494 KNEE SHOTS 



of it must be avoided. Some assistance to the swing 

 may be obtained by knuckling in the knees, and swing- 

 ing from these alone. There is more of a hit than a 

 swing with the wrist-stroke. The club must be firmly 

 gripped. The turn of the wrists is, in fact, more 

 of an upward turn as the club is brought away 

 from the ball, then a back-turn, and, as the club 

 descends, the wrists have to be brought sharply to 

 the position in which they were held while addressing 

 the ball. 



A beginner will do well to bring the club away and 

 back again once or twice over the ball with this 

 upward and downward motion of the wrists, in order 

 to see if he understands the movement which is re- 

 quired, before he strikes the ball. The weight in these 

 shots should always be more on the right leg than on 

 the left, but never equally on both. Let the beginner 

 face the hill at an angle of 45° to the line of proposed 

 stroke, his left foot beino- at a similar ano^le to that 

 line. The right foot should then be quite close to his 

 left and well in front, and no longer behind the line of 

 flight, as in the case of the drive. 



Knee-shots mean, that when the wrist-stroke is 

 liable to be too short to get on the green, the knees 

 may be used so as to aid the swing a little ; thus, by 

 turning the left knee inwards and the right one out- 

 wards as the club is coming back, and conversely as it 

 swings forward. The stroke is, or ought to be, exactly 

 the same as the simple wrist-stroke with stiff knees. 

 Until the ball is struck it is the same ; then, however, 

 the motion on the ball slightly differs. The greater 

 length thus given to the swing enables the club to be 

 brought forward so quickly, that the wrists are not 



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