It has been stated before in this forum that Richard Wax said Mindy intended for the swing to be a one-handed (lead-hand) swing. As Mindy played golf right-handed his lead hand was his left hand. This raises the question was Mindy naturally left-handed (left-arm dominant )since to my way of thinking you would use your dominant arm to swing one-handed or to throw a javelin even when using a relexed reflex action. I can't find any reference in either of Mindy's books or in this forum's archives to this question. Interestingly Ben Hogan who influenced Mindy's swing theory started out as a left-handed player but changed early to right-handed and so must have been left-arm dominant and he famously always said he needed more than one right hand late in the downswing.
I would be interested to know if those using the Mindy swing prefer to lead with their dominant arm. This is not an uncommon thing for left-handers to do ( ie. play right-handed ). Although interestingly enough Bob Charles the first golfer to win a major with left-hand clubs is in fact a natural right-hander (right arm dominant ).

Concerning dominance, why does one hand or side need to be dominant? Why not balance the two and use them both equally?

Tom

My memory (from 1973-74 when I met with Mindy) is that he was right-hand dominant.

I read somewhere that Phil Mickelson is right-hand dominant but learned to play left-handed because he observed his father (who swung righty) swing while assuming a face-on position to his father. This supposedly led to his swinging lefty...could be true. SD