[Jeff]

12PB

My arm lifting problem is from an old swing video clip - pre-April 2008 (the starting time-point when I starting studying TGM).

I now perform this right clap hand motion which allows me to keep the clubshaft on-plane and I try to avoid any arm lifting action at the end of my backswing (which is a bad habit that gets me off-plane with a cross-the-line clubshaft).

Bagger

The right clap hand action is only the first part of my takeaway drill description. The second part involves practicing with a dowel stick - where I try to keep my right wrist level while performing the right clap hand action.



This series of photos shows that I am trying to keep the right wrist level (without any right wrist upcocking) while the right wrist bends back during the right clap hand action - note that I am looking-looking to ensure that the central end of the dowel stick (blue dotted line) remains in-line with the right forearm (red dotted line). That should hopefully help keep the clubshaft on-plane during the entire backswing action.

Augusta - do you have a different right forearm takeaway recommendation for a swinger versus a hitter? I thought that the right forearm takeaway fanning action is similar, except that a swinger allows the left forearm to pronate more thus producing the start up swivel action that gets the toe of the club up by the end of the takeaway, while a hitter simply carries the hands back during the right forearm takeaway with no left forearm pronatory-induced swivel action.

Jeff.