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Hi all.

I hit on the upswing with the driver. I have a question pertaining to this with regards to the right arm thrust ....

Is the right elbow fully straightened at the low point before the ball -- before the upswing, or should the right elbow only be fully straightened after hitting the ball?

Thanks.

Great question. The answer was a real revelation to me and changed the way I perceived Address, Impact (which are not the same) and helped me to understand Homer's reason for identifying the Both Arms Straight or Follow Through position.

The Thrust of the Right Arm (passive for the swinger or active for the hitter) is crossline (in the direction of the right arm towards the plane line). Since the Right arm is not fully straight until the Both Arms Straight position.........the Thrust will continue , Down and OUt towards the plane line until that position. IE ideally the Thrust continues to be applied Down and OUt , past impact, past Low Point up to and including Follow Through , Both Arms Straight, despite the fact the Clubhead and the Hands for that matter are traveling Up and IN post Low Point.

So if you do want to hit the ball post low point, you must position the ball Up and In as well. In other words tee it a little higher and a little inside the Plane Line/Base Line to match the orbit the clubhead is Traveling.

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