[Delaware Golf]

DG

I have viewed the chapter series and the letter.

Tom doesn't explain the biomechanics of the right arm throw action or formulate a causal relationship between the right forearm throw and the downswing pivot action.

How does a right forearm throw work in terms of which muscle is active, and whether it is isometetrically or isotonically active, and when exactly it's active?

I also cannot understand an automatic causal connection between a right arm throw and lower body activity.

Peter Croker also proposes such a causal connection in his hand swing theory - see http://www.petercroker.com/englisch/...olferapril.htm

However, both Peter Croker and Tom Tomasello are both presuming that the lower body will respond appropriately. However, "appropriate" with respect to the downswing pivot action could be considered to be a learned behaviour and not necessarily an automatic action.

Finally, how does a right arm throw improve on the alternative of starting a downswing pivot action with a right shoulder throw (as per 10-20-C)?

Jeff.

Check out these excerpts from Erie Els book "How to Build a Classic Golf Swing". Erie appears to be one PGA golfer who swings the golf club like the way Tom Tomasello taught the golf swing.

Page 126

I start with my feet firmly planted and as I draw my arm back (per TGM Right Forearm Takeaway and cocking the right elbow per The Magic of the Right Forearm 7-3), my weight transfers back over on to my right side in harmony with the movement of my arm. Then as I bring my arm forward to release the ball, my weight simultaneously shifts over on to my front foot. If I didn't do that, the ball wouldn't go far. Yet this happens naturally on to my front foot without me even having to think about it.

....If you're copying me now you'll realise that in all of these actions, you don't really have to think about the role of your body. It behaves quite instinctively as your arm moves back and forth (Magic of the Right Forearm again). The golf swing isn't such an instinctive, natural movement, but the theories are exactly the same. You can't generate power unless your weight is in harmony with the swining movement of your arms and the club. That's what is meant by good weight transfer.

No wonder so many golfers are befiddled by the smooth swing of Erie....he doesn't swing the club by starting with the lower body...