That's the trick. It may feel awkward at first, but after a while you'll do it automatically & never leave home without it.
The "checklist for all shots" section towards the end of the book has Extensor Action all over it. For a reason.
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By this do you mean stretching out of the left arm towards the ground.?
Is this what Tom Tomasello describes in the drill on his video (chapter 2 ARMS) when takes the left wrist in the right hand and first stretches it towards the ground?
By this do you mean stretching out of the left arm towards the ground.?
Is this what Tom Tomasello describes in the drill on his video (chapter 2 ARMS) when takes the left wrist in the right hand and first stretches it towards the ground?
Exactly. If you think of the left arm as a piece of rope; the right hand keeps the "rope" taut using extensor action via PP#1.
To make it less dramatical, extensor action is a general medical/anatomical term - sort of. An extensor muscle is a muscle that has has the purpose to open a joint, increasing the angle between the limbs attached. So extersor muscles are used to straighten fingers and straighten legs. In TGM Extensor Action refers to the (deliberate) action performed to increase the angle between the right forearm and upper arm - thus using extensor muscles.
So where does the resulting force end up?
When Hitting the pressure is applied through PP#1 and down the shaft. When Swinging the pressure is applied through PP#3 and down the shaft. In both cases the effect will be the left arm (the primary lever) being extended to straight.
I am not the right person to list all the benefits of EA, but maybe the most obvious ones are:
- Creating width
- Presetting alignments at Impact Fix and make sure we keep the alignments during the swing.
Again in Homers checklist he wants you to make sure about EA in some 9-10 places during the swing.
If there is no Extensor Action we - for example - need hand-eye coordination and manipulation to hit the ball solidly. But if we apply it at setup - and keep it - we "know" we will hit the ball solidly, since the left arm will want to extend at impact anyway.
A few extensor muscles shown here:
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Last edited by metallion : 05-11-2006 at 09:10 AM.
By this do you mean stretching out of the left arm towards the ground.?
Is this what Tom Tomasello describes in the drill on his video (chapter 2 ARMS) when takes the left wrist in the right hand and first stretches it towards the ground?
Yes but the stretch off pp3/1 is not in any old direction towards the ground - its towards the impact point plane line.
Yes but the stretch off pp3/1 is not in any old direction towards the ground - its towards the impact point plane line.
Except with Zero #3 Accumulator, the stretch (Non-Accelerating Thrust) of Extensor Action -- whether executed by Pressure Point #3 or #1 or both -- is not On Plane, i.e., toward the Impact Plane Line. Instead, it is Below Plane -- in the direction the Left Arm is pointing.
Except with Zero #3 Accumulator, the stretch (Non-Accelerating Thrust) of Extensor Action -- whether executed by Pressure Point #3 or #1 or both -- is not On Plane, i.e., toward the Impact Plane Line. Instead, it is Below Plane -- in the direction the Left Arm is pointing.
Except with Zero #3 Accumulator, the stretch (Non-Accelerating Thrust) of Extensor Action -- whether executed by Pressure Point #3 or #1 or both -- is not On Plane, i.e., toward the Impact Plane Line. Instead, it is Below Plane -- in the direction the Left Arm is pointing.
Exactly.
When I first learnt about this, I thought 'cool, but how's this going to be useful for my own swing'.
After a bit more incubation, I realised that that's one of the ways you can differentiate between an Active Right Arm Thrust and Extensor Action. You can feel the Right Arm Thrust going directly at the Ball, whereas the stretch of Extensor Action is clearly below Plane. Learn to feel the difference! It’s very useful especially if you’re Swinger because you don't want to be inadvertently activating that Fourth Barrel (Accumulator #1)!
Can anyone tell me how you can execute extensor action with Pressure Point #3? I just can't understand how it works as Pressure Point #3 is behind the shaft.
Can anyone tell me how you can execute extensor action with Pressure Point #3? I just can't understand how it works as Pressure Point #3 is behind the shaft.
Thanks,
Danny
Pull your Left Arm straight by using your Right Forefinger and Thumb. That's the Pressure Point #3 application of Extensor Action. It pulls the whole of your Primary Lever Assembly (the Left Arm and Club) taut, which may inhibit Left Wrist Cock.
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