Twistaway question...

[WVSooner]

I was reading Brian's post on the twistaway and I need a little clarification. Brian says:

"IMPORTANT NOTE: If you are trying to TWISTAWAY, and you continue to slice, you are probably not rotating the WHOLE ARM AND LEFT ELBOW inward toward you."

I'm not sure what is meant by twisting the left arm and elbow "inward." Is it like pointing the left elbow at the left hip, similar to what happens to the forearms and elbow when you make the left palm face toward the sky?

Or is it more of the opposite move, taking the crease of the left arm/elbow and twisting/pointing it toward the right?

As you may be able to tell by my post, I am a little confused on the subject.

 

[natep]

He means counter-clockwise, like turning your palm to the sky.

 

[softconsult]

Just a brief comment. During my first and only lesson with Brian, the first thing he checked was this.
Hit a few draws, I did. Hit a few fades, I did. Then I think he watched a while and shot my top
of backswing with the Casio. He showed by how open the clubface was at the top using words like
very, or most he'd seen in a while. So we tried twistaway. I simply couldn't get it done after 10 tries
or so.

He said, no problem, Twistaway isn't for you, let's just grip the club a few degrees closed. So Twistaway
isn't for everyone.

 

[WVSooner]

He means counter-clockwise, like turning your palm to the sky.

Thanks for the explanation. It seems to me that setting the elbows facing the hips at address as Hogan taught in 5 Lessons would help with the twistaway.

Just a brief comment. During my first and only lesson with Brian, the first thing he checked was this.
Hit a few draws, I did. Hit a few fades, I did. Then I think he watched a while and shot my top
of backswing with the Casio. He showed by how open the clubface was at the top using words like
very, or most he'd seen in a while. So we tried twistaway. I simply couldn't get it done after 10 tries
or so.

He said, no problem, Twistaway isn't for you, let's just grip the club a few degrees closed. So Twistaway
isn't for everyone.

I read an post from Brian (maybe it was a video) where he suggested that if you start at address with your hands behind the ball then the club face should actually be a little closed. Combine that with the fact that I just can't get the left hand into the Manzella neutral grip, instead the club face is always a little closed in relation to the back of my left hand, and I bet I am actually griping the club a few degrees closed. I have been setting up that way for a few years now and it has really helped my ball striking.