Ted and I worked on this in my last lesson. At first I was not doing it correctly. I was actually moving the right elbow straight back while I was tracing the right forearm. After look at some pics on this site, I realized my right elbow needs to stay in a fixed position (or close to it) while the right forearm fans. This puts me in very good positions in the takeaway.
I then realized that I'm best off when my right elbow is nearby my rib cages. Here's some before and after pics of my swing at the top in just a 2 day span.
The top pic is with a 6-iron and the bottom pic is with an 8-iron. I hit the ball entirely better with the bottom pic type of backswing. Just fan the right forearm and keep the right elbow nearby the right rib cage.
Before I had to *think* to some level of what direction I wanted to take the club back. Now, I just let the right forearm fan and I'm off to a good start. It also makes me more keenly aware of the right elbow.
The big problem I also had with the top pic type of swing is that I would lose the sense of my right forearm flying wedge. For whatever reason, the bottom pic with the flatter swing plane I'm more aware of my right forearm flying wedge.
Here's a pic of my latest impact position.
It's not exactly great, but much better than it has been in a long time. And I actually have video of even better impact alignments, but I can't get the video to stop at the right time. And I still have a lot of work to do in other parts of the swing.
But the magic of the right forearm for me is that it is [I
simple[/i]. I don't have to think so much. Just fan the forearm and you're off to a good start. Combine that with making me more aware of my right side, I like where this is going.
3JACK
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