Pivot assisted by arm / hand lift????

[Bill Miracle]

Been working extremely hard on a good pivot. I seem to get lazy in this area and lack of a good turn/pivot shows up when I am tired or just lose focus on it.

In practicing in the mirror, I noticed that as I start to turn the trunk around the spine, if I lift/raise my hands, at around 1/2 back, it bends the right elbow and seems to help me get a nice full pivot. I seem to get a fuller turn as though the hands are actually assisting in the process.

First off, does this make sense and if so, am I heading for trouble using my hands lifting to assist in finishing my back pivot??

 

[Brian Manzella]

Well....

If you don't (lift 'em) noone else will do it for you.

It is ALWAYS a "pickup" of some kind.

 

[Bill Miracle]

Yeah, I guess I didn't communicate it well...

It's just different than what I was doing before. I think before, I was trying to complete the pivot by just turning hips, trunk, and shoulders....just let the arms lift at the end to position the club. Almost as though they were just along for the ride. I was getting into some weird positions with my hands and arms on the back swing (as you know from our lessons).

When I focused on turning as above and then lifted my hands straight up, it seemed to pull everything around further...even easier...as though they were pulling the trunk around vs. me focusing on turning it by itself. Make sense? Maybe, this is something so common-sensible to most people and I just wasn't doing it. But the feeling is though the hands are a big part of the proper pivot for me.

 

[Jared Willerson]

Bill, this idea helps me too. Helps keep the club on a plane that feels comfortable for "me"

As long as I pivot correctly, though, nothing too bad is going to happen, my miss is going to be a pull, and usually that is just lack of axis tilt. Or failure to follow the yellow brick road.

 

[Bill Miracle]

Thanks coach!

Bill, this idea helps me too. Helps keep the club on a plane that feels comfortable for "me"

As long as I pivot correctly, though, nothing too bad is going to happen, my miss is going to be a pull, and usually that is just lack of axis tilt. Or failure to follow the yellow brick road.

When to the range tonight and it was really helping me get that full turn effortlessly.