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I’ve been working with John for just over a year now and he has made great strides improving his swing and his ball striking. One of the most stubborn items in John’s swing has been his tendency to drop his hands backwards and down in transition, which as you know if you watch the website I believe is not optimal, as it usually leads to the right arm approaching from more behind the right side instead of in front of it, and promotes an overly in-to-out path and an impact that is not as strong as it could be. John’s backswing and pivot movement has improved tremendously, and in this lesson I focus on a few details that I think could help his swing retain width as it gets to the top and consequently allow his left arm to respond to his pivot rotation and move his hands more out toward the ball instead of behind him. The main item here is extensor action, which by my definition is a combination of the right palm pushing into the left thumb in the backswing as the as the wrists try to bend the club back into a sharper angle to the forearms. I want John to feel like his hands are moving away from his head as he approaches the top of the swing and that his left arm is as straight as possible while his wrists feel cocked much more sharply. At the same time, I want him to retain his right knee flex instead of straightening the leg, which will help his upper right side to not over rotate so much behind him. Hopefully the combination of these items will help to keep his arms from falling behind him in transition.
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