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Now, see the other effect of increasing the left wrist's supination on the downswing would be to eliminate the hook. That was a big thing with Hogan, he wanted to take the left side of the golf course completely out of play. Now, if you've ever tried to hit a hook, or played with someone who could hook the ball and knew how to do it, you probably know that have to release your wrists so as to get the clubhead to turn over behind the ball, imparting draw spin onto it.
But if you can supinate your left wrist more with this move that Hogan is trying to teach, you aren't going to hook the ball. It's definitely an anti-hook manuever.
Another effect is probably, as I try this out, to get both arms, your left and right arms to completely straighten right around impact with the ball. Now your hands will be well in front, out towards and past your left thigh, but the clubhead will be lagging well behind, and maybe this is what Hogan was trying to achieve -- complete and full extension at the moment of impact with the ball, get this right and you will have hit the ball as hard you can hit the ball, the descending clubhead will trap the ball between the face and the turf, and the ball should shoot out like a rocket, with no fear of the ball going left, it should go straight, or cut with a fade.
But if you can supinate your left wrist more with this move that Hogan is trying to teach, you aren't going to hook the ball. It's definitely an anti-hook manuever.
Another effect is probably, as I try this out, to get both arms, your left and right arms to completely straighten right around impact with the ball. Now your hands will be well in front, out towards and past your left thigh, but the clubhead will be lagging well behind, and maybe this is what Hogan was trying to achieve -- complete and full extension at the moment of impact with the ball, get this right and you will have hit the ball as hard you can hit the ball, the descending clubhead will trap the ball between the face and the turf, and the ball should shoot out like a rocket, with no fear of the ball going left, it should go straight, or cut with a fade.