[Delaware Golf]

DG...could you try and explain something to me?

Tommy talks A LOT about the right forearm, "the magic of the right forearm," and puts a lot of emphasis on the "hit out at the ball" in the power section of the video on this site. Hit that ball with that right forearm, "hit it, hit it" he says.

however in the interview, he says:
"the hardest thing for the golfer is to apply no foward force to the swing with the right hand and arm, or with a lateral movement of the hips."

Now obviously the right forearm is not the "arm" or the "hand" but is part of the right arm and if you are going to use it to hit out at that ball why did Tommy say here no too?

Just a little foggy here.

Jim,

In the power chapter of the Australia video series...Tom does not talk about hitting out at the ball. The main discussion is about the law of flail and the sound of accelerating the club with the left arm and the right arm...

However, Tom does talk about hitting out (during the release phase of the swing) at the ball when he demonstrates the slow motion 10 step sequence drill. The drill is to help one get the feel of the wrist condition (Standard Wrist Action), the feel of going up and back with the right forearm, the feel of the right hip clearing, the feel of the "end" assembly point, the feel of the right forearm starting the downswing and hips reacting to the right forearm, the feel of lag, the feel of straight delivery path, the feel of the arc of approach delivery line, the feel of a sequence release, the feel of impact...and on and on....

I suggest watching the Lee Deitrick letter video series first before watching the Australia video...especially the letter videos #2 and #3...you'll hear Tomasello on the deitrick video say it's a down and out motion. Consistent with 1-L-14. In the Australia video, Tomasello already spoke about the down motion with the right forearm he must have had a need to emphasize the out part of the motion....maybe based on experience with former students?

DG