[ChrisNZ]

Thank you for your replies. I watched the video clips that were mentioned, as well as the one on delivery path and flying wedges. I also read every single post in the archives on flying wedges. To me, there still seems to be a contradiction between the right forearm being on plane at address and having a right forearm flying wedge, but I'm going to let this incubate for a while. I think that I'm missing some crucial point or definition.

teach

Teach,

To try and help, and some of this may be obvious to you, but if so just ignore.

First, onplane means from the down the line view not the face on view. Again, this may be obvious, but from your earlier post it looked like possibly you might have been meaning onplane/inline, as if this meant from looking face on at the player.

Secondly, for someone starting at adjusted address (that is the classic, mid body hands address position, usually with a bent left wrist and relatively flat right wrist), the flying wedges are not set up - they are set during the swing when the right wrist bends (to the point it will be bent at at impact).

Thirdly, to get the right forearm on plane at address, you need pretty high hands. If from down the line the shaft and your right forearm are not onplane at address (in a straight line) - which is what you see in most players, tour players incuded), just try raising your hands (this is no substitute for impact fix though - see the archives on impact fix!). Also, while much instruction suggests a finger grip for the right hand, TGM prescribes much more of a palm grip. There are posts on this in the forum. The grip lies in the cup of your right hand and this makes it much easier to get the right forearm on plane. And the level condition which is prescribed for the right wrist throughout the swing is not the natural condition of your hand at rest (or its not for me anyway) - it is more uncocked - so if you held your hand up vertically with your pinky finger closest to the ground, all your fingers would point down somewhat in relation to your right forearm. Looking at your palm there would be a straight line from your wrist to the first knuckle of your thumb, extending up your arm.

Hope this helps and doesn't confuse you more! Again, sorry if some of this was obvious.

Chris