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Old 11-11-2009, 02:23 PM
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stress on the left arm
awhile back, i heard about a drill to increase swing speed of taking a shaft without a head on it and swinging it with just the left arm as fast as you can, i tried this before a round, and was really killing the ball for the first 6 holes, on the 7th hole i teed up a drive to hit a little draw, when the club passed through impact i felt my left arm tear, or pull out of socket and i couldnt complete the round without every shot hurting. Im not sure if the drill i did caused this or if its something in my swing that is causing it, at the top of the swing i dip down and tend to get the club stuck behind me and under plane consequently violently flipping the club through impact inside out. its been about 3 months since it first happened and i seem to be able to hit all clubs now except as soon as i tee up the driver I can't make it through to the finish and with severe pain. as a competitive golfer this really worries me i dont wanna be relegated to 1 irons off the tee forever. has anyone else experienced this? reminds me of 1-d regarding structure
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Old 11-11-2009, 04:42 PM
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Old 11-11-2009, 05:51 PM
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i know i never thought i would injure myself just swinging a golf club, don't do that swing speed drill!
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Old 11-11-2009, 08:32 PM
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Interesting story Whip.

Here is a total guess, a flyer so to speak. When doing the drill did you accelerate the shaft with a strong pulling action of the left arm? Do you do this when hitting driver? Do you perhaps perceive the swing to be a radial pulling of the left arm? I did.

Homer defines the Major Basic Strokes by the position of the Right Elbow. The Minor Basic Strokes (normally shorter shots) by Arm Motion. A pulling of the left arm is among the listed variations for the Minor Basic Strokes per 10-3-D, but no where to be found in the Major Basic Strokes. Id say its ill advised even but cant remember where its mentioned as such in the book, so Ill leave that as a personal opinion.

I hit a lot of shots with one arm or another. Its amazing how Homers insights come to life when you do this (the other day I discovered the hard way why he said right arm swinging will hurt your right elbow. Im starting to wonder if Homer hit a lot of shots with one arm or another). I used to be terrible with just my left arm ...... but I was pulling, radially not longitudinally, overlapping as opposed to sequenced release, weak impact and throwaway resulting. Then one day I tried it left armed with an on plane Left Wrist Throw, 10-20-D style and blammo. An uncocking of the #2 down but on plane, the left wrist turned to the plane. An uncocking followed by a swivel, a hinge action and then a Finish Swivel. The golfers flail. Not a pure pulling motion with the left left wrist perpendicular to the inclined plane. Not a mere pulling with a swivel. Its more of a hammering down action but turned to plane, with hinge action and swivel. Thats the swingers flail. I can now hit left armed sand wedges nearly as well as I do right armed. Oh, one armed you'll quickly discover the need for a right sided takeaway and pickup, the left is totally ill equiped or perhaps I should say ill positioned on the other side of he body.

If this by chance is the culprit then its the Down element of the three dimensional impact you are missing. Try it yourself with your left arm only and see if it hurts. You may want to inspect the corresponding UP as well on the backswing. Right Forearm Pickup. That will get your plane angle up on the backswing too. But that was a another thread of yours.

Just a thought. Homer wanted the left arm to be inert after all. A string.

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Old 11-12-2009, 07:46 PM
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Interesting story Whip.

Here is a total guess, a flyer so to speak. When doing the drill did you accelerate the shaft with a strong pulling action of the left arm? Do you do this when hitting driver? Do you perhaps perceive the swing to be a radial pulling of the left arm? I did.

Homer defines the Major Basic Strokes by the position of the Right Elbow. The Minor Basic Strokes (normally shorter shots) by Arm Motion. A pulling of the left arm is among the listed variations for the Minor Basic Strokes per 10-3-D, but no where to be found in the Major Basic Strokes. Id say its ill advised even but cant remember where its mentioned as such in the book, so Ill leave that as a personal opinion.

I hit a lot of shots with one arm or another. Its amazing how Homers insights come to life when you do this (the other day I discovered the hard way why he said right arm swinging will hurt your right elbow. Im starting to wonder if Homer hit a lot of shots with one arm or another). I used to be terrible with just my left arm ...... but I was pulling, radially not longitudinally, overlapping as opposed to sequenced release, weak impact and throwaway resulting. Then one day I tried it left armed with an on plane Left Wrist Throw, 10-20-D style and blammo. An uncocking of the #2 down but on plane, the left wrist turned to the plane. An uncocking followed by a swivel, a hinge action and then a Finish Swivel. The golfers flail. Not a pure pulling motion with the left left wrist perpendicular to the inclined plane. Not a mere pulling with a swivel. Its more of a hammering down action but turned to plane, with hinge action and swivel. Thats the swingers flail. I can now hit left armed sand wedges nearly as well as I do right armed. Oh, one armed you'll quickly discover the need for a right sided takeaway and pickup, the left is totally ill equiped or perhaps I should say ill positioned on the other side of he body.

If this by chance is the culprit then its the Down element of the three dimensional impact you are missing. Try it yourself with your left arm only and see if it hurts. You may want to inspect the corresponding UP as well on the backswing. Right Forearm Pickup. That will get your plane angle up on the backswing too. But that was a another thread of yours.

Just a thought. Homer wanted the left arm to be inert after all. A string.

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Old 12-22-2009, 07:37 PM
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I am very troubled by the words.

....overlapping as opposed to sequenced release, .......... An uncocking of the #2 down but on plane, the left wrist turned to the plane. An uncocking followed by a swivel,.........

It is my understanding that no accumulator is completely released until follow through and #2 can not be released before impact because the rifgt arm unfolding regulates #2 release. ?????
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