PP3 is located, more or less, at the base of the index finger. It is one of three pressure points on the shaft. Each pressure point is located on the backside of the shaft and are driven by power accumulators. They are not “pressured” points activated by squeezing or pressing. A pressure point of the front side of the shaft has little value in how you power a shaft- either by pushing or pulling.
PP3 is still “attached” to the shaft at start-up- sort of a reverse pp3 pull. Use Extensor Action with pp3 and snap the left wrist straight if you like early or set wrists later. PP3 will always be there.
There is a danger with pp3. If you push pp3 with just the index finger you will get throw-away, a flip. The right forearm Flying Wedge and the pivot drives pp3- not active hands.
By all means educate your hands to all three of the pressure points and use them on a straight plane line.
The fourth pressure point is the contact of the left arm on the chest.
There is a danger with pp3. If you push pp3 with just the index finger you will get throw-away, a flip. The right forearm Flying Wedge and the pivot drives pp3- not active hands.
An appreciation of that statement alone could save hundreds of guys a whole load of grief.
There is a danger with pp3. If you push pp3 with just the index finger you will get throw-away, a flip. The right forearm Flying Wedge and the pivot drives pp3- not active hands.
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I fall into the trap you describe above very often your expaination that the pivot and right forearm flying wedge drives PP3 should help me a lot.
There is a danger with pp3. If you push pp3 with just the index finger you will get throw-away, a flip. The right forearm Flying Wedge and the pivot drives pp3- not active hands.
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Absolutely - after watching the guys on the range at a Nationwide event, even very good players have this problem - in large part due to poor/improper right forearm and right wrist alignments.
Chapter 5 is critical to understand. I wish it included down the line photos. See 9-2-1 #2 and 9-2-2 #2.
Proper alignments really, really help prevent a lot of in swing compensations, and the most common I saw out on the Nationwide was very poor right forearm positions - a few so extremely off I was amazed that they could play at such a high level.
I would say the majority very clearly have the right forearm way too high at address and a right wrist that is cocked, rather than level. I saw one example of a player who combined a very high right forearm and shoulder with an extreme bend from the hips and 'low hands' - a recipe for inconsistent shots (which this player had a lot of as I watched), and a lot of pulls/pushes and thin/fat shots.
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