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Old 11-02-2006, 04:56 PM
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The Magic Of the Bending Right Elbow
Originally Posted by 12 piece bucket

Wow! The lights went of big time with the part about "lifing the left arm (primary lever) on a vertical plane" and then lifting it on the Inclined Plane.

Would that be the same for Swinging? Is this just moving the Hands on Plane or is it just in respect to the Hitter Loading the Primary Lever Assembly vs. the Secondary Lever Assembly for the Swinger?
Hitting or Swinging, Right Elbow Action lifts and lowers the Left Arm and Cocks and Uncocks the Left Wrist, all without disturbing the Right Wrist (7-3).

The best way to learn this priceless element of Right Forearm and Elbow 'Magic' is to practice the Basic and Acquired Motions from Impact Fix. The motion is ridiculously simple and natural -- it is the way we move and do things in 'real life' -- but most Golfers don't do it. Instead, they 'freeze' the Elbow during Start Up -- "Preserve the triangle!" -- and use the Body to move the Club. As a result, they do not achieve a true Three-Dimensional Start Up -- Up, Back and In -- and thus rarely achieve a true Three-Dimensional Impact -- Down, Out and Forward.

Here are a couple of drills that will help:

First, simply copy the motion I demonstrate in the video. Grip your left wrist with your right thumb and forefinger -- that will automatically give you a nice right elbow bend -- and lift the inert left arm to about chest-high or a bit beyond. Your right hand will be about even with your right shoulder. Then lower it. That's it. Do this over and over in a 'pumping' action until you sense your right elbow in full command of the action. Any body motion will be incidental. Practice this motion first without a club and later with one. The Body will respond naturally, and you will be well on your way to a perfect Backstroke.

Second, grip the golf club as if it were a heavy-headed axe. In other words, 'split' your hands on the grip, and move the right hand to the low end of the grip (one or more of your fingers could actually be on the shaft itself). Cradle the clubshaft in your right hand fingers but leave the rest of the hand 'open.' Now, from a quasi-address position, simply take the club to right shoulder high by cocking the right elbow. Your right wrist will be unaffected by this action. You will feel your left wrist being cocked and the clubhead being lifted by the right elbow and sense immediately the correct right arm participation in the Backstroke.

For many years, I marveled at the simplicity of Billy Casper's Backstroke, but I couldn't reproduce it. I 'cracked the code' of Billy's Backstroke when I learned to use my Right Forearm and bending Right Elbow to take my Left Arm and Club to the Top.

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