Left arm takeaway

[KevCarter]

Kev theres a lot of way to get it done. Use what ever works for you. Left Side push away or whatever. One of my faves the Mechanic is Shoulder Turn Takeaway , Pivot to Hands, heck pivot to pony tail even and always with the awesome shoes. Geez Bobby Clampet had a shoulder turn takeaway, pivot to hands and afro . What a swing though on that guy.... man.

But if you want to try it Homer style ......the left arm is inert . Meaning it doesn't power itself either on the backswing or the downswing for fuller shots. The exception being the Pull Minor Basic Stroke , #4 accumulator only ...the left arm pull putting or short chipping stroke where the pivot #1 , the #3 Angle and the #2 left wrist cock are zeroed . Once the Pivot gets involved the left arm moves but not of its own muscular power. Its motivated either by the RFT (for me from the #1pp the same one I use for EA) or the left shoulder's motion (which is really a product of some Right Shoulder work for me anyways).

A total shocker for guys who learned the game back in the dark ages of golf instruction.....the 70's. Back then there was maybe one guy who used an RFT that I can think of anyways or mentioned it in a book. He "dug it out of sand" on the beach in Paderno .....self taught but masterful Seve Ballesteros.

The tell tale sign of a push away is often Angled Hinging on the takeaway. Was for me anyways.

Hey Kev when you do the Melhourne continuous hitting and walking along a line of balls drill do you feel your left arm push away subside to some degree? I do and try to get that feel into my swing, my swing away. Still a work in progress. The darn seventies are hard to shake man.

Thanks for reinforcing my boneheadedness. See my later post on this. I want to teach as Homer Kelley would wish, I need to not fly by the seat of my pants with bad information. It's all in the book, I just need to work at it!

OB, I couldn't do the Melhorn drill without having a heart attack. I'm working on that, with Yoda's help and ideas. The PRIMAL BLUEPRINT. I've played like 5 rounds total the past 5 years. 2012 will be the return of Kevin, no tournaments, I just want to be able to play with my friends. I'll report on my Melhorn drill feels in the Spring.

Kevin

[O.B.Left]

Thanks for reinforcing my boneheadedness. See my later post on this. I want to teach as Homer Kelley would wish, I need to not fly by the seat of my pants with bad information. It's all in the book, I just need to work at it!

Not my intention to reinforce that at all. My apologies if I came across that way Kev.

I didn't know you hadn't played much lately.... sorry to hear that. I think of you as a playa , who knows his sheet. Hope you get back on the course soon.

I was just trying to say its ok to push it back with the left arm if it works for you.... uh didn't Jack do this?

You got options. I had my ass handed to me again this past summer by my cross handed nemesis , in the match play C. .... the guys older too, only took up the game a few years back. He's got my number and whole bunch of other guys too....he once won the champ of champs in the local area. He is my hero when it comes to options.

[KevCarter]

LOL Not at all OB. Just little laugh at myself!