What arm do you take the club back with?(rightys)

[Juicebox1]

When you swing the club back what arm do you feel is more dominant?

mine is my left

 

the weird thing is i rotate my shoulders past 90* in the back but my left elbow breaks

 

so i tried being more dominant with the right, which fixed that issue,

but it feels odd

 

what would u guys do?

[JDorfler]

Never thought about it. I try to pretend my my hands are glued to the grip so I don't have to grip hard, but causes me to use my arms in unison.

[SwingMan]

I'm starting to believe in the old push theory -- that a push is better for the swing to keep it on plane -- so I start the backswing with my hands/arms (left arm more dominant) and let my body react to the push with the turn; on the downswing, I push with a throw of the right hand (along with other sequencing).

As to the left elbow, if it is locked, it is not relaxed. Unlocked is relaxed. Relaxed is good.

[leekgolf]

I use my feet. They push everything back. Then the right wrist hinges, the left wrist is cocked by the folding of my right elbow and I'm dead on the tilted shoulder plane

[potatofu]

yesterday at the range, i tried to feel that my left arm and hand is more dominant. this prevented my right arm from pushing the club upwards and over extension during the back swing.

during the downswing, i let my body unwind and feel as though my left side is being pulled towards the target. although i increased distance by about 10m, i felt some discomfort in my left wrist. it could be that i have been practicing too much, or that i am not used to this left arm takeaway feel. or could it be that this is a bad way to swing?

[Swingtheclub]

I never think of my arms or hands taking the club back I like to initiate it with my left shoulder.

[hayam]

just changed to right elbow to my body and left shoulder down..

Sorry .. thats for stack and tilt ^^.

[The Boom Bapp]

IF you are going to take the club back, take it back with your left hand and use the right as a guide.
I think that is what you were asking correct?

[iCollector]

I'm sort of in line with the second post: I try to feel my arms as a unit going back with neither being dominant. If i am having problems with my swing, what works for me is thinking of hitting the ball with my right hand. If that sounds weird so be it - but it works for me!

[dlygrisse]

I feel I swing my best when it feels like everything is swinging back together, with nothing dominating the action. Hands, arms shoulders all swinging back in sync. Some great players will say they initiate the swing with a push from the lower body etc. or a kind of rebound from a forward press. Watch footage of Hogan Snead, Nicklaus etc. and you will see kind of a forward bump, and then everything moves back together. Harvey Penik described it as "swinging the bucket" which is a great image, IMHO.

[ezra76]

[quote name='dlygrisse' post='867779' date='Jan 17 2008, 08:42 AM']I feel I swing my best when it feels like everything is swinging back together, with nothing dominating the action. Hands, arms shoulders all swinging back in sync. Some great players will say they initiate the swing with a push from the lower body etc. or a kind of rebound from a forward press. Watch footage of Hogan Snead, Nicklaus etc. and you will see kind of a forward bump, and then everything moves back together. Harvey Penik described it as "swinging the bucket" which is a great image, IMHO.[/quote]

This is something my current instructor has me doing. He's got me kicking the right knee forward with the forward press I already used to initiate the swing. From there I'm thinking "shoulder's, back to target, feet" I like to feel my shoulder turn is in control of the club going back and my arms are an extension of the shaft, my left foot triggers my right and I push off the right instep like a pitcher in baseball, everything else is just a chain reaction from there. I've been working on doing this with these swing thoughts for about a month now and it seems to be simplifying things and I've had some stellar range sessions. I feel it's the direction I want to be heading and will continue with it.

[avrag]

i don't feel that i take the club back with my arms at all. i start turning my whole upper body (or at least the shoulders) around my spine. as a result, my arms and hands move to the right and back, which takes the club back as well.

[iyan7]

Mine would be similar to most that have posted. Left shoulder pushing in sequence with turning the upper torso around the spine. Overactive arms and hands will destroy the whole thing IMO.

[Deadpool_25]

[quote name='avrag' post='870308' date='Jan 18 2008, 06:27 PM']i don't feel that i take the club back with my arms at all. i start turning my whole upper body (or at least the shoulders) around my spine. as a result, my arms and hands move to the right and back, which takes the club back as well.[/quote]

Word. I like to feel as if I rotate my upper body with my core (abs mainly) powering the movement. I've had a couple of instructors talk about the same feel...as if you're turning with your belly button.

The thing is though, it depends on which swing theory you're using. There are quite a few of them that seem to work pretty well, but a given thought won't work for them all.

[Jaylasvegas]

im more of a Hardy swinger and initiate my back swing with a pulling back of the right arm, sort of like pull starting a mower
it keeps the left arm across the peck thru the swing like Mc Carron or Pernice

[Deadpool_25]

Yeah that one plane swing is interesting to me. I might mess around with it on the range tomorrow if I can kick this cold a bit. I'm sure I'll mess my swing up horribly.

[atlanta golfer]

Another recent one plane convert here. I pull my right elbow back at about a 45 and this drags the left across the chest and tight to it.

A comment above was correct, it depends on the particular swing theory you are following. None are right or wrong, just different.

Regardless, I do believe a key is to keep things "connected".

[Milo]

Left side all the way. Not quite so crucial getting to the top but from then on down - left side pulling not right side pushing.

[thenewbie]

my shoulders take the club back, not my arms. once the shoulders are turning back, the arms keep going on the same plane. just my thing.

[SwingMan]

Even though I'm a Hardy One Planer (or attempting to be such), I've found that starting off by feeling that I'm pushing with the left arm actually gets everything going at once -- confirmed in a large mirror -- lol -- the effect is that the initial arm movement gets everything responding in a natural order -- and I don't take the club too far inside.

I may eventually change to where the right arm dominates more -- but the tendency for me is to pull the club too far inside with the right arm -- and I never recover.

Different strokes for different folks.

[jeremyblre21]

My shoulders... now that I think about it I don't have one dominating hand during my swing.

[Grum]

Left hand, but I am wierd. At address I can hold a perfect grip. When it comes take away, my left hand regrips strong and back I go. Im pretty consistent with it, but im teaching myself to hold my grip and take away with the right dominant, gets me on plane is more consistent. Its very difficult after 4 years of bad swinging!