[Delaware Golf]

Is this right arm move the same regardless of being a hitter or a swinger?

Yes, but the execution of the right forearm has to comply with the left wrist action 18-C-2 (single wrist action versus standard wrist action) per the action addressed in 7-19-2 (by resisting the Backstroke motion for Drive Loading). The number three power accumlator during a right forearm takeaway wants to rotate naturally, so the golfer needs to resist that natural rotation by resisting it with the right forearm (reference the first two paragraphs in 7-3). So with the hitting motion you have three things happening simultaneously....extensor action, bending of the right elbow and resisiting the natural rotation of the (left forearm and wrist) with the right arm. Takes a little bit of coordination and concentration. But once you grasp the movements and with some practice, the movement becomes as natural as swinging with the right forearm takeaway.

I recommend re-reading section 7-3 on a regular basis, much to learn in that section alone. The Golfing Machine is an excellent text to develop the habit of learning a subject by continual re-reading. During a 5 or 6 year stretch, I read the book on a daily basis.

As Tom Tomasello said to me on the driving range at Deer Track Resort in Myrtle Beach...."to get this game in your hip pocket you need to learn both hitting and swinging".


DG