A (G.O.L.F.) Lover's Triangle

[Yoda]

FL-John wrote:

Yoda I think you are the first to mention the immediate compression of the right side of the triangle, etc. Not sure of my questions but wondering if you could elaborate as to why? Fl-John

I think it is still 'news' to most of the Golf World. I can assure you it wasnews back in the early '80s, when one well-known instructor -- I won't mentionhis name but it rhymes with Mallard -- was promoting the idea of"retaining the triangle as long as possible" in the Backstroke. Infact, the Golf World was so enamored with the idea that you could hardly pickup a publication without seeing some famous player with triangle graphicsdecorating his Address, Start-Up, and Backstroke.

When Homer was reviewing The Triangle Assembly (6-A-1) with our 1982 GSEMclass, we discussed this bending of the Right Elbow in Start-Up (Magic of theRight Forearm / 7-3). Obviously, this was quite different than that"other" triangle with its frozen arms well into the Backstroke.

So I asked Homer about it, and this is exactly what he said:

"Oh, that silly thing? It's useless."