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Old 04-30-2007, 05:40 PM
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Originally Posted by 6bmike View Post

There is a danger with pp3. If you push pp3 with just the index finger you will get throw-away, a flip. The right forearm Flying Wedge and the pivot drives pp3- not active hands.

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Absolutely - after watching the guys on the range at a Nationwide event, even very good players have this problem - in large part due to poor/improper right forearm and right wrist alignments.

Chapter 5 is critical to understand. I wish it included down the line photos. See 9-2-1 #2 and 9-2-2 #2.

Proper alignments really, really help prevent a lot of in swing compensations, and the most common I saw out on the Nationwide was very poor right forearm positions - a few so extremely off I was amazed that they could play at such a high level.

I would say the majority very clearly have the right forearm way too high at address and a right wrist that is cocked, rather than level. I saw one example of a player who combined a very high right forearm and shoulder with an extreme bend from the hips and 'low hands' - a recipe for inconsistent shots (which this player had a lot of as I watched), and a lot of pulls/pushes and thin/fat shots.
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