Should Supination Occur Automatically?

[Joe Mama]

I heard it said (Johnny Miller) that all good (right-handed) golfers are pronating their right arm near the time of impact. (Alternatively, you can say they are supinating their left arm; either action causes the other.) When I first started playing I tried consciously pronating my right arm, and met with mixed results. Now, three years later I'm of the opinion that good golfers don't consciously pronate; it happens automatically without thinking about it if you're correct at the top and at the transition. Instead of saying that all good golfers are pronating their right arm, I would say that it is the CLUB, not the golfer, that is doing the pronating. The club's inertia naturally torques the forearm counter-clockwise just prior to impact. Also, ending up on the right toe with the belt buckle facing the target: that's not something one should think about MAKING happen, right? I find that if I'm in good position at the top, those things happen automatically. If I try to make them happen, anything can happen. Again, it's the club's inertia that pulls the right side around onto the right toe and the buckle toward the target, in my opinion. What do others think?

[mvmac]

Not something you have to think about, the forearms are going to rotate whether you want them to or not.