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Date Posted: 11:12:57 12/09/01 Sun
Author: Dave
Subject: Re: Bending left arm is a poor idea
In reply to: Ed Laskody 's message, "Re: Bending left arm is a poor idea" on 00:06:38 12/06/01 Thu

>>Tom is correct. Bending the left arm adds a variable
>>that will mess up a golf swing. The problem is that
>>when you bend at the elbow in the backswing, is that
>>when you straighten the arm on the downswing, you will
>>prematurely lose the wrist cock. This will cause a
>>loss of clubhead speed and fat shots. Don't ever bend
>>the left arm on the backswing or downswing, it will
>>only lead to trouble. KISS (keep it straight stupid)
> Bending the left arm makes it much easier to
>reach the on top position as you have much less torque
>on your body.
>If you get your hands about 6-8 inches from your rear
>shoulder after turning your rear shoulder about 60
>degrees
>and your front shoulder about the same, and then
>initiate your swing by slowly straightening out your
>left arm, it should send your hands down and back,
>where I believe it goes for every swing,and also cause
>you to make a simultaneous squat and shift towards the
>front side.
> Then continue to simply release outwards about 10
>degrees to the right. It is simply the easiest swing
>in the world to execute largely because of the bent
>elbow.
> If you pull out some books of old timers like
>Harry
>Vardon and Walter Hagen you will see that they bent
>their left arms to varying degrees. Well, if that's
>so, why didn't we continue to play that way. Well,
>probably because we didn't know WHY the bent left arm
>is superior.
> If you look around on the internet I am sure you
>can find the explanation.
> Ed L

We don't play that way because it adds another variable to the swing. It also takes you off plane when you bend the arm and you lose extension. In the old days they also played with jackets and ties on, and used hickory shafted clubs. To have the easiest to repeat swing you must have the left arm straight on the back and down swing.

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