Posterchild for Hitters - Stuart Appleby

[annikan skywalker]

Here is a sequence from the 1999 US Open at Pinehurst....

RFT...
Top Assembly Point...
Turned Shoulder Plane...
Angled Hinge Action...
etc...

[Rob2197]

Very Nice post!!
I really enjoyed this one. So am I correct in assuming that a hitter should still have wristcock and forearm rotation but it's just not as much as a swinger?

It seems to me that most pics I've seen of pure hitters like this also may indicate that hitters keep the right foot down after impact a slight bit longer?

Sorry for all the questions but I'm so confused about TGM right now.

[12 piece bucket]

Here is a sequence from the 1999 US Open at Pinehurst....

RFT...
Top Assembly Point...
Turned Shoulder Plane...
Angled Hinge Action...
etc...

THESE FREAKIN' ALIGNMENTS ARE STRONG LIKE OTIS DRUNK'S BREATH AFTER UNLOCKIN' CELL IN THE MORNING!!!

[comdpa]

Here is a sequence from the 1999 US Open at Pinehurst....

RFT...
Top Assembly Point...
Turned Shoulder Plane...
Angled Hinge Action...
etc...

Hey Mr Annikan,

Thanks for all these pictures....keep em coming.

[billmckinneygolf]

I'd call him a Hinger..HITTer with SWINGer characteristics.
When you see his MOTION, you should see a lot of the flow of
CF.
Hey Justin and everyone, Happy New Year.

[comdpa]

I'd call him a Hinger..HITTer with SWINGer characteristics.
When you see his MOTION, you should see a lot of the flow of
CF.
Hey Justin and everyone, Happy New Year.

Hey Billy and everyone, Happy New Year!

[12 piece bucket]

If you want to see Right Forearm Flying Wedge in action . . . this is it.

[Rhythm]

I have looked at his motion many times and could not discern whether it was hitting or swinging. I have always leaned towards swinging. It appears he uses horizontal hinging in his follow through. Or could he be swinging using an angled hinge. A swinger could assemble at the top also. I am still not sure. What else makes you think he is hitting, has he ever made a comment that he pushes? Sometimes it is hard to tell.

[comdpa]

I have looked at his motion many times and could not discern whether it was hitting or swinging. I have always leaned towards swinging. It appears he uses horizontal hinging in his follow through. Or could he be swinging using an angled hinge. A swinger could assemble at the top also. I am still not sure. What else makes you think he is hitting, has he ever made a comment that he pushes? Sometimes it is hard to tell.

In the fifth frame of the sequence it is readily apparent that his elbow is in a "down and at the side" position.

Yes, hinge action does not differentiate between hitting and swinging (10-19-0.

In frame 2 Backstroke 8-5, the face is in an angled hinge position.

In frame 4 Top 8-6, it is clear that angled hinging is employed.

Again, at Followthrough 8-11, one can see the angled hinge that is employed.

Also he is using a single wrist action per 10-18-C. The left wrist cocks due to the bending of the right elbow per 7-3, but there is no independent turning of the left wrist to the face of the plane as a true swinger would employ with his standard wrist action of 10-18-A and 4-D-0.

[EdZ]

I have looked at his motion many times and could not discern whether it was hitting or swinging. I have always leaned towards swinging. It appears he uses horizontal hinging in his follow through. Or could he be swinging using an angled hinge. A swinger could assemble at the top also. I am still not sure. What else makes you think he is hitting, has he ever made a comment that he pushes? Sometimes it is hard to tell.

A hitter's alignments with the Rhythm of a swinger

A truly 'solid' combination. Some of the absolute best motions are those which it is hard to tell if they are swingers or hitters.

He appears to me to be a hitter with a wonderful sense of 'smooth and heavy motion'.

To be a swinger, he would need a 'longer gear train' to get CF flowing. If he were to have the pivot motion of someone like VJ, he'd hook it every time, or have to hold off the clubface, because CF would take over.

The fact that his right foot is still fairly flat through impact is a good sign that CF is not the primary force at play, because to use CF you need more rotation than seen here IMO.

Thanks for such wonderful photos Annikan, this is one of the best 'models' for folks to study IMO. The smooth tempo of the swinger, and the alignments of the hitter.

Does anyone know if he is able to use a more square clubface at address? I would think the tempo he uses would be a good compensation for the fade tendency of the angled hinge which might allow a more square clubface at address.