the left arm getting pulled straight

[Daryl]

If I'm trying to bust one I can pretty much stop thiinking about extensor action from release point on, because I couldn't bend my left arm if I wanted to. As a swinger, I believe you feel it strongest through impact as that is the point where you left shoulder is going up and back at the same time your club head is still traveling down and out and seeking its inline condition. This is when you'll most feel the centrifugal force of the club head moving away from the center of rotation, your left shoulder.

Perfect. I agreeeeee. And moving the ball back in your stance disturbs that alignment.

[bambam]

Perfect. I agreeeeee. And moving the ball back in your stance disturbs that alignment.

Moving the ball back would just mean you feel the max pulling sensation later after impact, right? That's assuming you aren't adding excessive axis tilt and moving low point back to compensate for a too-far back ball position. It also assumes the ball is teed high enough that you don't hit the ground at/before low point, as that tends to lessen that pulling out of socket feel of the left arm.

[Daryl]

Moving the ball back would just mean you feel the max pulling sensation later after impact, right?

If you're lucky. The feeling is Centrifugal force. Moving the ball back means that the ball is gone before the geometry that produced the force could be fully developed.

[Mike O]

I don't think it's good to use feel as a procedural key for your movement. I really believe in using feel as a tool for integrating your movement. Besides that general statement- focusing on a particular feel such as what he experiences- not good- unless it is a process of changing your movement. This post requires too many questions and answers for this forum but I had to put my two cents in- couldn't resist on such an important topic as that. Love that stuff. Watch the smartazz follow-up post- I can smell the smell of grease wafting this way!