What do you mean by "Rotation"? With your Left Hand off the Club, could you please describe what you do to "Rotate" your Right Hand, Wedge, or Club? It's ok to keep it simple, I don't know if we mean the same thing for "Rotation", that's why I'm asking.


What if the Golf Ball was aligned at your shoulder height? Would your Clubhead Path be Out-and-Out?

Rotation / roll / movement to right to left / anti clock wise.
Shoulder high is like baseball. Inside - to square - to inside, I would imagine.

I'm specifically asking "What do you do?" to Rotate - Roll from Right To Left. Please describe the motion you make. What happens to the Hand? etc. What Happens to the Right Forearm?

Usually I would only straighten the right arm and let the left forearm/wrist do the job in this horizontal hinging. But in stead of concentrating solely on the left (fore)arm I wonder if one also can let the right forearm/hand active contribute in this rolling motion. How do I describe a motion that feels like a turn by the right forearm/hands if the term turn could apply to a turning to the left, which it doesn't - turn is to the right. What does the right arm do when it rotates - it "turns"/twists to the left (or maybe it's this swivel business again - which I still havn't fully understood, it seems..)

When you ask me questions - and I try to answer - and you don't give me the answers - then I can't know if I have answered correctly or not and it makes it even more confusing. I know it is difficult to teach things to pupils who don't understand what you are talking about. Poor pupils - now I know what it's like (too late).

I don't want to give you the answers because it won't help you. You need to understand the answers and be able to execute the motion using the correct alignments. If you'll take a minute to understand the motions/alignments, then I'll lead you to the answer. I'm not able to determine if you know or don't know. If you know, then good. If not, then This will help you understand. But if you don't understand this simple motion/alignment, and if you understand by the time we're finished, then tomorrow, you'll wake up a much better Golfer. This is one of the times that knowledge alone, is power.




When you say "Twisting - Rolling from right to left" is this what you mean?

I think so - but not so abrupt only at the end, but during the whole downswing as the right arm is beginning to straighten out. I don't actually have a lot of experience with this - it's more a thought, but I'm uncertain if this is a good idea or not.

That's what I needed to know. You should stop doing that. I was hoping that the drills I wrote for you would make it clear how the Right Forearm Rotates. Now I'm stuck because I can't find any sequenced pictures to show you.

One last drill to help your understanding of the Right Forearm motion and then I'll leave you alone.

You need a Bucket and fill it part way with water for weight. From Release to Impact, the water in the Bucket stays level. Grab onto the Handle with your right hand and bend the Right Wrist. The Handle will settle into the Fingers of your Right Hand. Travel from Release to Impact by pointing your right Forearm from out in front of you, to pointing mostly to your Left. The rotation of the Handle goes from Parallel to the Plane Line to Perpendicular to the Plane Line at Impact without "Twisting" the Right Hand.

Thank you Daryl.
You have convinced me not to pursue this path. I'll copy these last posts and put it in my study file and take a look at them from time to time. Now I know the conclusion - and that is always a good thing.

Hands
 

The hands are clamps. What do they do, besides gripping the club shaft - nothing?. The wrists cock and bend, but that's not something the hands do. The hands are "educated" but do nothing by themselves? The education the hands have obtained isn't their own work, but done by others - mainly the right forearm and its bending and straightening of the elbow? But the hands take all the credit so to speak?

That's insightful.

True, the Hands basically, are clamps. They're smart. They get all of the other components to do the work.