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Originally Posted by 300Drive
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Thats nice to "say", but, what do the pros DO? I submit that the overwelming majority do STT, not RFT.
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You're right,
300Drive. Most pros do use a
Shoulder Turn Takeaway. It's the way we were taught: "Take it back low and slow."
Unfortunately, at the very least, allowing the Shoulder Turn to dominate the Start Up puts the Stroke on an
Elbow Plane, which is Flatter than the ideal
Turned Shoulder Plane, thus requiring the Plane Shift that
Drewitgolf refers to in his post above. In many cases, it actually puts the Club
below Plane, an
Off Plane condition that must be corrected no later than the Start Down. Both scenarios earned
Homer Kelley's Warning Label:
"...the
disruptive Shoulder Turn Takeaway -- which is always too 'Flat' and/or too 'Low' making a Plane Angle Shift mandatory and usually unintentional and unsuspected."
When integrating the
Right Forearm Takeaway into your Stroke, just be sure to maintain the separate identities and alignments of the Three Zones. In fact, I recommend you practice your Zone #1 (Body Control) independently of Zone #3 (Ball Control). Spend time in drill -- use a mirror and look,
look LOOK! -- training first your
Pivot (to Turn the Right Shoulder back to the Plane) and
then your
Right Forearm (to Trace the Plane Line).
Then put the two together, but always...
Let the
Hands control.