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Over the winter, I evolved towards the right forearm takeaway, and played some good golf. But I’ve found it can accentuate my tendencies to have minimal wrist hinge, rolling of the left arm and getting laid off at the top, with perhaps too much bend in my right arm and the right arm getting a bit too far behind me (i.e. not in a “ready” position). I had a feeling going for several months with the right forearm takeaway, where the backswing was planeing nicely, but that has been lost and I seem to be back to those previously mentioned tendencies. So, I’m struggling as to whether to stick with the right forearm move or not. I’m frankly frustrated with the left arm continuing to roll up to the top and my right arm not looking like it is in much of a ready position, but I’m just not sure how to get there. So, what I’m working on in these swings, is less the right forearm takeaway, and more, focus on getting some wrist set and then not letting my right elbow bend too much at the top. I think we’ve found that when my right arm pulls back, rather than crossing the line like most people, I roll my left arm and lay it off. For reference the last swing I posted is my right forearm takeaway swing, which has the roll and layoff at the top.
In the video I show the reason why we chose to experiment with the right forearm takeaway, as we wanted to counter Justin’s tendency to push his hands down and shut the face when the takeaway was more inward toward his body. The right forearm takeaway is more away from the body with the right wrist extending, a combination that causes more left forearm rotation and a more toe up face at P2. Justin, as he mentions above, is different than most good players in that instead of crossing the line at the top when the forearms don’t rotate, he tends to roll his left arm up his chest from P3 to P4 and lay the club off. Looking at the comparison of him utilizing the two different takeaways I think that now that he has learned to not shove the hands down and shut the face he can effectively move the takeaway a bit more inward, and when he keeps the left arm and shoulder more pinned down as he gets to the top he planes the club better and has a more active shallowing move in transition. Sometimes spending time using a different technique can help the player modify what he is more used to and get to a middle ground that may be more familiar but now works more efficiently.
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