David Orr - The Right Forearm Takeaway

[Bagger Lance]

It's really not that complicated, but for armchair work like we do here it can be really enlightening to understand how these things work.

Because when the wheels fall off, we at least know why, and how to correct it so the next shot is pure.

The beauty of the right forearm takeaway is that it's a more accurate and controlled procedure for most, because the hands are the command post for the alignments. David's emphasis at the end of the video.

I like it because the end result at the end or top of the backstroke can be more reliable than a pivot thrown hands location. That end result of a RFT is a hands position which is aligned to the selected plane, an upper torso position that is coiled without much slack, and hips that are positioned to lead the downstroke pivot action. Everything is turned and aligned "just enough".

Powerful stuff.

That said, one could argue that a pure swinger who allows the weight of a "thrown" on-plane clubhead to pull the body into ideal alignments would have a superior procedure. Maximum tendon pull is what swingers use to trigger changes in direction for the shot at hand. This assumes a lot. The inital startup to get the clubhead traveling on a managable plane is critical and sensing just the right amount of tendon pull is vital. Without alignment knowledge, It's pure golf artistry ala Bobby Jones that is very difficult to teach most golfers, unless it's engrained at a very early age. It get's more complicated as we get older because those darn tendons change.

For the rest of us, this is the next best thing and up for debate if it's just as good as a thrown clubhead backstroke.

Back to the video - What do you think of Davids comment, "The right forearm takeaway is really a shoulder turn takeaway"?

Super job David and thanks again. You've peeled the onion another layer or two.