TGM teachers usually recommend (often recommend) the RIGHT SHOULDER AS BEING THE SHOULDER THAT INITIATES THINGS ON THE DOWNSWING, NOT THE LEFT. The Right Shoulder, of course, must move properly, and on plane.
The PHYSICS part of golf is interesting, and can get tricky, especially when there are some FEEL vs. REAL factors.
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You can get more players to get the right shoulder on plane by telling them to move their left shoulder up/back then telling them to get the right shoulder down plane.
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Using that article one can certainly explain the why and how some golfers can hit from their knees or sitting on a chair just about as far as they hit when standing on thier two feet.
When Annika won the Women's US Open, in one of the post interviews she was talking about smoothing out her body to get her swing back on track.
You can get more players to get the right shoulder on plane by telling them to move their left shoulder up/back then telling them to get the right shoulder down plane.
James,
That is a sure fire recipe for round housing.
The left shoulder should not take any active part in the downswing and must only be left to respond to the dictates of its right sided cousin. If "righty" goes down and out then "lefty" has no where else to go other than up and in. Not so the other way round though!
I can see where you are coming from but considering that the left shoulder/arm, et al, are never on plane, but the right forearm, at impact, and the right shoulder, coming down plane into impact, must be, then the focus should be on them and not on an inactive, off plane, left shoulder.
Any downswing precipitated, and governed, by the left shoulder has to have an unacceptable potential for undesirable consequences.
I know what you're saying....in that the right shoulder is what you should be monitoring alignment wise.....but I think there something not right about actually actively moving it downplane in the downswing.....that's just me though I guess.
I understand there are some people who like to do this....I think Jim has said it works for him.
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Any downswing precipitated, and governed, by the left shoulder has to have an unacceptable potential for undesirable consequences.
Ya you'd prolly be better off monitoring the hands a lot of the time....I think this is a doable thing tho. (without disasterous consequences or w/e)
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