Finish swivel problems
 

I was alerted the other day by my brother that there were some strange goings on in my follow through. So i checked in the mirror when i got home and sure enough i'm not swiveling back onto plane in my follow through.

Now i think i remember reading (correct me if i'm wrong) that the finish swivel is an independent rolling of the left forearm. So is it this i should concentrate on or would this just be fixing the symtom of another problem earlier on in my swing?

The reason why i ask is because when i hit balls with just my left arm i perform the finish swivel back onto plane no problem. It feels very natural and not like any independent rolling is going on, just the arm responding to the swing of the club. Which makes me think that it could be the role of the right arm that is actually at fault.

Cheers for your help.

Danny

you answered your own question and even have the fix that i give out to people but the fix is working so you figured out your problem lol, faulty right arm action.

Keep making those one arm swings but slowly add the right hand. Add 2 fingers, then 4, then GENTLY have the hand resting. Eventually you'll learn to keep your right arm passive and you'll be fine.

Two for one
 

My arms help each other in pulling for "swinging" and pushing for "hitting".

Thanks for the advice jim_0068. I tried your drill and it seems my right arm is having a bad effect on my plane line. With just my left arm i swing down plane quite nicely hovever as soon as i put that right arm on the club my first move at start down is too under and across getting the club shaft pointing well outside the target line. I think from there i can't release properly which is why i don't get any finish swivel.

Can anybody give me advice on getting that right arm to work for me and not against me?

Cheers,

Danny

Get some plane lasers and learn to trace a straight plane line. Also use some extensor action to keep the club more "in front" of you.

Hi Danny_XXXXX (sorry, cant say the word, I had em - as Mr Penick says, I prefer to call it laterals)...

At any rate, I am not sure of the swivel being independent of the rolling of the left arm. However, the finish swivel is a rotation (some say wrist, some say forearm) that allows or ensures an onplane motion through the follow through. And, in this case, the main issue to me is - if you dont swivel back on plane (for whatever reason or as a result of whatever anatomical reason), the real issue would seem to occur before. What I mean is, if I want to be onplane, prior to a movement, I have to initiate and sustain it. SO, if you dont swivel back onplane, I would think you issue in that regard would begin prior to impact.

I have the same issue. And for me, trying to hook it off the course works. WAY WAY WAY off he course. Over and over (crimson and clover - :)). Rotate them ole forearms, wrists, hands...whatever it takes! Both of them!

Of course, take this for what it's worth (free website, free posts), but just an idea.

-Patrick