[Mathew]

Guys i use the shoulder turn takeaway cause it gives me a much better feeling of 'swinging' the club back, but surely i can still use the right forearm pickup AS WELL to trace the correct plane line?

It is nothing to do with what you may feel powers the backstroke. The pivot is responcible to transport the power package and the right forearm role is to keep the club onplane using the plane line as its guide by tracing along it with the right forefinger. This is the only way your going to be onplane....

In other sports where the plane is easy to see, no one would even be debating. In snooker/pool no one debates whether it is advantageous to take the cue back and through on a straight line however when that plane becomes inclined like in golf suddenly its ok to bring it offplane... and that is nuts!