drop this in a google search. See if it yields anything:

"right forearm takeaway" site:www.lynnblakegolf.com

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 target line approximately. 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 his right hip back? That is the Pivot contributions to the backswing. It might appear to us to be a Pivot To Hands thing but it isn't in that the Pivot does its thing while the INDEPENDENT Arms do their own unique thing. The Right Arms contribution can be seen as almost a wood hatcheting like lift over the Right Shoulder . There is surprisingly little left forearm turning in reality. Those who advocate a 90 degree turn of the left forearm in startup prior to any pivot motion ... will have to undo a good portion of that 90 degree turn as they make their way to Top.

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. I have this on video tape somewhere.

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! The intention is for the Hands , the Pressure Points to travel the Inclined Plane to go to its target back and through, but their path is the result of two unique forces each with their own vector. This business happens during all kinds of human movement ,you turn and grab something. The mind is on the hands and their target but the pivot contributes to the path of the hands .... without any thought to it. Im not saying to actually throw your club up over your right shoulder for instance .... the intention to do so would probably end up with you actually doing it.

Doesn't Elk have a move where he throws the club over his right shoulder in feel. Thats Divergent Vectors 2-N-1 to my mind. Independent Pivot and Arm motion. Cant do this with hankies under your arm pits which would hinder the independent pivot and arm motion.

Theres great simplification to be had with this as in the end your intentions are limited to "clear the right hip and RFT". The hands actual swing path is resultant of the two vectors. Divergent 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 be said to have been "educated".

Nothings really as big as it first seems in the golf swing. The RFT can be thought to be about, what 2' high or so in terms of actual muscular lifting. 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?

Maybe Lynn will come in and fix a few points ...

RFT is so simple, even a Caveman...
 

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!


ICT

City, there should be "Like" button here. I can identify with what you just stated here. That pull of the left shoulder and left rib cage is a reminder of just how powerful EA is.

To My Friend Ob Left and all my friends out there IN TGM LAND
 

DEAR OB LEFT if i may suggest some changes to your ideas on Right forearm pickup/takeaway

Although the pivot turns and seemingly provides the inward motion, it is the Right Forearm's job to lift the hands and clubhead ON PLANE, the pivot simply clears the way to allow this to happen easier and loads up any necessary pivot power. for the full swing, you will turn with it. when you are using a non pivot stroke the forearm must still lift the club and hands up on plane. The forearm, right tricep and #3 pp will transport the hands and clubhead up the plane with extensor action.

depending on the hinge action, loading action and basic stroke, the forearm will have varying degrees of fanning, for a swinger you will feel more than a tad of fanning, it is instant fanning and lifting, the hands turned on plane, per the swingers standard wrist action the #3 pp senses the gyroscope rotation immediately, it's pure fanning for the swinger. To ensure rhythm, the piston tracing and fanning must be dialed in for your particular pattern. the swinger has got a lot of fanning to do!

Sorry to be blunt, but the indian's "how" (not sure that's PC these days..) Ain't cuttin' it, there is more to it than just mimicking an indian, or cranking a lawnmower, it's all about your basic stroke being on the plane, whether it's push punch or pitch, for the swinger most likely pitch. The underhand pitch motion gives you a good feel for the proper fanning back and through to ensure rhythm.

personally i would forget about the lagging clubhead takeaway because, the motion here must be precise and upwards, not haphazardly dragging along the ground shut trying to feel a change in direction, forget about momentum in the startup, we want extensor, we want to be on plane with proper fanning and rhythm, and we want a swinging or hitting action.

forget about the divergent vectors, lift the club ON PLANE, instead of trying to mix and match vectors varying amounts to accommodate the plane.

Once again, FORGET ABOUT THE BACK(whole point of this thread), with extensor the natural structure of the arms will provide all the back you will ever need without actually going back at any point in the swing, from startup maintain extensor and lift the club UP AND IN immediately FORGET ABOUT THE BACK to top.

The macdonald drills are great but the right foream takeaway requires more precision than this, FORGET ABOUT GREAT SIMPLIFICATION for all of this, because it isn't simple. The right forearm takeaway is a precise motion based on your selected components that must have rhythm and be on plane. the plane is the boss and your loading, wrist action and hinge action are your bosses too. The only simplification is referencing your selected components and PRACTICING them on plane, as he says in 4-D-0 CONSTRUCT AN INCLINED PLANE.
Attachment 2847

FORGET SIMPLE, FORGET BACK, FORGET DIVERGENT VECTORS, FORGET LAGGING CLUBHEAD TAKEAWAY, MACDONALD DRILLS, ELK VIDEOS ETC.

THINK EXTENSOR, THINK #3PP, THINK LIFTING THE RIGHT FOREARM TO COCK THE LEFT WRIST, THINK FANNING, THINK ON PLANE, UP AND IN, WITH THE SELECTED WRIST ACTION, BASIC STROKE, HINGE ACTION AND LOADING ACTION. when this motion swings or carries the clubhead and hands to the top you will uncover the magic of the right forearm, and your downstroke blackouts will be fewer and farther between.

when working through basic and acquired motion this is your best chance to really work on the right forearm takeaway and you will learn it is not such a simple thing until you have mastered the proper motion and then you can wake up out of bed and lift the club up and in on plane with extensor in a deliberate and precise manner with action

Jerry G extensor stretches the left arm gently through the the right tricep. you shouldn't really feel it straining through your shoulder or your ribcage, it is a light constant pressure, it should eliminate tension and maintain the structure of the arms and their checkrein action, it is a light constant pressure maintaining the left arms length and giving indispensable control to all strokes freeing up the wrists for sharper focus on ball control.

Is this what you are saying?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3C1_...2&feature=plcp

not exactly...

scary...and confusing ..

Does this have any bearing?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVws0...eature=related

yes air, the bit he says about dropping the club or finding a way to separate your left arm from the shoulder at 1:15, he says "it's gonna go forward, the real problem is down" so the point of my thread here is to say it's gonna go back, the real problem here is we gotta get that club up and in on the backstroke it will go back and it will go forward, do not focus on the back and forward instead focus on the up and in and down and out.