Originally Posted by pnearn

I think CQ has some good ideas and his passive arms/always be turning stuff is great IMHO. However all this stuff came from Jimmy Ballard who was teaching it years ago

Yes it does feel like going left. I used to have a shut clubface going back and a shift/flip. I'd shift left and then try and throw my hands through the ball. Sometimes id time this OK for a while but I soon realised it was never going to be consistent. Had some lessons with a really good pro who saw this immediately and got me turning through the ball. He got me rotating the club a little more on the BS and worked on the idea was for me to feel like I hit the ball with my right hip by firing my right side etc. Less shift, more turn. As soon as he said this I went back to Greg's RHD and impact drills and could see it was all related

As you say at first I thought I was going to hit it 3 fairways left as I'd got into a pattern of aiming right and trying to turning my hands over. I felt *so* open at impact it was silly and it felt hugely OTT (it wasnt of course). Once I had this down I was hitting pulls as my hands were still too active through impact and I still went at it from the top and casted. That took a lot of practice and it was Brian Manzellas 'hold the twistaway' thought/video that really helped me iron it out. Once I got it I could actually feel the turn really lag/load the club and it slings through impact as my arms catch up

Feels like cheating when you get it right doesnt it