Right forearm takeaway

[12 piece bucket]

I am presently writing a TGM-influenced review paper for my personal golf website regarding arm movements in the golf swing, and I have been thinking a lot about the best way of teaching an optimum takeaway movement.

I favor the "right forearm takeaway" move that I learnt about here. However, there are different ways of teaching/conceptualising that movement. I noted that VJ Trolio in Yoda's Alignment Golf DVD talked about making a lawnmower move. However, I think that it predisposes to a push action elbow position, rather than ensuring the "correct" fanning motion of the right forearm.

I have therefore described a takeaway move in my review paper, which I call a "right clap hand action".

Here are two photographs of me demonstrating the right clap hand action.

This is my address position with the palms facing each other ready to clap hands.



The next photo demonstrates the right clap hand motion.



Image 1 shows the right upper limb moving in space while performing the clap hands action. Note how the right upper arm naturally moves away from the torso during the action, and note how the right forearm fans out.

Image 2 shows the back-limit of the hand clap action if I do not allow the upper and lower torso to move. In other words, I cannot get my right hand further back than that position if I keep my lower and upper torso square to the ball-target line.

Image 3/4 shows how far the right hand can go back if I allow my upper and lower torso to rotate freely (to about a 45 degrees pelvic rotation and a 80-90 degrees shoulder rotation) while performing the right hand clapping action. Note that the right hand ends up behind the right shoulder with the right forearm vertical to the ground. If a golfer has the flexibility to get to that position, then he should be in the perfect end-backswing position (for a swinger).

What do you think of my "method" of executing/teaching a takeaway action?

Is there a better way to describe/teach the right forearm takeaway?

Jeff.

Jeff . . . looking at the pictures . . . why wouldn't you just swing like that? Pivot looks good . . . you don't have that whacking looking lifting deal going. Not sure about all the verbage . . . but the pictures look good. You got any with a club in your hands while you do that?

[Bagger Lance]

Jeff,

You are on the right track.
I suggest practicing with your right palm parallel to the plane line at the top and while in motion, keep it parallel until it reaches the release point.
You may also consider moving your hands to impact fix, because hopefully your address hands are not your impact hands.