Why is it in my blog, because it has really helped my golf swing. General instruction will tell you that you should have the club reach parallel at the top of the swing. I think that is all well and good if your shoulder turn is equal to a tour players. For most of us that is impossible. Extensor action to me means that the right arm is at approximately 90 degrees to the shoulder turn. I think the actual definition is more complicated than that, but that is what works for me.
The first image here is my position at the top of the swing a few months ago.
According to general instruction this would be pretty good. My club could double as a clothes line. Sadly though, because my shoulder turn isn't that big my shoulders stopped moving and my arms kept on going. This means at the top of my swing I would start to cast the club and lose the power that I wanted to save to hit the ball. If you look at the second photo in this sequence, when my arm is parallel to the ground the club is almost already outside my hands. Not a good position for solid contact.
Now after learning about extensor action and how to apply it to my swing my new position at the top is dramatically shorter.
This translates though to a much more powerful position of having the hands lead the clubhead as shown in this photo.
The second photo set hits the ball higher, further, and straighter. All good things for golf.
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