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There are three Major Basic Strokes:Punch, Pitch and Push. Punch and Pitch demand Right Forearm/Elbow Fanning -- the Hands move around the Right Elbow -- and that Action begins immediately.
Only with Push is there no fanning. Instead, the Right Elbow is positioned in an 'up and out' location at Address, and the Hands are held between the Right Elbow and the Ball throughout the Stroke.
P-U-S-H.
A ponderous Action that produces very little distance in relation to the applied Thrust.
Great post.
Fanning begins immediately with Punch Elbow. This was a big revelation for me in my recent lesson with Yoda, as I had been employing a misguided Pushish Punch hybrid sort of elbow in Total Motion, too much Inline motion in Startup. Not a big Mr X move or anything. But I had a misconception about the Hitters Punch Elbow location in Total Motion having used Push Elbow in Basic Motion. Now I know better.
Yoda, do you care to comment on whether this early fanning can be pivot induced in Startup?
This is driving me nuts at the moment. I understand in better detail how the right forearm is supposed to operate. I can describe it...I know at least 4 drills that help develop it...I can do it...SELDOM! I am so used to wheeling it with my shoulders, taking it back low and slow with my left arm etc. Years and years of executed ignorance. I am going to keep plugging away with it. I have what I have termed an "arm sway" meaning my head is pretty well stationary ( and better on the centered end) but my right arm actually straightens in startup...it is almost imperceptible (in fact the only evidence is my feel...constrasted with a well executed start-up) I am having a good time working it out...I know I am working on the right things
I'm a bonehead rookie, not nearly as advanced in the machine as you...
I fight the exact same demons. What helps me is watching the Brian Gay video, over, and over, and over again. Not only his action, but Brian's and Mr. Yoda's words. They are real, they sink in, it's a LOOOONG process.
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For me, it all revolves around the right forearm.
I keep putting together magic right forearm documents, mostly from Yoda and the others here. It becomes a tangible thing and it works. Hard work exorcizing those demons, but worth every minute you spend!
Kevin
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I could be wrong. I have been before, and will be again.
This is driving me nuts at the moment. I understand in better detail how the right forearm is supposed to operate. I can describe it...I know at least 4 drills that help develop it...I can do it...SELDOM! I am so used to wheeling it with my shoulders, taking it back low and slow with my left arm etc. Years and years of executed ignorance. I am going to keep plugging away with it. I have what I have termed an "arm sway" meaning my head is pretty well stationary ( and better on the centered end) but my right arm actually straightens in startup...it is almost imperceptible (in fact the only evidence is my feel...constrasted with a well executed start-up) I am having a good time working it out...I know I am working on the right things
Here is how I deal with a similar habit of straightening the right elbow in start up:
-my old swing saw a pronounced shoulder turn takeaway which enabled an extension of both arms going back. A disruption of the clubhead orbit resulting.
-with the left shoulder held still as a drill only, the right side must shorten as the power package moves away from the ball.
- you dont want to freeze up your shoulder turn but you must fight the tendency to over turn the left shoulder actively.
-The right shoulder governs the left shoulders motion.
-My feel is a turn of the right shoulder away that allows it and right arm bending to pull the left arm which pulls the left shoulder around. Weird but thats the notion.
-The right arm will then shorten immediately in startup.
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Thanks for the tip OB. I recently found that if i have insufficient waist bend at start up I tend to fight a shoulder turn takeaway. Standing too straight to the ball promotes a very flat arm swing i.e. no hint of RFA pick-up as they follow the shoulders in and around. My frustration with this is compounded by the current heat wave!
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