[brianid]

I can only conclude that you're pulling with your left shoulder, which will drag the right shoulder and RFW. This not only sacrifices power, but can mess up impact alignments. You should drive the right shoulder down plane, propelling PP#3 through impact. There's a good reason why TGM hardly makes mention of the left shoulder.

I hope by firing the left wrist, you mean rolling it, which is the only legitimate left wrist move you can make.

I'm also confused by your contradictory statements that your left arm is inert, and that you also make a "L Elbow move". If it's the move that T Bertrand claims that Hogan made, I recommend not doing it. Any left elbow move would make the left arm active, not inert.

In summary, I think, like a lot of Hogan followers, you're probably trying to execute the golf stroke like a left-handed, top-spin tennis stroke. And that's a road to somewhere you don't want to go.

Even for a Swinger, the L arm is inert? Why? What is TGM's rationale for this?

Re L elbow turn, why do you not recommend that? The way I see it now, it is the same as turning the L wrist, just with more consistency. And, it is sorta like just an insurance that the L forearm will behave properly at Impact and FollowThru---L elbow bending but not retracting backwards laterally to the side and remaining in front of the torso (not chicken winging), with the L forearm/wrist still being able to turn to the fullest/efficiently and L forearm going upwards. So input power is being transferred efficiently to the L wrist and to the clubhead.

And, for a Swinger who is using #4 anyway, why would turning the L elbow make the L arm exert (not inert)? The way I see it now, the L arm being Exert (sorry, easier to type...lol) will only be unwanted IF the Swinger slows down or doesn't use #4 and then rely on Exerting his L arm to Swing the club. But this is not what I'm saying. I'm saying its #4 that is the MAIN pulling power, with #3 just being made sure to perform to transfer that power to the clubhead. The L elbow turn is just for that---Transfer of Power. That's why #3 it is called Transfer Power, correct? The L elbow turn ENSURES that...no? So why not help that Transferring of Power?