[david sandridge]

Certainly some feel that the club is dragged thru impact. I loved Lynn dragging his pit bull and I have since tried dragging my carolina dog. On the range my club becomes my dog and I drag it!. Now the question is how does this fit in with "cranking the gyroscope", using the "flywheel of the right shoulder", "shoulder throw", "wrist throw" , releasing etc. Doyle drags to both arms straight, Lynn talks about throwing to a position or through a position. Then there is extensor action to think about. I have used all of these successfully in the past to hit it well. But these ideas seem to conflict. If you are swinging, starting with dragging it down plane until centrifugal force throws it out would suggest that dragging would be ending around release and then the pivot would have to keep up in order to maintain pp3 or there would be throwaway. This to me feels more like driving.
Dragging all the way to both arms straight seems to require tension that would impede a relaxed throw out. I come from the west coast TGM tree ie Doyle, McHatton. Their emphasis on dragging, extensor action, flat left wrist, getting the pitch elbow in front of the hip created tension in my arms that prevented a proper release. With the help of Lynn and his "tree" I now feel throw out, but struggle with it. . Now I start dragging with loaded pp3 and pp2 and try to sense a "throwout" and try to hang on to finish maintaining pp3 as long as possible. Skipping to me fits in more with throwing not dragging. Also skipping always implied to me flattening so rock would stay on surface of water where as "underhand throw" always implied a vertical straight down motion. So is underhanded throw and skipping both to occur on the inclined plane. No wonder golf is so difficult. Feels or illusions? I would appreciate your help