[12 piece bucket]

From a correct Backstroke Top, do a ton of Start Down Waggles. I'm sure you can find a detailed description of this move in my Archives. Also, I demonstrate it in at least one of my videos, but I can't remember which one (I think it was in the Jeff Hull Series).

Most Roundhousers -- typically Slicers -- do not move to their left side, i.e., shift their Weight and slide their Left Hip slightly, adequately from the Top. Instead, they hang back on their right side and their Weight stays more centered. As a result, there is little Axis (spine) Tilt and the Right Shoulder cannot possibly move in its proper plane (toward the Ball).

So, give yourself a split second longer at the Top, and allow your Feet and Knees time to initiate the Downstroke 'Pull' via the Hip Action and Shoulder Turn. Your Hands will feel as though they remain at the Top. [During a lesson, I will often hold the student's Hands in place as he drills his Start Down Action.] Then, make sure you Pull your Hands directly toward the Ball and the Baseline of your Plane.

Remember, your goal is to swing down and out toward the Plane Line directly in front of you. That is quite a different thing than attempting to swing toward the target. Ironically, the oft-heard advice to swing 'toward the target' is the genesis of Roundhousing.

CollardCoveredSmotheredandChunked . . .

Superb offering O'Green'Un! G.O.L.F. Swings cannot live on Plane Lines alone . . . It is The Word of the one that looks like Mr. Magoo that gives them the breath of life.

I took the liberty of drawing attention to one particular phrase in your eloquent post . . . Time O' Give me time!!!! to quote BoyGeorge.

It is that FRACTION of a second taken or not taken that is the crossroads of many a golf stroke. I am guilty as charged of being a bit "premature" (feel free to insert your joke here). At the top the time is at hand . . . you have a choice Downstroke Blackout? Or Strong Deliberate and Heavy Lag Pressure in your paws?

And as TIME goes . . . Mr. Kelley was ADAMANT that we place our FOCUS ON THE HANDS . .. not the clubhead. WHY?????? Because once you place your focus on your hands . . . things IMMEADIATELY SLOW . . . . DOWN. For one reason your hands are closer to you . .. the clubhead is WAY OUT THERE AT THE END OF THE RADIUS.

Another critical area of concern at the Top as Mr. Greenjeans so expertly points out is . .. Your TARGET is right there IN FRONT OF YOU . .. THE PLANE LINE . . . NOT to the LEFT OF YOU (the target). If your target is THE TARGET, you will be develop a close and intimate relationship with the FIRST SNARE . . . Steering.

So . . . At the top . . . It is your time to decide . . . and time is it . . . take the time . . . you have more time up there than you think to be DELIBERATE.

Will you be that one degree that makes the Tower of Piza lean? That one penny that makes a buck? That one made freethrow that sends the game into OT? That one last push that gets baby out? That one didgit that wins the Powerball?

Or are you gonna let your unweildy Right Shoulder wreck what otherwise could be that one stroke that wins you the Bumfudge Open?

Thanks for a great post Bossman!