Advice on Horizontal Hinging

[david sandridge]

Isn't golf amazing. What computes for some folks doesn't for others. That is why we discuss on this forum. There is a lot left to the interpretation of the english language and the difference in feels. I know Tom worked with me on this out to first base and I just didn't get it. If you think about it the hands from the top are inside and do come down the plane towards first base moving in a circle/ellipse. So you can move in a circle and trace a straight plane line. Some thought has to keep the action on plane. Once tracing had been ingrained in me by ben doyle I couldn't fit in swinging towards right field. The other area where I had conflict is putting together bending of the right arm and cocking of the left wrist. Ben had taught holding on taking the right elbow deep, then he talked about straighting the right arm, "shooting" with hip action. You can hold on from the top, straighten the right arm and release later in the down swing after "centering" and sitting down. In one procedure you are delaying hip action and moving the arms, swinging past the left hip(which is meaningless to me) and in the other delay the straightening of the arm until later in the down swing and then release. TGM to me means the arm bends and the wrists cock, ie full 90 degree bend equals fully cocked , not fully bent not fully cocked. No cocking of the right wrist. Of course many successful golfers violate these rules. But I still feel Homer's "suggest" off the best chance of success for amateur's.