In your recent video on "why we SHOULDN'T swing like Brooks Koepka" you mentioned that during the takeaway that we should look more like Mike in that we should take our club more "around" us. Brooks has the club going "outward". Can you clarify the takeaway position as it relates to video 3.2 - entitled "STOP" Train the Arm Motion with the a Club. Here I feel like you are saying to have the club out versus in. Am I simply confusing the different takeaway point in which these videos are discussing?
Finally, as a "Golfette" when you state that our arms should stay connected to the chest do you mean that our arms should press against the side of our breast versus our arms (at address) extending out in front of us. Thanks for helping us "Golfettes" as this is a factor of life and golf for us 😏
Hey there, Golfette!!...😎 Great questions!
1) We need to understand the difference between hand path and club path. These move parallel - or concentrically - with each other on an inward path. Given the length and angle of the shaft - along with the fact that there is no prescribed manipulative hand action to snatch or roll the club to the inside - you will get that hands-in/club-out look in the takeaway stage of the backswing which keeps the club working up the shaft plane established at address. (This is different from Koepka and others who subscribe to a "Shift & Lift" two-plane swing model where the hands are working more straight back off the ball and lifting the club independently of the shoulder turn.) As the club "turns the corner" in the backswing it will remain on that concentric circle but will be working inside along with the hands. I think you'll find a nice explanation in THIS VIDEO from the YT channel, and the aerial view in it should provide a most excellent visual clarification of this concept for you.
2) The upper parts of the arms should be connected to the sides of the pec muscles, with the lead arm moving 45 degrees across the chest - umm....I mean breast - in the backswing. Lesson 3.0 is a good starting point for understanding these connections. It's very important that the upper trail arm not be allowed to slide backwards against the side as we take the club back - an improper move that I refer to as "slot-machining". It's okay for the trail elbow to be 2-4 inches from the side at the completion of the backswing, as long as we've kept that upper arm-pec connection. A good drill for this mentioned in the Stack & Tilt book is to stick a tee under each armpit and hit balls while keeping the tees in place for the entire duration of the swing.
I hope this sufficiently answers your questions!!
Tom