**8. Leading wrist flexion/extension in the golf swing**

Flexion/Extension motion of the leading wrist is a significantly individual watermark of every swing. Elite golfers also vary dramatically from player to player.

Classical golf swing teaching suggests that the wrist is placed in a neutral or slightly extended position at address (**Figure 7**).

At the top of the back swing it stays in a neutral flexion/extension pattern. This referred to as" square at the top".

**Figure 7.** *Wrist positions at the top of the Back swing.*

In classical teaching the leading wrist descends in the down swing to the ball in a flexed position in which it impacts the ball. Not everyone follows this teaching.

## **9. Figure leading wrist flexion on down swing and impact**

Consistent players such as Jack Nicklaus was "square at the top" for most of his career. Ben Hogan placed his leading wrist in an extended or "cupped "position (**Figure 7**) at the top of his swing before transitioning to a flexed position at impact. This has been replicated by current touring pro Mathew Perry and is seen as a way of avoiding placing hook spin on the ball. Dustin Johnson is in a more extreme flexed or "bowed" position (**Figure 7**) at the top of the swing and maintains that position on the down swing using the large trunk muscles to return the club face square to the ball at impact. This move has been followed by many golfers looking for extra distance.
