[KevCarter]

Many thanks for Your skillful review O.B.Left!

My problem, however, with the RFT, as I now retrospectively see was that it created tensions in the same right side that I employ for swinging, thereby reducing swing speed and sometimes resulting in round housing.

With the new left sided takeaway, (low and slow ) I feel completely relaxed in the right side at the top and in the start of the downswing.

But my better ball striking with the new takeaway may of course partly be a placebo effect resulting from the positive psychology of something completely new.

MASTERFUL reply from Mr. OB, as always!

May I add one thought to your particular predicament from my simple mind?

What if your back stroke is POWERED by your left arm, but the ALIGNMENTS are MANAGED by the right elbow and forearm? Get the difference? Personally, I can't imagine teaching a backstroke that isn't aligned via the RFT, but lots of ways to skin a cat!

Kevin