Just my perspective here. If I were Matthew I would take it back to the top and then stop there, take the left hand off the club and sense how well the right hand/forearm position support the loading motion. Then I would start at address and take the club back with the right hand only - to the top - and find where the best location for the hand and forearm would be for FULLY stopping that club- Is there a difference? Probably.
2nd - Although in the face on pictures that started this thread you might say that Matthew does have a "full" shoulder turn- to me it just doesn't look "right" or "full" to me. However, I'd guess that normally if you get the right hand and forearm supporting the load at the top- then it just requires more shoulder turn compared to Matthew's sequence, as a natural result of the right hand and forearm getting behind and FULLY supporting the load- otherwise it's my guess that at the top for Matthew "everything" i.e. powerpackage- hands and arms are "sliding" off. You support the load with the right hand and right forearm BUT you've got to have the body behind that - supporting that loading- the hand and forearm are "between" the clubshaft and the body (right shoulder)- that load is coming in supported by A) the Hand, B) the Right Forearm, C) the right shoulder- they feel as if they line up- Matthew "missed" the Right Shoulder-Body- it's not lining up or supporting the load- Hence- the Clubshaft, the Right Hand, the Right Forearm are "sliding off-line". My off the wall tip - to try for Matthew - if not real at least perceived would be to start at address with hands facing each other- then at the top with the left wrist slight cupped feeling- and looking- have the right wrist at 90 degrees (perpendicular) to the left wrist. Before anyone freaks out- that's a lesson tee thought- experiment- application- etc. and a possible X classification. You can actually twist the hands on the grip enough to accomplish that.
If they ever let me come to Cali . . . I gotta break bread with you man! (Or eat fish tacos or whatever y'all grub on out there).
You need more "up" and less "in" on the backswing. It creates an over rolled left forearm and puts the clubshaft off plane which can lead to all kinds of nasty things in the downswing.
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What mechanical recommendation would you make to Mathew in order to fix the backswing plane? I have struggled on and off with the same problem. I can at times fix it without a ball and then it comes back when I get to the range.
What mechanical recommendation would you make to Mathew in order to fix the backswing plane? I have struggled on and off with the same problem. I can at times fix it without a ball and then it comes back when I get to the range.
Matt
Use more of a lagging clubhead type takeaway and introduce a little float loading. By using a little more of a lagging clubhead takeaway you naturally introduce 2 things:
1) a less open (turned) lead forearm which puts the clubface in a less open position so when you bend that right arm it goes more UP the plane instead of INSIDE the plane
2) it naturally produces a little snap/float type procedure which can introduce very nice rythym and tempo when done correctly.
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