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from Kevin's notes:

Address the ball with your Left Wrist Level and your Right Forearm On Plane. Until you do this, you are wasting your time in a sea of compensations.

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The Golf Stroke is all about inscribing near-perfect Circles with the orbiting Clubhead on the face of an Inclined Plane -- while simultaneously Sustaining Lag Pressure on the Clubshaft and controlling the Clubface through Impact.

Hand-Controlled-Pivot players have a tremendous advantage here over those who employ Pivot-Controlled-Hands. That is because this System eliminates the need to consciously govern the amount of the Hip and Shoulder Turns. Instead, the player needs only to point his Right Forearm at the Plane Line during Impact Fix and then return precisely to that alignment through the Ball.

I have written often that the golfer's Machine needs a stable base (Feet and Knees) and a stable top (Stationary Head). However, I have never written that one should adopt in his Full Stroke Pattern a deliberately restricted Hip or Shoulder Turn (for example, the dubious "X" Factor I now hear being extolled in the background on The Golf Channel). In fact, between the Pivot's two stable points -- bottom and top -- we have (and must utilize for best results) an amazing Hula Hula Flexibility.

To that end, I advocate a Delayed Hip Action -- Shoulders Lead the Hips back and the Hips lead the Shoulders down -- but that does not mean a restricted Hip Turn. Unless, of course, it is the player's intention to limit that Turn and with it the length of the Backstroke.

Further, I advocate a Backstroke wherein the Right Shoulder always Turns back to the Plane. That alignment automatically dictates the amount of Right Shoulder Turn. The Flatter the Plane Angle, the more Turn required. Conversely, the more Upright the Plane, the less required.

The Hip and Shoulder Turns will also be influenced to some degree by the amount of Knee Bend. More Bend produces greater Backstroke Turn and Downstroke Slide and thus a flatter Plane Angle. Less Bend automatically restricts this action (in both directions) and produces a more upright Plane Angle.

EXTENSOR ACTION & CHECKLIST FOR SUCCESS

In the video done with one of your students, just prior to the start of the swing you check your extensor action. What is the feel you are trying to get at this point before the swing begins?

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You've asked a good question, because Extensor Action is indeed the last thing I Feel before Start Up. Over time, it actually has become my Start Up Trigger.

What I Feel is the Push of the heel of my Right Hand against my Left Hand thumb. This stretches -- but, per 6-B-1-D -- does not move the Left Arm. I then take that Stretched Feel to the Top, maintain it through the Start Down and then Drive it though the Ball to the Finish of the Stroke.

After years of training in the 24 Components, the Three Zones and the precision alignments of the Mechanical Checklist of 12-3-0, this is the essence of my Action:

1) I apply Extensor Action at Address.

2) I take it to the Top.

3) I Drive it through the Ball.

Simple as that!

Extensor Action is a vital concept, and I will soon put up a video that will show you how to learn and apply it. It is yet another cornerstone of TGM Training that remains undiscovered in the world of conventional Golf Instruction.