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I've been working a bit on the "right shoulder start down" and loading PP#4. Struggled mightily with my ball-striking on day 2 of a 3 day event. After looking at my swing at the range afterwards my partner thought I needed to "keep my back to the target a tad longer at the transition". It seemed to do the trick and I hit it very well on day 3.

That "tip" always seemed like typical pop instruction stuff. I know that there's no way to diagnose without seeing my swing, but would there be some validity to that "feel" (of starting the downswing arm motion before the back/shoulders start down) for a swinger?

CG

Back to the target (left shoulder 'under' chin)is a very useful backswing key for a swinger IMO. A whole lot of backswing issues/compensations can be resolved by having a good full shoulder turn, which helps get you in position to come into impact on plane. It effectively gives you more 'time', and more room for the right arm through impact.

It is also useful for those that tend to go over the top, to think of keeping the back to the target as the arms drop, as in the 'pump' drill, although this can eliminate PP#4 for some and result in a 2 barrel swing or 3 barrel with 1,2,3

The idea in both is to get you into impact on a better delivery path, from the inside.