swing left, and look like this

[EdZ]

I'm in the learning phase, so maybe I can be a sample of the student population.

A teacher who has all the information told me to "turn around my *spine*" and to "swing left." I literally attempted to swing by turning laterally around each section of my spine (instead of a swing center). Then I would try to swing left. The results: I lost 25 yards and gained 8 strokes. I made many visits back to better understand the information, but the information never got specific.

In fact, I had to go to the internet to figure out his advice. A google search got me to the yellow book.

I think some teachers fail to realize that vague information can be interpreted lots of ways, and the student leaves guessing which is correct and in search of the confidence he lost.

I don't know why some teachers behave thisway, whether it is out of apathy or out of a lack of respect for the student's intellect, but being vague is a real detriment to a student.

Fortunately for me, I have found one of the best out there to guide me along...

Any thought of 'swing left' tends to produce a right shoulder and/or right foream that is way too high through impact, a round house move. It may work as a band aid for some because they effectively use the right shoulder to compensate for uneducated hands and misaligned flying wedges, and try to square up with a right shoulder 'lunge'.

Far better to learn to get that right shoulder moving down plane, and to learn proper hinge action and Rhythm.

Chip, pitch, punch. The right arm straightens down and OUT, through impact, to both arms straight

[cpwindow4]

Any thought of 'swing left' tends to produce a right shoulder and/or right foream that is way too high through impact, a round house move. It may work as a band aid for some because they effectively use the right shoulder to compensate for uneducated hands and misaligned flying wedges, and try to square up with a right shoulder 'lunge'.

Far better to learn to get that right shoulder moving down plane, and to learn proper hinge action and Rhythm.

Chip, pitch, punch. The right arm straightens down and OUT, through impact, to both arms straight

May I add to this staement if I could.
I would say the reason most people think in terms of left is this thinking of the follow through as being the total cause and effect and not the downswing.
So lets keep in mind many of the top teachers in this world can't break 80. Why would they say they would hit the ball on the downswing?
So really the only time I would think of being left is when I am testing my finished product (the wedges and were my right shoulder may or may have not ended up) in my finish and not my follow though.