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Hey Jerry

That depends on the shot at hand and personal preference. The right elbow in putting will cross at a different time than when driving. A high shot will have an earlier release point. But I know you are probably referring to a driver, maximum release delay so......... In front of the hip, assumes Pitch Elbow, a swingers move, like say Ben Hogan. His elbow was in front of his hip at about his Release point or when the club was about parallel to the ground.

If the question really is "how does the elbow got there?" Then we are dealing with a really big topic. A life long quest perhaps, which relates, I think to 6-M-1 The Downstroke Sequence and The Gear Train 6-C-0. for instance.

In brief the Accumulators release sequence for the swinger would normally be 4,2,3. The Gear Train would have the feet pull the knees , the knees pull the hips, the hips pull the shoulders , the shoulders pull the arms, the arms pull the hands, the hands pull the club. All under the direction of the brain and its sensory outpost the hands, "Hands to Pivot".

So the Pivot acts as a Gear Train that effectively extends the radius of the Stroke to the Feet. 6-C-0. To break the sequential chain at any one point is to shorten the radius from ball to that break point. Shortening the Radius with a corresponding loss of power and precision. Remember that it is power and precision that Yoda offers to his students......this may be what he is referring to. The pull of the golf strokes components into a straight line via Centrifugal Force. A coordinated, balanced and sequenced use of the whole body for the full power swing. Lagging components accelerating past their slowing leading components sequentially.


The short answer would be to first research and then do some "Downstroke Waggles" in front of mirror with this picture in mind. Bump left then take your Right Shoulder down plane towards the ball, with the butt end of the shaft pointing at the Base Line. Take things all the way down to where the right elbow crosses in front of your hip and you'll look like a pro with lots of bent right arm left. A super late release.

This photo really shows off some of Homers biggest insights. It might be my favourite Hogan photo. You can see the sequence of his Startdown. Look at his still cleared right hip, even though it must have pulled the shoulders to some degree, Gear Train. To do this the right hip must have been turned even further back in Startup. Another nail in the coffin of X factor, which would see a frozen right hip break in the Radius at the hips in addition to creating a Round Housing situation with a right elbow , right hip conflict, collision course.

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