[O.B.Left]

No. Don't straighten the Right Arm from the Top.

You want to Deliver the bent Right Arm into Release. Straightening later is better. I Drag the club in Start Down via the Pivot, then I Drive the Club through Impact with the late straightening of the Right Arm.

The immediate straightening of the Right Arm from the Top is weak. You want the Right Arm to be fully straight at Follow Through (2 feet past the ball). If you begin the straightening from the Top and (best case scenario) your Right Arm becomes straight at Follow Through, you have spread the straightening of the Right Arm throughout the entire Downstroke. It equates to a large Release Interval. More often than not, when the straightening starts at Top, the Right Arm becomes fully straight prior to Impact. If anyone tells you to straighten the Right Arm from the Top, hand them their sign .

On the other hand, if you straighten the Right Arm as late as possible, you've compressed the straightening of the Right Arm into a small amount of time. This equates to a small Release Interval. If you have the need for speed, this is the stroke you want.

Luke

Nice, drag then drive.

Never thought about too much right elbow bend at impact. Very interesting point . I guess not too many people suffer from this condiition compared to the opposite , not enough right arm extension left for the ball. Most often a right shoulder left behind at top problem.



Brownman.

4,1,2,3. Right shoulder down is start down, need to have some pivot axis first. Luke showed me the start down waggle to learn this in my lesson with him and Yoda last year.

Like you with your weight already target wards, sneaking your right shoulder (no 4 I think) close to the guys head and then jabbing (no 1) through the target (his head or aiming point in TGM). In golf the aiming point is not the green but down, down and out in the dirt, somewhere around low point.

Maximum force would have the right shoulder and the jab going through the ball. This is 4 barrel maybe however I think, I dunno. Probably not a place to start but a place to experiment with once you have it all working really well. I loved your post about the right shoulder in boxing, "either to it or right through it". A jab vs a punch. Both pack a blow.

Sorry if this is half baked Luke but this is where Im at anyways. Please advise.

OB