nha pattern and lifting the arms

[rogerdodger]

I fight a flat backswing and have read Brian's posts and watched NHA, in which he advocates lifting the arms to prevent underplane. When do you feel this lift? Takeaway ?, halfway back? Can you lift too soon? If you lag the takeaway, when do you lift?

 

[Jim Kobylinski]

Setup with a board or another club behind the ball but parallel to it. Then right at the takeaway pretend that club is your "wall" and lift up that wall immediately.

 

[puttmad]

Another way to get the lift is to feel your upper left arm (the bit at the rear where it touches your chest at address) slide upwards across your chest towards your throat on the backswing...not your chest turning towards your throat, the upper arm....
Think Fred Couples....

 

[pieman]

jim:
would you mean have the other club set up paralel to the target line, or perpendicular to it. are you just trying to get the feeling of forcing the arms/hands to go upward in that drill?

 

[bendet3]

Jim means parallel to.