extensor action advice

[O.B.Left]

Yoda

Amongst other things, I have recently discovered the benefits of extensor action. I feel structure and a sort of clear distinction between the rolls of the two arms, to say nothing of easy power, compression etc.

Do you have any advice in regard to its application? Are there times to back off a little on its pressure given a certain shot at hand? Can too much EA inhibit left wrist cock or straighten the right arm prematurely. I notice my left wrist cocking to be a little less than normal. Perhaps I only require a little more "bending".

O.B. Left
(and shank free in Toronto)

[O.B.Left]

Help anyone:

Can EA be over done? If so what are the warning signs? Tension, lack of left wrist cock?

[Daryl]

Help anyone:

Can EA be over done? If so what are the warning signs? Tension, lack of left wrist cock?

Yes, it can be overdone if improperly applied. For Example, When your left arm on the Backswing is Parallel to the Ground, the direction of extensor action should be on plane directly away from the target, not lifting upward. Lifting the Left Arm is by elbow action of the right arm, not extensor action.

Is that how you're feeling?

[O.B.Left]

Good point! Im working on the EA and Fanning and Bending. Ill try to keep them separate.

Perhaps it just takes some getting used to but Im wondering if I'm over doing it a little in terms of pressure. Is EA a gentle tug or an outright pull? Or perhaps there are occasions for both? A chip vs a drive?

Im having trouble applying it in start up, after adjusted address, while employing a lagging takeaway. Ill keep working on it.

From impact fix, no problems but a little stiffish in feel. Maybe this is the new normal? I have noticed that my release is a little earlier. Not sure if this is an improper application of EA or a positive side effect as any right hand cocking is impaired by EA? Im leaning towards the latter and working on my downplane right shoulder, right arm and start down waggles.

EA really seems to dove tail nicely or perhaps even be a prerequisite to other TGM procedures. RFT, non cocking right wrist, left arm leash etc etc. I love it but want to get it right.

Thanks

[O.B.Left]

Oh my gosh, maybe Im hitting! 35 years of golf and then one Mexican lunch with Luke and my swing feels all weird!

Can EA and a more active right side turn a swinger into a hitter?

Be it hitting or just the feeling of more structure, I like it. What ever it is.

[coolstv88]

Should the extensor action be applied from impact fix, back to adjusted adress and then continue it all the way through the swing, or should it not begin to be applied untill after start up? After first visit with Yoda at the swamp i had the feeling of it but have not been able to grasp it quite right again, I can not get the right amount, without over doing it, and running out of right arm premeturly. Could it be that my start down is not as efficent and I am round housing with my right shoulder? Also is EA through just the #1 pp, or #2, or #3, or some combo? PLease someone help EA is the most listed thing in 12-3, and I am affraid to apply it becuase i feel i will run out of right arm before impact

[O.B.Left]

I'll leave it to more learned TGMers than I to respond in full but from my personal experience I'd say that assuming you are a swinger:

-ease up a little on EA at adjusted address but turn it on in start up to snap the left wrist flat and the right wrist bent by about the time your hands are over the right thigh.
-use pressure point number one only to stretch the left arm in line with the club for full shots.
-make sure the left arm is relaxed and the right elbow is bent. Remember, EA stretches the left arm straight not the right. Keep the right arm bent past impact. Like the boxers punch thrust is lost once the right arm is fully straightened. Straighten it through impact swinging or hitting, passively or actively.
-dont use EA to move the club.
-using EA the bending right elbow alone cocks the left wrist by shortening one side of the triangle. Its not a wristy action, the hands are just clamps.
-EA adds mass to impact.
-in transition, hip action stretches the relaxed left arm one way as EA pushes the other end of the rope like left arm the other way. Perhaps the Master move if there is one according to Yoda. Hogan talked of a stretched rubber band.
-make sure you have a lot of right arm at impact by driving the right shoulder down plane in start down. The right shoulder delivers the RFFW (with its bent right elbow and bent right wrist) and the LAFW (stretched via EA) down plane.
-its all very right side oriented. EA gives the left side a relaxed but leash like stretched sort of feel and provides the structure needed to swing the right side.

I could be wrong in part here but this is what I think at this point in my development. Stick with it. It is a major thing for me and the source of new found consistency.

[coolstv88]

I have been searching the forum posts on extensor action and have realized something that may be a major jey to understanding and correct application of extensor action is actually a pulling feeling, not a pushing one, Yoda explains it in his post under the chapter six section

http://www.lynnblakegolf.com/forum/s...ead.php?t=2689