What is right arm fanning for hitters and what is the dowel drill associated with it? I assume it not a turning of the hands as in swinging.
Dave
Originally Posted by davel What is right arm fanning for hitters and what is the dowel drill associated with it? I assume it not a turning of the hands as in swinging.Get you a couple of tennis rackets or ping pong paddles. Hold them both out in front of you with your left arm extended straight out from the shoulder. Your left arm should be parallel to the ground and the racket vertical. Take your BENT right arm and LEVEL BENT right wrist in front of your chest like the left arm. Make sure your Right Forearm and the shaft of the racket are in the same plane.
Dave
Originally Posted by RatherBeGolfing Even in past post from Yoda, Yoda simplifies the fanning motion always referring to the Start-Up and into the Backstroke. Clearly H.K. in his writings only used the word fanning when referring to 10-3-A. (of course please correct me if I am wrong).Perhaps it's a generational issue, but back in the day (before electric fans, air conditioners, etc.), people had to resort to fanning themselves on hot summer days. Try this: hold a stiff piece of paper, or a notebook-sized piece of cardboard, in your right hand and use it to blow air onto your face. It seems to work best if your wrist stays (slightly) bent as your forearm moves back and forth, and your hand consistently returns to the same positions at the top and bottom of the stroke.
Originally Posted by TGMfan Perhaps it's a generational issue, but back in the day (before electric fans, air conditioners, etc.), people had to resort to fanning themselves on hot summer days. Try this: hold a stiff piece of paper, or a notebook-sized piece of cardboard, in your right hand and use it to blow air onto your face. It seems to work best if your wrist stays (slightly) bent as your forearm moves back and forth, and your hand consistently returns to the same positions at the top and bottom of the stroke.I do not think so TGMfan. It is the shape of a motion. Like the opening of an peacock's tail or asian hand fan that "fans" open. It is a tracing of the plane line. Like clapping the hands back and forth. The forearm fans open and closed as it traces the plane line.
I believe that's the "fanning" that Mr. Kelley was referring to, and obviously if you fan going back you have to fan coming down - to keep the air moving!
Originally Posted by RatherBeGolfing Is the bottom of the arch in bottom of the photo 10-23-A #2, what you feel is the fanning motion?Don't know about others, but I fan from Impact Fix to the Top, and then naf (or whatever the complement of fan is) back to Impact. The fanning motion is what allows the Hands to follow a Straight Line.
Originally Posted by RatherBeGolfing Fanning is only mentioned twice in the 6th edition. Once at 12-5-1-17, Right Forearm Fanning and again at 10-3-A. Fan is never mentioned.In both the Punch and Pitch Major Basic Strokes, the Right Forearm Fans, i.e., the Hands move in an arc around the Right Elbow. The term applies on both the Backstroke and the Downstroke. Only with the Push Basic Stroke do the Hands remain in a line between the Elbow and the Ball.
I would interpret the majority of the reply threads as making reference to a take away motion. When the question pertains only to a 10-3-A. I believe that is were the confusion comes in.
So, maybe Yoda can clear the air here and address H.K. definition of fanning pertaining to 10-3-A From a "down-and-at-the-side" Elbow Position when using 12-1-0. DRIVE LOADING BASIC PATTERN (HITTING) and 12-1-3.