The action of the right forearm takeaway is an up motion of the right forearm from address per 7-3, (the fanning motion is a result of having the left hand and arm attached to the club)...or as Tom Tomasello said, a folding or levering of the right forearm from address...once you truly understand that motion and can execute it flawlessly, your swing and game will go to another level. Magic of the Right Forearm gentlemen. Your backswing confusion will no longer be an issue.
DG
Last edited by Delaware Golf : 08-25-2010 at 12:06 AM.
If you don't have a copy of the Tom Tomasello 1991 interview that explains the forearm motion...PM me and provide your regular email address, I will send you a copy.
DG
Last edited by Delaware Golf : 08-25-2010 at 12:00 AM.
The action of the right forearm takeaway is an up motion of the right forearm from address per 7-3 (the fanning motion is a result of having the left hand and arm attached to the club)...or as Tom Tomasello said, a folding or levering of the right forearm from address...once you truly understand that motion and can execute it flawlessly, your swing and game will go to another level. Magic of the Right Forearm gentlemen. Your backswing confusion will no longer be an issue.
If you don't have a copy of the Tom Tomasello 1991 interview that explains the forearm motion...PM me and provide your regular email address, I will send you a copy.
DG
Last edited by Delaware Golf : 08-25-2010 at 12:06 AM.
I'm convinced that the RFT is the absolute best way to start the swing. I was having a lot of inconsistency with my swing using a STT. I practiced tonight using the RFT, and I was hitting long lasers. Delaware Tommy's swing + an old school heel lift type pivot = Godly ballstiking. The drill he shows in the video actually had me doing the RFT incorrectly. I was rotation the club to a toe up position, and then cocking the club up with my right bicep, Opps
Is this right arm move the same regardless of being a hitter or a swinger?
Yes, but the execution of the right forearm has to comply with the left wrist action 18-C-2 (single wrist action versus standard wrist action) per the action addressed in 7-19-2 (by resisting the Backstroke motion for Drive Loading). The number three power accumlator during a right forearm takeaway wants to rotate naturally, so the golfer needs to resist that natural rotation by resisting it with the right forearm (reference the first two paragraphs in 7-3). So with the hitting motion you have three things happening simultaneously....extensor action, bending of the right elbow and resisiting the natural rotation of the (left forearm and wrist) with the right arm. Takes a little bit of coordination and concentration. But once you grasp the movements and with some practice, the movement becomes as natural as swinging with the right forearm takeaway.
I recommend re-reading section 7-3 on a regular basis, much to learn in that section alone. The Golfing Machine is an excellent text to develop the habit of learning a subject by continual re-reading. During a 5 or 6 year stretch, I read the book on a daily basis.
As Tom Tomasello said to me on the driving range at Deer Track Resort in Myrtle Beach...."to get this game in your hip pocket you need to learn both hitting and swinging".
DG
Last edited by Delaware Golf : 08-27-2010 at 08:41 PM.
The number three power accumlator during a right forearm takeaway wants to rotate naturally, so the golfer needs to resist that natural rotation by resisting it with the right forearm (reference the first two paragraphs in 7-3)
DG
I assume this is kind wha JB Holmes does or maybe what Ricky Fowler does in his backswing.
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Yes, but the execution of the right forearm has to comply with the left wrist action 18-C-2 (single wrist action versus standard wrist action) per the action addressed in 7-19-2 (by resisting the Backstroke motion for Drive Loading). The number three power accumlator during a right forearm takeaway wants to rotate naturally, so the golfer needs to resist that natural rotation by resisting it with the right forearm (reference the first two paragraphs in 7-3). So with the hitting motion you have three things happening simultaneously....extensor action, bending of the right elbow and resisiting the natural rotation of the (left forearm and wrist) with the right arm. Takes a little bit of coordination and concentration. But once you grasp the movements and with some practice, the movement becomes as natural as swinging with the right forearm takeaway.
I recommend re-reading section 7-3 on a regular basis, much to learn in that section alone. The Golfing Machine is an excellent text to develop the habit of learning a subject by continual re-reading. During a 5 or 6 year stretch, I read the book on a daily basis.
As Tom Tomasello said to me on the driving range at Deer Track Resort in Myrtle Beach...."to get this game in your hip pocket you need to learn both hitting and swinging".
DG
I have read here, and seen on video that Extensor Action is a "gentle tug." I have found, however that the strong EA pull as I trace BLP, yields awesome results! I hit some of my longest drives today, ever, and straightest, longest irons and hybrids as well.
Sadly for me, several irons flew over the pins I aimed at by 10 or 15 yards in the thickest rough on course. All I could manage was a 45/39.
What is the logical explanation for what I'm experiencing? Am I misunderstanding something important while I add 1.5 club lengths to my boyish charm and John Wayne rugged good looks?
MOI
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I'm convinced that the RFT is the absolute best way to start the swing. I was having a lot of inconsistency with my swing using a STT. I practiced tonight using the RFT, and I was hitting long lasers. Delaware Tommy's swing + an old school heel lift type pivot = Godly ballstiking. The drill he shows in the video actually had me doing the RFT incorrectly. I was rotation the club to a toe up position, and then cocking the club up with my right bicep, Opps
Actually Tommy's GI interview describes the up and down motion of the right forearm perfectly as Homer describes it per section 7-3. I believe the drill you're talking about (the 10 step sequence drill), that first move, the one to two position is to show/demonstrate the right wrist (only) bends and the left wrist turns and cocks. However, during actual play, if you are going to use the right forearm takeaway, its a folding up of the right forearm from the address position....it's a very precise movement. Not surprised you were crushing the ball. It's a great feeling not to guess where the club is going in the backswing. It's "The Magic of the Right Forearm"...that it is....
It's a great feeling not to guess where the club is going in the backswing. It's "The Magic of the Right Forearm"...that it is.... 
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