[comdpa]

Ok roll, I will insert my answers into your original post. Again, please feel free to correct.

Comdpa, your post really helps me narrow down some of the material and see how it actually applies. Couple of very novice type questions to get me started:

-Stationary head: You are correct, I am trying to stay behind the ball. When I first started, I swayed my hips badly. Then an instructor told me to keep my head still. I began turning around my eyes and developed an ugly reverse pivot. Then a new instructor taught me to turn around my spine. He also added the spine tilt. Kinda more like you might see in a golfdigest article.

So does spine tilt still apply? Yes, it does, only not as much as you were taught. If so, how do you get your head in the center of your feet? When you brush your teeth in the morning, how do you set your head in the center of your stance? By not doing anything to shift it off center! In golf, the strangest things can happen in that we are sometimes taught to contort our bodies out of their natural positions.

As you turn, should your butt move back to the target? I’m not sure how to make the proper TGM movement. Turn where? Backstroke or Downstroke?

-Right Forearm: I thought that looked ok at impact. Is there something I am misinterpreting? Yes, my post addressed off plane right forearm at ADDRESS. Where do you see it off plane. My apologies: I have had a tough time understanding this one for some reason. I’ve read it over and over again, and it’s just not clicking. How can my left wrist cock (yes w/right elbow) if my right forearm is on line with the shaft. Its inline when viewed from the side only at address and impact. At the top, the right forearm will be perpendicular to the clubshaft if swinging, it will be perpendicular to the left arm when hitting (7-3) I’m not so sure my body can do that, which leads me to believe I’m missing the essence.

As for the RF Pickup, what are you tracing? You trace the plane line. Is it the shining of the light on the corner of the wall? Wall? When in the backswing do you feel torque? In the Golfing Machine, "torque" is not mentioned. Torque is a seems-as-if of power in golf. It is not included in the Power Package because torque cannot produce power in the swing. It can produce back problems however.

- Sustaining #2: How do you accomplish this? I rehearse it in my practice swing by feeling my rt forearm moving parallel to the ground across my right foot. Is that right? Can’t be b/c it doesn’t work. Are you pulling with the biceps? No. Is the right hand pulling up on PP#3? I’d love to have a snap release. Screw this sweep thing, right? Yes, but this will be the issue of another thread altogether.

- Right Shoulder – where do you see it roundhousing? In the Frames that I outlined. I am sure it does, but I need more clarification. My conscious thought in this swing was to make a slight pause at the top to leave my hands while I moved my hips back to center. A better way is...stand with your right side facing a mirror. Use tape and mark the Turned Shoulder Plane, take your Hands up and down that plane and identify the Feel. Now go to the ball with club in hand and make sure you replicate what your Hands felt in front of the mirror. I thought this would bring the shoulder down. I’ve tried to swing by starting the shoulder down first. The problem has been a push slice and weak contact with longer clubs. Shorter irons are ok with this method, which feels like a more right-sided move.

I wish I could be more specific, but I guess that is part of the goal. I appreciate all the feedback. Now I just have to take my understanding a step farther and get the most out of all your effort! You are most welcome buddy!