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Old 01-27-2010, 12:08 AM
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The Magic Move....Right Shoulder Going Down
Originally Posted by JulesC View Post
Hi folks,
My first post. I am a serious low handicap golfer finally looking to take my game to the next level and get back to being a competitive golfer. i have had lots of lessons from distinguished teachers but only recently have found my way working with an authorized Golfing Machine instructor. I do have one question about which I am not sure I have found an answer. From the top/end to start the downswing as a swinger I of course bump the left hip and sit down and tilt simultaneously. I don't do anything with my arms. My right shoulder drops on plane and begins to point along the plane line. so far so good. What I don't get is the connection between this 'move' which seems right and two other ideas that don't seem compatible with it. The first is the idea of a quick move to start the downswing which appears both in TGM and in Lynn Blake's video. The second and related idea is that the right shoulder creates a flywheel movement which helps the inert left arm separate from PP#4 and releases the associated power accumulator. I think of a flywheel as an outward motion, yet the right shoulder motion i am taught is both slow and down. I need some clarification including whether these two conceptions which seem conflicting to me are in fact compatible.

Thanks,
Jules
Per GSED Tom Tomasello...10-20-C....the Right Shoulder triggers the start of the downstroke (not the hips or lower body), when the hands are the "End" assembly point per 10-21-C and 10-23-C. Tom taught both PGA and LPGA pros Jodie Mudd and Sally Little this move. Jodie moved up to 35 on the money list and went on to win the Players Championship and the Tour Championship and Sally went on to win one of the LPGA Majors, the du Maurier Classic in 1988...on an ABC interview shortly after winning the du Maurier...Sally credited her recent success through the coaching and swing changes made with Tom Tomasello!!!

DG

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