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LOREN:
The learning curriculum starts with Basic Motion, two feet back and two
feet through in learning what the arms do. It’s pivot-less, one source of
power, right shoulder or right arm, no wrist cock, zero out the roll power
accumulator, which is the angle of the shaft to the left arm.
Then from 3 feet back up to a max of right forearm parallel to the ground
is called Acquired Motion because we are acquiring more power sources,
wrist cock and roll. It’s learning what the hands and wrists do. It’s still
relatively pivot-less, little body involvement, mainly clearing the way. The
finish is follow-through, defined to be both arms straight, clubhead still
below the hands. Look at the clubhead toe attitude to see the effects of
hinge action. (Control Your Clubface). Feel a roll, feel no roll, or create a
reverse roll. At this level you can also practice punch shots and add the
finish swivel to some of those. The Finish Swivel is the bridge between
follow-through and finish. The left elbow folds down and the left forearm
swivels counter clockwise to lay the sweet spot back on plane and keep
the lag, flat left wrist, bent right. Ideally, lag is never lost.
Whenever the clubshaft, the flat left wrist, and the sweet spot get on
plane, the right wrist bend is correct for impact and should be frozen and
maintained from then on. See the flashlight drills in the Golf School
Articles, Plane series.
You won’t “flip” the left wrist if you hit down. Feel the #1 pressure
point instead of PP#3 or in addition to #3 if you’re flipping it.
Extensor Action will keep it together. Golf School article Keep the Left
Arm Straight.
Then, up past right forearm parallel to the ground and on up to Top
(right shoulder high) we’re working on pivot, the body, balance. It’s still
not an uninhibited full-out swing. It’s just Total Motion, adding Body to
Arms and Hands. All parts working, just not full-bore. Same remarks
regarding the bent right wrist.