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I posted earlier tonight in the Basic forum about how I'm trying to HIt. I'm getting good results when I FEEL that the right elbow is leading the downswing into impact. After reading your post, am I right in saying what I feel is the right elbow coming down the "elbow plane". Then as I approach impact I've been feeling that I drive PP#1, and to me the inside portion of the forearm with a bent and level right wrist, at my aiming point? Does this sound like I'm "Getting" it?
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Right Forearm And Tricep -- Incubator Twins
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1. The Right Triceps is useless without the Right Forearm. And vice versa. 2. Nowhere in The Golfing Machine does Homer Kelley suggest that the Golfer use the Right Triceps consciously to produce the Major Basic Strokes. Instead, he uses the Magic of the Right Forearm and Elbow. 3. The Golfer also uses the Right Forearm to monitor the "dynamically in-line" On Plane Feel (2-F) and the Three-Dimensional Tracing of the Straight Plane Line (2-N-O). 4. While the six published editions of TGM do not contain the exact wording Right Triceps Thrust, the intent is clear. That intent is made certain in the unpublished 7th edition's revision to page 38. A new Paragraph Three reads as follows and should be written into your Book: "Power package Muscle Power is almost entirely Right Triceps Thrust straightening the Right Elbow to furnish both Extensor Action and #1 Accumulator Power." 5. Awareness of an Active Right Arm is achieved only through monitoring an Active Right Elbow (7-20). 6. The Hitter's fundamental Release Trigger is the Right Arm Throw (10-20-B). This pure Right Arm Push cannot be accomplished except by the Right Triceps and its instrument, the Right Forearm, and it cannot be monitored except through an awareness of an Active Right Elbow. |
Love That Starbucks!
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First of all, regarding the word instrument, it was mine, not Homer's, so he's off the hook on this one. And, just checking my Webster, the first definition is: Instrument: a thing by means of which something is done. So, the Forearm is the means by which the Right Triceps does its Pushing work. I had already stated that truism in Item #1 of my post, and I see nothing controversial about it. If you can find a way to make your Right Triceps functional without the use of your Right Elbow and Forearm -- or vice versa -- then you're operating with different machinery than the rest of us! But, aren't you saying the same thing, i.e., that the Right Forearm is the Golfer's means of 'taking care of business?' For the life of me, I can't see the problem here. Regarding the Golfer's Feel localizing in the Right Elbow and Forearm (as opposed to in the originating Right Triceps) I don't think I could have been in more explicit agreement: Of course we Feel the Motion there. Look, I just reached for my coffee cup, and without a second thought: 1. My Right Hand had an assignment; 2. The Shoulder Deltoid took care of the initial Transportation of the Arm and Hand; and 3. My Right Triceps finished the job with an extension of the Right Elbow. Aaahh... Love that Starbucks! Finally, I have no problem with the Right Arm Swing. It is a bona fide catalogued TGM procedure practiced by many. Further, I have never labeled its proponents as Switters. Now, they may get a twinge in their Elbow now and again and have to hustle down to the nearest CVS for an arm band.... Oh oh. Shouldn't have said that... INCOMING!!! :D Just kidding, Dave. Homer Kelley thought the Right Arm Swing was "a beautiful procedure." I'll dig out some audio over the next couple of weeks and see if we can't get it up on the site. Thanks for your passion on this subject and keep it burning. We love ya man! |
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ecox3 range rat Joined: 31 Dec 2002 Posts: 91 Location: Pinehurst, NC Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2004 8:13 pm Post subject: D.G. Not exactly. The trail arm does straighten either actively or passively, but only after it is carried downplane to the release point. If the right triceps were activated from the top, you would experience throwout immediately along with the corresponding loss of lag...ugh! The point is that the trail forearm can only be thrown or driven The muscles of the forearm can only assist in squeezing and turning and are incapable of thrusting on their own. EC I thought this was interesting. EC |
When did I say the right forearm acts on it's own....please reread my post....I think you glazed over it. Really folks, I do not have to think about the right triceps at all, I just feel there power... I know they will respond to the action of the right forearm and the rotational action of the pivot.
Hey Yoda, I enjoyed reading your six points....I was just a little confused about the "instrument" comment (never saw that comment before!!!!)..remember I have been reading the machine for 14 years....new terminology that appears to be of the gray sort errrkkksss me. DG |
The Instrument
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Hello fellow TGM'ers,
Been reading the 'big three' forums and I must say these are an absolutley invaluable source for learning! Thanks to all. The fog is gently lifting for this disciple. :D My question: why is the right arm swinger more susceptible to elbow pain than the true left arm swinger and right arm hitter? rrabick |
I have been right arm swinging for a solid year with weighted club practice, no pain....you will experience pain if you try to incorporate downstroke loading by trying to increase right elbow bend. So, stay away from downstroke loading, simple as that....
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A Tale Of Twin Twinges
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To your question, rrabick: Right Arm Swingers are more susceptible to Elbow pain because they have transferred the Center of their Stroke from the Left Shoulder to the Right Elbow. And Swinging from the Right Elbow puts a strain on the ligaments that is not present in the Straight Line Piston Action the Right Elbow makes in Left Arm Swinging or Right Arm Hitting. So, if you've got a pain in the Right Elbow, stop Swinging that Right Arm, and learn to Drive it instead. Left Arm Swingers can experience a similar Left Elbow problem if they attempt to Pull violently from the Top using Left Arm Muscle Power. That is because the Left Arm can only apply its Power backhanded, and its muscles therefore can make only a feeble contribution to the Stroke. If you attempt to use 'will' power to force the issue, you invite trouble. True Left Arm Power lies in its function as the Stroke Radius. And that Stroke Radius is not driven by the Left Arm itself, but by the Momentum Transfer of the Turning Body. So, if you've got pain in your Left Elbow, stop pulling so hard with that Left Arm. Instead, learn to accelerate it with your Pivot. Not only will you hit the ball much further and with more accuracy, you'll also be able to trash that arm band. |
Re: A Tale Of Twin Twinges
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After the requisite hip slide, what should one feel 'moves' next? I know for a Swinger, it should be a 'pull' of some kind. But in this post, you appear to say that pulling with the left arm is a no-no. Should it be a right shoulder thrust with the hands aiming? This should be clear to me by now, but every time I think "hey, I've got it" something like this will surface and make me wonder. :?: |
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