Hi Tom, In this video, you had an alignment stick on the ground at an angle to match the lead arm movement. I assume the lead arm should come down on that same angle as well? It seems like a good swing thought when needed to prevent the right shoulder from coming over the top. Almost as if the club 'falls' on that angle when you initiate the downswing with a hip bump. Thanks
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2.8 is much closer to a full swing than most folks think, and you can definitely play some great golf with it! You're absolutely right in that when golfers try to reach back beyond their body's natural stopping point, the lead knee kicks inward, the weight shifts back to the trail side, the shoulder turn flattens, the arms lift, the wrists break down, etc...; in other words we've just undone all the great stuff and reverted back to a crappy shift & lift move.
So enjoy that crispy clean compression and work gradually and incrementally up to your full swing without sacrificing the pure impact, being every ready to backtrack and reinforce it again when necessary. Remember, we create depth with this swing, taking the arms on an inward path in order to access the tremendous power source of angular momentum. In doing so what may look like a 3/4 swing because the club didn't get to "parallel" may actually be full because of how deep we've taken our hands. One look at Tony Finau's swing will give you a nice visual on what I'm referring to, and I don't believe he suffers much from lack of distance!
Tom
Yes - that angled stick would be a fine line for the lead arm at the very start of the downswing, recognizing that this arm - which crossed the chest during the backswing - must then begin to exit the chest early in the downswing.
By the way, thanks for bringing Lesson 3.6 up. I was absolutely striping it in that video and may want to revisit the drill for my own benefit!!
Tom