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hello to all and Happy Holidays

my question regards the downswing,can a right handed golfer "pull" from the top with the- RIGHT HAND. might be a silly question, but since i don't know i will ask.

thanks
Overpar85

Your question is carefully worded I believe so Ill try to answer it appropriately given Homers definition of things.

You say "pull" with the "right hand" and "from the top". Quick answer assuming you are referring to Total Motion, with a Delayed Release for power, would be no.

Long answer: When you say "pull" you take us to Drag Loading, Swinging, Longitudinal Acceleration as opposed to the Push of Hitting, Radial Acceleration. You say "with the Right Hand" , which is possible in combo with Drag Loading , Swinging , Pulling ........the not so often discussed Right Arm Swinging. Of which there are quite a few practitioners out there I believe, Retief Goosen for one.

When you say "from top" .........now we're in a grey area where maybe you mean it literally or maybe you dont. I dunno. Normally for the Drag Loader in the ideal ,for Total Motion full power he uses the Downswing Sequence 6-M-1, where he "swings from the feet" , ground up. He Slides Left which loads his left foot, then the Sequence moves up to the Knees, then the turning Left Hip which pulls the Right Shoulder down plane (ideally) which pushes the Left Shoulder around and up which pulls the Left ARm which pulls the Hand to grip attachment. So do you mean that when you say "pull from the top" with the Right Hand?

Or do you mean quite literally your Right Hand, on its own more or less pulls the club down? This latter situation would be accompanied by an associated pulling away from the Shoulders by the right arm as well. Release. Immediate Release in Startdown. Not something you'd do for power but rather for the added height to the trajectory you'd get. Common around the green or for going over some trees or something.....but most often with shorter clubs , less than full power. This is the world of Full Sweep Release.

And Full Sweep Release , Right Arm Swinging is out there, on tour even.