Reply to "driving back knee - how critical?"

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Originally posted by pmm:
So Low Finish - you are confirming that i should really try to keep hands back until front heel is planted????

Thanks!

The hands have to stay back, but your lower body has to turn open into plant. Open pelvis and coiled rear hip. You don't keep the hands back- with the hands. You pinch the scapula to keep them back.

You need to turn the barrel, not shove the handle.