Lesson With Mike Austin

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The magic of the right forearm is easy to learn when you know the correct muscles, bones and joints used to perform it.

It is not just bending the right elbow as some might think.

Bending + fanning = right forearm takeaway, right? So, what are the correct muscles, bones and joints used to perform it?

In addition to that question I would like to ask another to all. How many distinct ways are there to take the club back with? It seems to me that there are TWO. Shoulder turn takeaway (pivot controlled) and right forearm takeway (hand controlled.) The first needing more compensations than the latter? As I have posted before, I could not keep my head stationary and centered (i.e. stay in balance) with a shoulder turn takeway. I learned to do that by focusing on right forearm takeaway. When I was able to stay down and steady to the ball without "trying" to do so courtesy of the magic of the right forearm I was close to tears My desire to beat balls has diminished and proportionately my desire to play has increased. The essence of that grand little yellow book is that it makes you love playing the game all over again! See a straight line...trace that line with your bent and level right index finger and forearm...put a little something on it with a flat left wrist...go find it and do it again! Bad shots do not burrow into my brain like they used to...sure I get irritated if I cannot execute...but the good news that sustains me is that I know enough to realistically hit the reset button and make another sincere attempt...one shot at a time! I know it has nothing to do with the thead but who cares!