[Daryl]

The Video tells a different story about his Zone 1. It's Fluid, Powerful and Far Moving.

Driving the Right Forearm doesn’t differentiate Hitting and Swinging.

1-F RIGHT ARM OR LEFT The “mystery” of the Mechanics of Golf fades away when Right Arm participation is understood (6-B-1). Whether its participation is active or passive is difficult to detect visually because in either case the Left Arm is ALWAYS SWINGING and the Right Forearm is ALWAYS DRIVING. But it is always a Left Arm Stroke unless the Right Elbow replaces the Left Shoulder as the center of Clubhead Arc. (10-3-K)

Thrusting the #3 Pressure Point doesn’t differentiate Hitting and Swinging. Swingers thrust on-plane. The “Feeling” that you want Three Right Hands is Clubhead Lag (dead weight inertia) combined with Angular Acceleration.

6-C-2-A THE ESSENCE of Clubhead Lag technique is that it is always both Aiming AND Thrust. Passive – it is primarily Aiming the Lag Pressure. Active – it is the primarily Thrusting the Lag Pressure Point. The Orbiting Clubhead does not seek out the Ball – it seeks out the Delivery Line. But never directly – only via the Right Forearm and the #3 Pressure Point per 2-F, 5-0 and 7-3. It is guided along that Line to the Both Arms Straight configuration by the straight line thrust of the #3 Pressure Point toward the Angle of Approach quadrant of the Ball – or Aiming Point – per 1-F, 1-L-9/10, 2-J-3 and 6-E-2.

6-C-2-B ANGULAR ACCELERATION The Clubhead “overtaking” speed is governed by the Law of Conservation of Angular Momentum whereby the increased Mass resulting from any extension of the Swing Radius decelerates the hands and unless they are supported by Power Package Thrust (6-B-1) or Throw Out Action (2-K), can result in great loss of Clubhead Speed. Rely on Clubhead Lag to meter out the necessary support for the Primary Lever Assembly.

LOADING ACTION:
If you Load the #3 Pressure Point against the Primary Lever, then you’re preparing to Hit. This supports Hand Motion and the Power Package DRIVES the Right Elbow to along your Right Side at Release. From Release through Impact the Clubface is looking Down-plane and the Right Elbow Straightens like a Piston to Radial Drive the Clubshaft through Impact.

If you Load the #3 Pressure Point against the Secondary Lever, then you’re preparing to Swing. John Erickson Loads the #3 Pressure Point against the Secondary Lever. This supports the Wristcock and at Release, the Right Elbow is in Front of the Right Hip because the Power Package DROVE it to that Location. The Steeper the Plane Angle, the Closer to your Belt Buckle the Power Package DRIVES the Right Elbow.


RELEASE TRIGGERS
Now, One would think that his Right Arm Throw Trigger (from the Top) is a sign of a Hitter. Normally it is when the Direction of THRUST is at the Ball. However, for John Ericson, the Direction of Thrust is Down-plane but AWAY from the Ball, to His Right as he Uncocks His Elbow to get his Right Forearm On-Plane at Release. In John’s own Words:
“On top of that, you have to learn what I believe to be the most difficult swing move in all of golf. Straightening the right arm out quickly on the downswing…while the torso turns flat or at right angles to the spine or axis. It’s a great move to master though, because if you can do it, you can’t ever get over the top of the shot and pull it.
For those who are still confused, it feels like you are coming right over the top to hit a big pull shot, but instead, that hands move straight down, as if they are going to land in your right hip pocket, but your shoulders are turning as flat a 15th century Spanish globe.”

There are TWO Right Arm Throws. The Second one (if you didn’t use the First) is used by Hitters at Release to Release the #2 and #3 Accumulators Simultaneously. You need a Punch Elbow Position to Use this Trigger.

John Erickson uses a Non-Automatic Sequenced Release. He Swivels his Left Wrist from Bent to Flat at the Start Of Release. This way, he has a Rolled Clubface at the Beginning of his Release. But because he Releases so Early, he must move His Hands (Uncocking but with a Rolled Clubface) another 12 inches until Impact. In slow-motion, it’s readily observed that his Pivot is Closing the Clubface for Impact. Clearly, this is not a Simultaneous Release. He is Confusing Hinging and Swiveling. I bet he Swivels when he Swings and that When he Hinges, it feels like Hitting.

John is using Feeling to describe his Mechanics. With the Greatest Golfers in the World, what they Describe and what actually happens are too often different.

John is a Pivot Controlled Hands Swinger. He doesn't use a Power Package according the the Concept by Homer Kelley. When he Bends and Unbends his Right Elbow, he breaks a Cardinal rule. 1 L-8 No proportion of the Lever Assembly can swing forward independently.