[O.B.Left]

I had a lesson today with my TGM instructor. He showed me the concept of throwing a dart (or ball) at the golf ball in the address position.

I was amazed at how far to the right I was actually throwing the ball, i.e. flat and from the inside.

This dart throwing exercise seems a a good way to trace the plane with the right forearm, any contributions to this idea?

Hey Crawford

Tracing and the thrust of the right arm (be it passively or actively , swinging or hitting) are related but different concepts. You need to master both. The Tracing of the Delivery Line of the clubHEAD being a Visual Equivalent to the on plane Delivery Path of the hands.

Your dart throwing is perhaps the more important of the two however in that it is the hands or more specifically the pressure points that we ultimately are swinging, directing or driving down plane and not the clubhead. Also the straight line thrust continues down to both arms straight. That is still "down" even though you are past impact, past low point. All the way down and if on plane "out" as well. Three dimensional impact. Both arms getting straight at follow through. The ball responds to this geometry in a very positive way even on the smallest of chips.

Check out the free videos in the Lynn Blake section of the Gallery. One called "Wedges and Dowels" one called "Hitting vs Swinging".

ob