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The thing I was alluding to about Alignments is important, so I want to explain it a bit. Your talking flatter vs upright etc so I got to.

The "flatter" Bucket reco'd to you does not mean flatter is better or anything. It was designed to help you to achieve a proper Alignment at Top something that Paul would concur with Id bet.

In brief: If you are swinging and using the ground up Downstroke Sequence of 6-M-1 (which you do quite naturally and wonderfully but with the added Hip Slide will be even more dynamic now, Hogan like) the left foot pulls the left knee which pulls the left hip which pulls the RIGHT shoulder down plane which pulls the Hands down plane. The only way the Right Shoulder can pull the Hands downplane is if they are both on the same INclined Plane at Top (only)!! This is the definition of the Turned Shoulder Plane.

If your Hands are above this Turned Shoulder Plane then a turn of the Right Shoulder will bring your Hands over the top of the plane automatically.

Everything in TGM is Alignment based. Too flat is just as bad as too upright. Flatter is not better. Bucket got you on the Turned Shoulder Plane and your downstroke showed its benefits.

The Startdown Waggles I reco'd are done from the Turned Shoulder Plane ideally as well. The Hip Slide will Tilt the Axis of your Shoulders and lower your Right Shoulder which makes taking it down the Inclined Plane easier. In the end your Shoulders will feel like they are traveling different paths on the way back and down and they are. Flat back and then Down Plane. The Standard Shoulder Turn, weird but man does it work. Why? Alignments again.


I'd work on your Flying Wedges at Address next. They an important Alignment if ever there was one.