Right Arm Swinger
 

If you are a right arm swinger who plays primarily from a pitch elbow position, would you need to employ horizontal hinge? I know a pure hitter typically uses angled hinge, but I wasn't sure about a right arm swinger. Thanks

I believe Tomasello was a right arm swinger and in one of his videos he stated that 90% of the time a right arm swinger would employ horizontal hingeing. That was his suggestion to Lee in his letter video to gain greater distance and create a draw to his ball flight.

Thanks HG, I have used a basic hitting procedure in the past and the horizontal hinge resulted in a hook. I did not know if it was the same for right arm swingers.

The primary lever assembly is driven by creating a pressure against it. There are only two points that you can create a pressure to drive that lever assembly. That is acc/pp4 (swinging) and acc/pp1(hitting). Remember the right arm is just a piston and as such the elbow location determines the usage of that right arm. If you are in a pitch location - the right triceps can only apply extensor action which is a non-accelerating thrust - the straightening of that piston (right triceps) ain't creating a pressure against the lever assembly....there is no way it can! it just works against the checkrein of the left arm.

ok guys, did something I've never done before. Shot a 35 on the front 9 with my new motion. I've been working on right arm swinging, kind of stumbled upon it at the range without really knowing what it was. It's amazing to me that TGM is able to actually define everything. All I do is bring the club straight back, RFP, and swing my right elbow towards my left front pocket, or pull the club with my right hand. Struggled initially with hooking the ball, however, with slighting opening my stance and a more forward ball position, I'm hitting a slight fade. I just have to ensure that I keep more of an angled hinge and hold off on rolling the hands or horizontal hinging or left comes into play quickly.

'Going Low' With Tball
 

Congratulations, tball! :clap:

While I was on the range at Kingsmill yesterday I listned in on Judy Rankin speaking with Christie Kerr. Kerr was discussing some of her key swing 'feels', as well as her strong background in teaching.

"right now I'm feeling my right side going 'down'" says Kerr as she demonstrates quite exactly the 'magic of the right forearm'

On the range, she was 'dead on' all morning. Didn't miss a single shot by more than a yard or two.

Enter the mental game - she missed her 1st tee shot, which clearly upset her, missing a tap in for a par recovery from two very tough spots. On the 3rd hole, she yanked one far left, but recovered with a par. Despite the relatively good recoveries on all but the first hole, she had a tough day - all mental game from what I could tell.

She had lost the 'magic of the right forearm' on a few shots, getting to high with her right side, but it wasn't a swing flaw at all, but a mental one.

Kerr and Webb on the range hit the ball as well as anyone I have ever seen, but Webb took it to the course.

No wonder you're hooking the ball....don't bring the club down with the right hand....use the right forearm....the MAGIC OF THE RIGHT FOREARM...read and study 7-3. Also, read and study the last paragraph of 4-D-1.

DG

Will do DG. I think it's starting to click a bit. I was able to employ a little bit of a horizontal hinge today with a draw, not a hook. If I want to fade, I am still employing an angled hinge action. I'll focus in on 4-D-1 and 7-3.

Played another 9 today and shot 37, although the score was better than I actually played. I chipped in on 2 for birdie and only had 13 putts.

I still have to be very careful not to hang back and "quit"