[SECGolf]

The Hands train the pivot to work.
If you think the Hands need to move before the pivot can function, that it needs to move a hit a switch before any part of the body can move then you fail to see the big picture.

Both Hitters and Swingers, as Homer and Yoda teach, have the Pivot pull the Arms and Club into the Downstroke, until the Lag to load and the right shoulder to reach maximum speed, a swingers gyro or a Hitter’s muscular thrust.

What moves first in the pivot? The clearing action of Hula Hula- the hips. This is not pivot control hands as you think. The clearing allows nothing but unobstructed freedom for the hands to swing.

And I surely hope you lead your downswing with the shoulders and not the arms are hands unless you like to OTT. Perhaps over active clamps- the Hands are a problem. Close that door as soon as possible. Hips lead the Downswing because they lead the shoulders which lead the Hands- Its called PIVOT LAG. P-I-V-O-T L-A-G. One of three types of LAG.

10-19-C calls for "an "Instant Acceleration" Hip Action so that the throw out Action can immediately set up the Rhythm and take over the rest of the Downstroke sequence."

What is the Downstroke sequence? Well according to Homer in 6-M-1 in starts with the "feet in the following order: Knees, Hips, Shoulders, Arms, Right Elbow, Left Wristcock, and/or Left Hand rotation. That overcoming of Clubhead Inertia during the Start Down by the pivot with start to pull your arrow from the quiver.

The Power Accumulator release always starts with #4 which is an attempt to 'blast off' off the left arm by the right shoulder thrust. Then #1, #2, and #3.

This is what Homer wrote. This is what Yoda lifted fog from. This is TGM fact.

Can you lower the Hands then pivot? Sure, much closer to a Standard- old time- hip action, 10-14-A. Maybe this is what TT taught DG. Others say they were taught something else. I really don't care. I'd much rather hear from other students of Tom's would might be slightly removed from the "awe."

BUT... allowing the hips to clear and the pivot to overcome of Clubhead Inertia at the start of the stroke is NOT Pivot control.

First of all, I'm not a big fan of the term "uncock right forearm from the top."
Drive the hands to the plane line (however slight at the start down), yes.


Certainly, the hands don't need to move before the pivot can function. But this leads to at least tempoary control by the pivot (has an effect of the hand position). Always keep hand postion (through hand control) in relation to plane line.

With concentration first on Hula Hula, and not on hands, Hula Hula will influence the hands (have control over hands - opposite of hand-controlled).

Clubhead lag - the secret of golf calls for all out concentration on the hands, at all times. Stop creating pressure with the hands and you will surely have over the top. Hips lead the soulders. Hands lead the downswing because they are able to maintain relationship to plane line, not the hips. Lag pressure enables a controlling of the direction of the clubhead (tracing the plane line).

Take over downstroke sequence - sequence that the action of the hands control (by maintaining clubhead lag pressure).