WIDE ELBOWS/ SWINGING A POCKET KNIFE SDP QUESTIONS

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crawford

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Question for the experts especially Brian!

I have always had a problem with a very quick, snatchy tempo and an extremely short backswing.

The SDP video describes a very specific takeaway which settles that tempo with the LCT created by the 'step'. But then something really unusual and amazing! I heard Brian describing 'widening the elbows at the top', and for me its a very effective way of getting fully turned to the top of the backswing rather than remaining stuck halfway back. Has anyone else found this?

I now think of widening the elbows as much as possible from about halfway back and it has the effect of getting that shoulder fully turned or maybe its the other way round, you can't get the shoulders turned without widening the elbows?

Also, can someone explain the Ernest Jones quote about swinging with 'no leverage'? Isn't creating huge leverage the whole point of the golf swing?
 
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crawford said:
Question for the experts especially Brian!

Also, can someone explain the Ernest Jones quote about swinging with 'no leverage'? Isn't creating huge leverage the whole point of the golf swing?
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No expert, but as I asked Brian a question very close to this once, I will pass along what I remember. I will say that I was confused a little about where the Ernest Jones pure swinging idea fit in with the idea of "pulling like crazy" and then adding right arm at the right point in the downswing, as described in SD. Brian's answer, as I remember it was that the pure swinging concept applies to the backswing, not the downswing.
 
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Brian Manzella

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Soft Draw Pattern Power.

Pure Swinging only for development.

Add pivot acceleration early in downswing to add "pull" (force along the shaft).

Add right arm push from shaft vertical before impact for max. power.
 
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