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Old 02-10-2006, 02:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Yoda
So, after supplying the initial Acceleration of the Power Package, the Body need only continue to lead in order to maintain its place in the Downstroke Release Sequence (6-M-1).

To grasp this concept, visualize yourself running toward a distant object. How long will it take you to reach top speed? Once you've reached this speed, can you do anything more -- pump your arms harder, twist your torso violently or even grunt louder -- to make yourself run any faster? No. And so it is with 'extra effort' and the Pivot Motion.
Nice description Yoda.

In fact, the Swinger's massive rotor (Pivot) needs to slow down -- not acclerating or staying at constant speed -- for Momentum Transfer to take place from the Body to the Arms and Hands. This is how the Left Arm gets blasted off the left side of one's chest, so Centrifugal Force can be 'set up' to work its magic. If there was constant acceleration or even constant speed of the Pivot, the Swinger would never be letting Centrifugal Force take over the Rhythm of the Downstroke and there would not be a slowing, overtaking process happening joint by joint that is necessary for Momentum Transfer.

All this is quite counter-intuitive because we think how it is possible for something to slow down to speed something else up. Maybe this is the science behind one of the cliches we often here from our friends and golf magazines: "swing easy if you want to hit it further".

Originally Posted by Yoda
However, just as with the Clubhead Lag (trailing Clubhead Inertia), the Pivot Lag (Lag and Drag of the Pivot Train) is never 'Released' (6-B-0).
I agree Yoda, but can you clarify by what you mean if Pivot Lag were to be Released?
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