Originally Posted by Weightshift
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At what point in his swing do you think 4 is being released?
I would say that 4 is not being used if he mimics "the old two-hand basket ball pass" (p.98 of Five Lessons, 1957)
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The Basketball analogy is used to emphasize only to feel like you're using both Hands through Impact.
The #4 Accumulator gets activated as soon as the Right Elbow begins to straighten.
"And the position of the Club at The Finish (Station 3 12-3) is the precision destination of the Downstroke “blast off” from the Top. It is not just Impact “fall out”. Impact must be kept incidental to The Stations."
Lets re-write that in dummy language:
The position of the club at the finish is a precision destination, and is the result of Understanding and Preparing to continue Plane Line Tracing of the #3 Pressure Point through to Low Point and beyond. This precision destination is planned from the Top by preparing to Blast the Left arm off the Chest at impact so that the Left Arm and Hands continue down Plane to Low Point while the Left Shoulder simultaneously continues to move back and up. That's one reason why the Right Elbow needs to remain bent at Impact in order to allow the Level and Bent Right Wrist to continue Downplane and Straighten with the Blast Off.
During Release, the Right Arm begins to Straighten (Throw-Out) and thus moves the Left Arm (#4 Accumulator) back to approximate body center for impact, but they should not remain low around the body after impact because they will be pulled off plane by the Shoulder Turn. The Gyroscopic effect of CF wants them to stay On Plane but is hard for people not to try to steer the Club. Bending the Plane Line after Impact has disastrous consequences just like Bending the Plane Line before Impact.
The Left Arm needs to Blast off the chest so that the Club continues On Plane and Down Plane. The Blast Off (Vertical Motion) Shows you how much open your shoulders should be at Impact so that the Thrust is On Plane. If the are too Closed, Then the Thrust will be to the Right of the Plane Line and If Too Open, to the Left.
Furthermore, if your Blastoff is On Plane, then your Club will continue on plane to the finish and finish behind you On Plane and not be Horizontal to the Ground like most Golfers, unless something else interrupts that too.