Thanks 6bmike, I get it and appreciate your clarifications. Words are sometimes a tough way to communicate, unless all agree on the same definition.

I really like what I'm learning here!

right forearm pickup
 

Spike

What the guys are saying is swing up the incline which is to swing on plane. I found the best way to feel this is to purchase a laser trainer like butch harmons and trace the target line. You will immediately get the feeling that you are just lifting the club up with your right forearm. If you let your body react your pivot will naturally happen. you should learn what pivot controlled hands mean as well.

Dave

Thanks Dave,

I agree with ya totally!

At the risk sounding too full of myself, I'd have to say I have really educated hands. Been spending the last 13 years dealing with just that, and the biomechanics that go with it. Although, my anatomical terminology sucks! Along with my TGM terminology.:redface:

I think that an educated pivot can move educated hands....I also think educated hands can move an educated pivot.

Thanks to all for being patient with me!

From David Orrs demonstration of RFT I get the impression that his backstroke becomes rather flat with fanning of the right arm dominating and very little lifting. I mean, is it possible to get an effective "down" move with so little lifting? Or am I out on a bicycle?

It is not a real take-away but a demostration in front of a class as he explained the RFT in bio-mechanics terms.
But notice that his fanning is not horizontal and parallel to the ground but On Plane- which is Back AND Up.
Homer called the RFT, the Right Forearm PICK UP. You pick it up On Plane- and whichever Plane you want.

Up and Down with Magic
 

The right forearm motion is up and down per 7-3. Two thirds of the way down the 2nd paragraph...."The On Plane Right Forearm shows the precise up-and-down direction it and the clubshaft must take throughout the Stroke (2-J-3)." During the fanning motion of the right forearm in the basic stroke.....the right forearm is actually going up, the pivot is creating a horizontal motion, especially the shoulders.

During my three school with Tomasello out on the driving range....he really emphasized the action of the right arm as being up and down.

See Tomasello's Letter #1 video.

DG