Your wrist set is already happening...get out of the way!

PGA instructor Erika Larkin demonstrates how tension restricts the natural loading of the wrists in the backswing. By adopting a loose hand feel—like shaking water off your fingertips—golfers can allow momentum and a neutral grip to set the wrists naturally for effortless timing.

• Keep hands and wrists completely relaxed, feeling as loose as shaking water off your fingertips.
• Allow swing momentum and a neutral grip to hinge the wrists naturally rather than forcing a position.
• Avoid trying to manually place or set the club at top of the backswing.
• Let the trail elbow bend and load in response to forces already in motion.

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