CF will align the Clubface for Horizontal Hinging. True, true. And for anyone skilled to harness CF to uncock the Left Wrist will more than likely produce a perfectly usable Hinge based on the Right Forearm Angle of Approach.
But, the Right Forearm Angle of Approach has a separate identity and the Golfing Machine is based on the RFAA. If you're Hinging, then you've adopted the RFAA as your procedure for delivering the Club to "Low-Point" rather than most others who have adopted the "Swivel". There are many ways to Swivel. Homer talks about three Swivels and one as being a "True Rotation" of the Hands to differentiate other kinds.
Some players start playing Golf with a 10 handicap, others start from 50. The difference is the RFAA vs. Swivel through the Impact Interval.
The RFAA controls Ball Placement, Low-Point, Stance Width, Hooks, Draws, Slices and Fades, Hinging, Hitting and Swinging. Any issues about striking the Ball including Clubhead Speed, Shaft Length, Interval Length, etc, must be adjusted by the Right Forearm Angle of Approach.
So, I'm producing a video series on the Golfing Machine. The Pre-Introduction Video is about the Right Forearm Angle of Approach. I decided it was necessary because without its understanding, Almost All of the Golfing Machines concepts are lost in vagueness. It was discovered and defined by Homer Kelley. He didn't invent it. It's been around since the first golf club was made and may explain precisely why they're designed the way they are and why we swing the clubs the way we do. It's probably the most significant concept in Swinging a Golf Club especially how it adjusts the Geometry of the Circle.
It's "Stupid Simple". Maybe that's why it's been so overlooked for so long while everyone was busy looking for the Holy Grail of Golf. It's intermixed with everything else so much that it needed someone like Homer to reduce the swing into simple components to identify and describe its separate existence.
I need to finish this video in a hurry before someone else gets wind of it and takes it without giving Homer his due.
Just got home, grabbed some wood to put in the garage stacks since we are having rain and snow tonight, then turned on the lights since it was about 8:30 pm, and grabbed the impact bag and golf bag. 35 degrees outside and I flexed the stiff wedges, the regular irons, the stiff 3 wood and hybrids and the senior shafted drivers from various manufacturers.
What I mean is that having not hit a ball in ten days, I was able to imagine bucket practice with my right forearm inside pointing up to the sky. Correct grip,Extensor Action, Right Forearm Takeaway with and without Startup Swivel, and simply slide my left knee parallel to the Base Line of the Plane. The # 3 PP loads for the Swing and the shafts B_E_N_D_S as it does for the Hit.
In both cases, the right forearm stays flexed as it (and the shoulder) drops down in FRONT of the back hip still pointed skyward before the right forearm extends through the ball hinging before the distinct Finish Swivel.
The LAG pops that bag and sound like a rifle shot as as the shaft flexes back and the club head feels to explode well in front of my front hip with longer clubs!
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Wow thanks daryl lots to think on there. I personally do often Swing my right forearm flying wedge perceptually . It isn't right arm swinging or anything just a perception . Think homer would be cool with this ... Just too lazy to find the chapter verse efc right now.
Left arm flail or right arm flying wedge you can swing either through the ball.
I do have theoretical issues with some of yiur points but ... Who gives a shank!
And another cool benefit... My last couple of rounds I was not that aware of Extensor Action and I paid for it by lacking precision in the first 9 holes in each round. With EA, the forearms and elbows are drawn closer together like Mr. Hogan's famous description of "bound arms" with insides of the arms pointing to the sky. The Right Forearm Takeaway easily turns the whole upper body and feels to pivot off the right elbow pressed against the ribs though the elbow does then move away from the ribs. The feel of the Power Package is solid, one piece and very controlled which allowed me to par the last four and five holes in the last two rounds with no sweat. Without the Extensor Action, bogeys were quite easy and frustrating where pars should have been the order of the day easy and frustrating.
This winter season will see me practicing full Extensor Action and RFT daily with a Bent Right Wrist with and without Start-up Swivel.
ICT
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Daryl, Are you saying the RFAA is a "master" alignment?
HB
The Right Forearm Flying Wedge On-Plane from Release through the Impact Interval is a Master Alignment. It has an Angle of Approach that changes to accommodate all different shots.
I haven't done a good job explaining the RFAA. I'll try harder.
When Homer Kelley says that the Right Forearm Flying Wedge needs to be On-Plane from Release through the Impact Interval, he isn't talking about "Ben Hogans Plane" or the Swing Plane Angle or direction of the baseline of the Swing Plane.
He means that the Right Forearm and Longitudinal COG of the Club must be in Alignment, and when they're Aligned, they form their own Plane - the Plane of the Right Wrist Bend. It would be nice if the COG of the Club were also on the chosen Swing Plane Angle but the Right Forearm Wedge has its very own Alignment and it can follow any Swing Plane Angle or Swing Plane Baseline Direction the Player Chooses.
So, the Right Forearm Flying Wedge should form a Plane of its own. And the Right Forearm, from Release through Impact "approaches" Low-Point by moving "Down, Out and Forward". This creates an Angle.
How do you - the Golfer - know whether or not your Right Forearm Approach angle is optimal? You say: "The right Forearm Flying Wedge should be Aligned to the Swing Plane, and then, it's Optimal". And I say: "The Right Forearm Angle of Approach shows you the Swing Plane and Plane Angle it deems necessary to sustain the Line of Compression" (or something like that).
The Right Forearm Flying Wedge On-Plane from Release through the Impact Interval is a Master Alignment. It has an Angle of Approach that changes to accommodate all different shots.
I haven't done a good job explaining the RFAA. I'll try harder.
When Homer Kelley says that the Right Forearm Flying Wedge needs to be On-Plane from Release through the Impact Interval, he isn't talking about "Ben Hogans Plane" or the Swing Plane Angle or direction of the baseline of the Swing Plane.
He means that the Right Forearm and Longitudinal COG of the Club must be in Alignment, and when they're Aligned, they form their own Plane - the Plane of the Right Wrist Bend. It would be nice if the COG of the Club were also on the chosen Swing Plane Angle but the Right Forearm Wedge has its very own Alignment and it can follow any Swing Plane Angle or Swing Plane Baseline Direction the Player Chooses.
So, the Right Forearm Flying Wedge should form a Plane of its own. And the Right Forearm, from Release through Impact "approaches" Low-Point by moving "Down, Out and Forward". This creates an Angle.
How do you - the Golfer - know whether or not your Right Forearm Approach angle is optimal? You say: "The right Forearm Flying Wedge should be Aligned to the Swing Plane, and then, it's Optimal". And I say: "The Right Forearm Angle of Approach shows you the Swing Plane and Plane Angle it deems necessary to sustain the Line of Compression" (or something like that).
"...sustain the Line of Compression...with/for each club." IMHO
ICT
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Last edited by innercityteacher : 11-27-2012 at 03:43 PM.
And the Right Forearm, from Release through Impact "approaches" Low-Point by moving "Down, Out and Forward".
This statement typifies a widespread and damaging misconception among TGM students. The hands are moving up and in at impact, and so also the right forearm is moving up and in at impact.
This statement typifies a widespread and damaging misconception among TGM students. The hands are moving up and in at impact, and so also the right forearm is moving up and in at impact.
We know that but at this point in the discussion it is little more than subterfuge. The basic alignments ar at issue here please.
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