I agree with you 100%. I, for example, am an imperfect golfer due to a host of physical disabilities eg. a severe lack of hula-hula flexibility. I therefore have a compensated downswing pivot action. After studying TGM, I got the idea from TGM to start the downswing pivot action with a right shoulder thrust action rather than a pelvic shift-rotation movement. The final "effect" is the same - the downswing pivot action starts from the ground-up. I am also aware of the magic of the right forearm - although my conscious mind is focused on the right shoulder thrust action, I am very cognizant of the fact that the downswing pivot action is subservient to the greater goal of moving the right forearm in a certain way down towards the impact zone that allows me to trace a SPL and that also allows the right forearm to end up behind the shaft at impact so as to support the shaft through impact. At times, when my downswing pivot action is unusually fluid, I switch my conscious mind to my right forearm action and I often "feel" that I am throwing the right forearm from the top of the backstroke position. I am still hoping to discover from DG whether that "right forearm throw" feeling is the same right forearm throw action that Tom talks about in his swing videos.
Jeff.
Thanks Jeff, glad we are on the same page. HK was not trying to rewrite the physics side of golf (ie. pivot powers the powerpackage, swing from ground up , hips first- hands last)...all of that is a given...
His break-through was identifying the role of the pp3 and/or forearm in controlling the overall motion and the constraints that are required to allow that to occur.
To me, TGM is focusing on these elements...the physics is taken for granted.
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