[gmazz800]

Hello All,

I am new to this forum and very intrigued by its contents and very helpful golf information. I just viewed all of the Tomasello video's and thought that they were just GREAT!!! I am new to TGM and its principles and those videos just made it look simple and easily applicable. I have several questions though pretaining my swing.

1. I am a swinger by nature and after viewing the video on arms and pivot I now understand what really should be happening throughout the entire swing. My problem though is that flat sort of Hogan swing plane. I really like a more upright swing where the elbow gets higher at the top. WHY? It allows me to focus on returning that elbow/forearm back to the side causing my hips to move foward as a result - instead of moving my hips consciously. I never understood or had success with moving my hips myself.

My question is simply: is it Okay to be upright ala Davis Love with a swinger style swing on the backswing?

I feel like if the right elbow barely seperates from my side (flatter swing plane) on the backswing than there is nowhere for it to return to in order to make my hips go foward. Remember, I really don't feel comforatable moving my hips forward natrually on the downswing as I have a tendency to slide WAY TO MUCH THEN. When I try to keep it close to my side like in the Tomasello video (arms) I get really shallow on the downswing and sometimes top the ball. Im assuming its because since my elbow/forearm has no down motion at the start of the downswing then the hips dont move foward as a result of that drop and my weight hangs back.

I may be way off here and just looking for some advice on how to move forward and establish a more repeatable swing WITHOUT having to consciously pay attention to hip movement.