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Old 05-05-2012, 01:56 PM
MizunoJoe MizunoJoe is offline
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Originally Posted by brianid View Post
Maybe that is just what I feel..but yeah, it is actually, if I come to think of it, really just going along for the ride...the ride or main engine being the L shoulder/PA4/pivot...yeah, Inert...Lifeless...

But MJ, my R shoulder is never firing...if it does, I sure never felt or intended it...

Yeah, I feel my L wrist is firing, but I feel or "think" more about my L Elbow...very important to me as it helps my L arm behave "properly"... Does this L Elbow move of mine still qualifies my L arm as Inert?
I can only conclude that you're pulling with your left shoulder, which will drag the right shoulder and RFW. This not only sacrifices power, but can mess up impact alignments. You should drive the right shoulder down plane, propelling PP#3 through impact. There's a good reason why TGM hardly makes mention of the left shoulder.

I hope by firing the left wrist, you mean rolling it, which is the only legitimate left wrist move you can make.

I'm also confused by your contradictory statements that your left arm is inert, and that you also make a "L Elbow move". If it's the move that T Bertrand claims that Hogan made, I recommend not doing it. Any left elbow move would make the left arm active, not inert.

In summary, I think, like a lot of Hogan followers, you're probably trying to execute the golf stroke like a left-handed, top-spin tennis stroke. And that's a road to somewhere you don't want to go.
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