishes,

John Wright – Founder
The Open Stance Academy