Extensor Action

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Try this and see if it helps: hold both arms straight out in front of you palms facing each other. Wrap your right hand around your left wrist as if gripping a club. Apply extensor action to your left arm and pull it horizontally across your chest. Notice how the left arm keeps the right from straightening as the right elbow bends.

As a righthander I would prefer to "wrap your left hand around your right wrist" to more emulate the position of the hands on the club -- and surely the point of Extensor Action is to keep the LEFT arm straight -- which the right arm does very easily in this alternate configuration.

But there again I could be mistaken -- as all of this is somewhat new to me

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As a righthander I would prefer to "wrap your left hand around your right wrist" to more emulate the position of the hands on the club -- and surely the point of Extensor Action is to keep the LEFT arm straight -- which the right arm does very easily in this alternate configuration.

I feel that setup activates s the left arm too much as muscle power is needed to grip the right wrist. I like to feel that the left arm is just a dead rope while the right arm is really working.

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I feel that setup activates the left arm too much as muscle power is needed to grip the right wrist. I like to feel that the left arm is just a dead rope while the right arm is really working.

My suggestion was for a drill only, to get the feel
for Extensor Action, not for a practice swing.

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My suggestion was for a drill only, to get the feel
for Extensor Action, not for a practice swing.

There is a nice (small) video explaining this at
http://www.chuckevansgolf.com/forum/...read.php?t=801

[metallion]

Here's another reference:
http://www.iseekgolf.com/golfschool/...es.php?gs_id=4