Clock-wise

AXIOM is best covered on the Rotary Swing site.

Here is my take on it.

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Rotary Swing found a way to help us feel the synchronization of the arms and the weight shift. This has some positive and helpful notions to understand.

Clock-wise hands (301)

Most sports include a single move. Shooting the basketball, throwing a football, throwing a baseball or kicking a ball. So how do we make what is often two deliberate moves: a Backswing and a Downswing, into one continuous move? We do this by focusing on clock-wise hands on the backswing then continue with clock-wise hands on the downswing. One motion. One move.

If we are not being athletic, like a short chip shot, the momentum of club does not cause issues. Every other swing causes a force in the swing that naturally throws the swing “out to in” which is not the preferred path. You can see and feel the preferred path in a short chip shot. To counteract the velocity and force of every other swing we need to be proactive! We need to do something to set up a proper downswing.

Clock-wise hands also encourages the right elbow to stay connected (not touching but connected) to the torso. A flying right elbow makes it hard to swing on an “in to out” plane.

Additionally, the clockwise move at the top encourages loose wrists and thus lag. Avoiding the tendency to overpower at the top with wrists - an anti-lag move.

The additional benefit of clockwise is to shallow out the plane or to “drop-in”.

This move helps direct the swing path down the target line or a bit in to out. It is subtle but you might also notice that this move causes the right elbow to tuck in a bit. That is good a thing and sign that your plane is shallowing.

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