[innercityteacher]

Been a while since Ive watched it but isn't the RFT covered in the Alignment Golf Video? The old indian chiefs "how" arm salute from the westerns.


Here's where Im at with RFT for what its worth. Warning this may take a lot of words.

To understand the RFT you have to isolate the motion of the Right Arm from the motion of the Pivot. They are different , they go in different directions but they are coordinated and contribute to each others final paths. Pivot turns IN , Right Elbow fans a tad and bends UP. See MacDonald drills for independent pivot and arm motion.

The other way of seeing or isolating the movement of the Right Arm from the Pivots contribution is to go to Top without a club in your hands, drop your left arm to your side while you leave your right hand and right shoulder high. Then turn your shoulder back to where they were at Address (square). Your right hand will now be somewhere out over your right foot say. Its motion from where it starts at address to where it ends up at Top has now been isolated from the contributions of the pivot. You have zeroed out the pivots contribution. Notice how much of the IN is gone. Leaving mainly UP. BACK the third of the three dimensions is understood by everybody.

To get from address to this position at Top the right Forearm must fan a tad (nowhere near 90 degrees interestingly) and bend up. You could fan and then bend , sequenced RFT if you will. Or fan and bend at the same time , overlapped . The first describing a reverse "L" in right arm motion , the latter more of a "/" diagonal.

The number #1 pressure point is pressure point associated with the Right Elbows lifting although the Left Hand cocking is sensed at the #2pp. The #1 is also employed for EA. Making for some simplification.

You know the MacDonald drill where he sticks the handle in his belly button and turns back. That is the Pivot contributions to the backswing. It sounds to us like Pivot To Hands but it isn't . Its necessary . The Right Arms contribution can be seen as almost a wood chopping like lift over the Right Shoulder . There is surprisingly little forearm turning in reality.

When does the pivot turn vis a vis the right arm pickup ? I personally start the pivot just a tad before the RFT. The pivot is really just a clearing of the right hip to a pre determined position. But I believe Lynn would say he gets both Pivot (right hip clear) and RFT (diagonal pickup) going at the same time.

Employing a lagging takeaway the momentum of the swing away created by the pivot (in my opinion) is then sensed and adopted by the Hands to aid in the Pickup. The momentum of the lagging takeaway easing the amount of muscular lifting necessary. Ideally you want to there to be as little muscular lifting as possible. No high shoulders or anything like that ... try to let it swing up. What active lifting there is should give way to a sort of coasting to top. Its very difficult to go the other way with your pivot when your actively lifting . Greasy , coasting and you can go two ways while loading the Lag Pressure Point at Top. Normally the Rotated Pressure Point the Knuckle at the base of the Right Index Finger assuming your going to Drag Load. This knuckle given a proper grip and wrist condition at Top is the location of the Lag Pressure Loading. The direction in which the Pickup must travel. The destination for the swung or thrown up in the air club. Like your tossing the club up against the knuckle. The pressure points are critical in all of this. Load them incorrectly and your wrist conditions are probably compromised.


If you do the above drill with split hands you can really feel the elbow bend to pull the #1pp UP while the left hands #2 (reverse #2? the heal pad of the left hand resist , feels like as if its pushing down) while the left wrist cocks.

Hands to Pivot does not mean the Hands start the backswing!

Doesn't Elk have a move where he throws the club over his right shoulder in feel. Thats Divergent Vectors to my mind. Independent Pivot and Arm motion. Cant do this with hankies under your arm pits.

Theres great simplification to be had with this as in the end your intentions are limited to "clear the right hip, RFT". The hands actual path is resultant of the two inputs or vectors. Thats all you need to do to get to top , on plane and with good wrist conditions .... assuming your loading the pressure points accordingly. Got to train the pressure points. Only then will the Hands have control over the Pivot and can thereby said to be "educated".

Nothings really as big as it first seems. The RFT can be thought to be about what 2' high or so maybe. Weird but simplifying. The whole dang swing isn't what it first seems to be. Got to strip it down.

There's more , much more but thats the gist of it . Any notes or thoughts from anyone?

As I bend my right elbow up, stretching my left shoulder with EA, I feel my LAG push against PP# 3 and then I maintain that pressure with a hip shift and elbow straightening DOWN to China!


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