Look at yourself in down the line view in a mirror at Impact Fix. Put tape on the mirror to represent the plane. You will see that your right shoulder can be set on the same plane as the clubshaft and the right forearm.
Not without a straight arm I cant. What does it take for the shoulder to be considered on the plane? If it requires the shoulder to be bisected by the plane, I don't see how you can have both the trail shoulder and forearm on the same plane angle without a straight arm. If it only requires the shoulder to rest on top of the plane then I can see how you could have the trail shoulder and forearm on the same plane angle with a very, very slight bend at the elbow.
Can you draw me a picture rwh? Or better yet post a pic of someone
Unfortunately I don't have my copy anymore, and without some other visual depicting what your saying is possible, a fourth stickmen for example, I just can't swallow it rwh, sorry However, I have found an answer that Mike O gave when I asked a similar question early last year
Originally Posted by Mike O
I think it's obvious that the right shoulder is ideally just on-plane during the start-down. If it's thrusting - then ideally during that thrust period it would be on plane- but not necessary as you could have an offsetting thrust to balance it out if it was thrusting offplane- see 2-N-1 for that discussion. Of course, there are certain limited conditions/strokes where the right shoulder could be on-plane throughout the downstroke - but we're talking about the norm i.e. you'll have a tough time finding a professional who has their right shoulder on plane at impact- if not impossible. For those that think the right shoulder should/could be on plane throughout the downstroke then you'll need to clearly prove your point.
So in his opinion the stickman in the middle is closest to the real world reality.(hope that's right) I've seen photo's showing golfers using the TSP and looking like each of the stickmen, and I'm just curious which variant TGM would advocate. So far the middle guy is 1up. If you can draw a fourth alternative or post a pic of someone doing differently, please do. How bout the TSP's number one fan. Yoda?