Do you agree with this guy?

Yes or No?

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I voted no, but I meant yes!!! Sausage fingers !!

However I have no desire to be drawn into JO vs foxy the sequel, so please pretend I'm not here. :confused:
 
No, it's just a general 'forum' (read as GOLFER'S) feeling that I'm interested in :thup:

I meant to ask you specifically not to vote as you've got such fat hands!!! I knew it would be a problem for you :whoo::ears::clap:
 
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It's sort of yes and no for me! Sounds plausible enough but that's not quite what I'm doing!

Anyway, don't want to interrupt your squabble. As you were!
 
I can sort of see what he is saying but I have never heard this movement articulated in this way and to me, it sounds confusing and a bit gimmicky. E.g. trying to find a new angle to explain something that doesn't need explaining really.
 
JustOne said:
Can you describe the 'No' part FD?

As a lady golfer your thoughts interest me more than most... :thup:
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:D Do I detect a hint of sarcasm?

I definitely start my swing by moving my arms right, away from ball, and they're definitely moving right to left through the ball at impact.

I've seen this vid before and tried it out. With the thought of turning just my shoulders and lifting my arms I can barely hit the ball - too difficult to time it!

Now there's a lot more going on than that and it may be that I'm doing pretty much as suggested but without at least the thought of swinging my arms through impact I'm lost.

Pros always tell me I've got a very "armsy" swing tho!
 
FairwayDodger said:
I've seen this vid before and tried it out. With the thought of turning just my shoulders and lifting my arms I can barely hit the ball - too difficult to time it!

Now there's a lot more going on than that and it may be that I'm doing pretty much as suggested but without at least the thought of swinging my arms through impact I'm lost.
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There was no sarcasm in my question whatsoever.

I agree with the perception that we actually SWING the club is what powers our mindset, and I'd say that is even more apparent on the downswing, I certainly FEEL like I'm swinging thru the ball on the downswing and not simply unhinging my wrists vertically whilst rotating... it does FEEL impossible to hit the ball that way.... although that is exactly what we are doing. When you isolate the moves (as in they are not blended together) the feel is very different, but when you swing a club up over your shoulder those ARE the two moves that we are actually doing, even though we don't realise it. If you add anything else (for example, a big arm rotation) then you're adding something that simply ISN'T THERE, and complicating the swing.
 
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Disagree - as my left and right arm are approx the same length I cannot bend my right arm 90* while keeping my left arm straight and both arms directly in front of me and my shoulders square!

I may not be biologist but I do class myself as something of a mathematician and those angles don't add up!
 
cookelad said:
Disagree - as my left and right arm are approx the same length I cannot bend my right arm 90* while keeping my left arm straight and both arms directly in front of me and my shoulders square!

I may not be biologist but I do class myself as something of a mathematician and those angles don't add up!
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I agree 100% ,..... however the club is hinged over the right shoulder and not directly over the forehead... he should definitely have been more specific in every little part of his description... crap video!!! ;)
 
I voted yes, basically I have seen this before and it's about getting into a good position at the top. Do I do it? No, my back swing position is more of a fluid movement, I think it's okay. My problem would just be my posture and inability to maintain it for every shot. I really need a couple of quick set up indicators and then I am good to go.
 
Not read any replies and don't consider myself an expert by any means but surely your arms have to move a bit sideways in order for your left arm to stay straighter when your right arm bends. To get to where he would seem to be describing , his left arm would have to bend the same amount as the right. If I hold a club and bend my right arm while keeping my left straight, my arms move sideways.
 
FairwayDodger said:
Here's a similar sort of thing from a guy who presumably knows what he's talking about......
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Thanks for that link FD :thup: , and yes, he's saying the same thing.

Don't you find it amazing (or at least questionable perhaps) how people would ignore that though? It's as if it's never been talked about and we're all practically doing something entirely different (with a lot more pieces thrown in for good measure!) :p
 
JustOne said:
Thanks for that link FD :thup: , and yes, he's saying the same thing.

Don't you find it amazing (or at least questionable perhaps) how people would ignore that though? It's as if it's never been talked about and we're all practically doing something entirely different (with a lot more pieces thrown in for good measure!) :p
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I'm sure I've seen a video of him demonstrating that but couldn't find it with a quick google.

Although he's using it as a good way to find the "correct" position at the top of the backswing rather than advocate it as a way to make the backswing.

I think that getting to that position in an actual swing is too.... "unnatural".... without the thought of moving the arms. Even though, in practice, that lateral arm motion is actually arms and shoulders moving in a triangle prior to the raise and collapsing the right arm....

I know nothing though.... just how I knock it around! :cool: We definitely overthink this stuff!
 
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