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You do not want the right arm to straighten before impact. This is running out of right arm. Remember- just past Low point- which is just in front of the ball does the right arm fully become straight. A hitter stops at the Top- shoulder high and On Plane. The Pivot Lag Train will prevent over the top and keep the body ahead of the Hands. The correct use of the Right Shoulder is the key.

Thanks!! Thats was a nice contribution to timing my right forearm thrust.

This is something not usually done by a Hitter.

I understand. I have bveen spending some time with Bobby Clampett's new book and have some nice dividends to show for my efforts. I have acquired some delicious new distance working hard on creating lag, and then sustaining it. I use some of the concepts you suggest as well. Particularly I love the idea of hitting the ball with my pressure points. I am trying hard to get better at feeling the lag in pressure points #1 and #3. I absolutely love using pressure point number 3 in my chipping, and have recently added it to my putting in the hope of developing its potential further. Having made some nice progress with lag creation and back hinging as I start down, I would hate to give those techniques up, unless I am confident that I will end up with something better. So I am testing the different lagging techniques empirically to find out what works best for me. Thanks for the new suggestions in this regard. (One of the things I noticed in watching Hitter's Row video is that Lynn Blake's wrist angles near the top of his back swing, are much more acute than Ted Fort's. I wonder what Lynn does when he hits instead of swings. Does he change to a hitter's lag techniques, or does he use what he already does so well? ) Anyone know?

Something else I really really like from Bobby Clampett is that he believes a golfer should take a divot that continues 4 inches in front of the impact point. That concept has resulted in a significantly improved ball flight for me. It particularly works especially great out of the sand trap. I do a drill in the sand trap where I draw a line in the sand, and then concentrate on hitting the line (the ball) and taking a 4 inch divot had of the line. I guess that means that I am aiming for mole heads significantly in front my impact point instead of just in front of impact. Do you strongly disagree with Bobby Claimpett suggestion?