Take your left hand grip, then right hand(lead/trail) at IMPACT POSITION. Now, just let your arms relax a little, and go to a CLASSIC ADDRESS POSITION(hands fairly centered). Notice where your elbows are pointing, with NO TWISTING of the arms at all.
The left arm(lead) should be hanging down like an INERT ROPE. It is stretched straight, ONLY through what TGM calls, EXTENSOR ACTION. Here, the RIGHT(trail) arm stretches the the INERT left arm(lead) rope.
There is plenty of information on the site on EXTENSOR ACTION.
Thanks for the reply. I feel like I understand the idea of extensor action however I need to reference the different positions you mention that I assume are in the book (which I dont yet have).
Is there any picture on the site of IMPACT FIX? I am really trying to understand this concept. Does this mean setting up (rehearsing)your body positions prior to swinging, to mimic the positions one would be in at impact?
Forgive me if I'm asking something that TGM answers on page 1 but I have yet to receive the book.
If the lead arm (lead/trail vs right/left-cuz I'm a left swinger) employs a flat wrist at address what orientation does the elbow have i.e. does the pit (where one would draw blood) face the ball or more away from the target? Is it possible to rotate this part of the arm while maiantaining the flat wrist?
I'm struggling with this, when I turn the pit more away from the target I seem to keep the arm straighter through the swing but it doesn't feel quite right yet.
Appreciate your feedback,
Millrat- I've messed around with this quite a bit also. Not sure why - a lot of others don't seem to have an issue. Maybe because I'm almost double jointed in my elbows, but I can go to Impact Fix and have my left elbow (opposite the pit you talked about) pointing at my left hip or to the target and still have a flat left wrist, etc. One of the things I do for practice is swing only left handed and I've found that with the left elbow toward the target works for me to keep the left wrist flat through impact. So I monitor that elbow position at setup. YMMV.
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