[Anonymous]

Here are my two recent posts on right arm swinging...they still stand.

DG



Annikan,

Sound and visual quality of the Mudd video are not critical, the information is more important. Yes, Jodie's comments are coming from what Tomasello taught as swinging (right forearm startdown, right arm acceleration, but retaining the left shoulder as the swing arc). In the video of Tomasello, Tommy makes the comment....the right arm is not driving out like a true hitter’s right arm thrust. I believe what separates a true right arm swing versus a stroke that uses right arm acceleration and retains the left shoulder as the swing arc is the release type. Automatic release (no separately timed thrusting action at release, its one smooth driving motion from the start down) with right arm acceleration and the left shoulder as the swing arc is retained. With a non-automatic release, the swing arc will change with the focus on manually releasing the right elbow, so, the left shoulder for the non-automatic release is being "replaced by the Right Elbow". If you read 10-20-B which I believe Tomasello and Jodie Mudd are using as their trigger type in combination with 10-20-D....that component variation (10-20-B) makes an important point...."The Right Arm (6-B-1) simply pushes the Lever Assemblies (6-A) toward Impact with either early or late release. That comment is critical. My interpretation of that comment is...the early release is non-automatic (full sweep releases from different points in one's stroke, ideal for pitching and long chips)....the late release comment is for the automatic type...an automatic snap release, ideal for a full swing application. Ideally, the application for the true bat approach (right elbow arc) is in the short game (hence the name, minor basic strokes)....when the golfer can use what Ben Doyle calls a soft stroke where the release type is a full sweep release.

I still believe whether you retain the left shoulder as the swing arc or replace it with the right elbow, it's still right arm swinging (where acceleration is applied is key, first paragraph of 10-3-K and page 235, where Homer makes the comment, Accelerating the club longitudinally, with either arm, is swinging), the lower body is responding to the action of the right forearm and right triceps (Hey, Yoda, I mentioned the triceps for once, it feels weird)....the advanced golfer who understands the release types and their application will understand what I mean.


Thanks for your input...yeah, I would appreciate a copy of the tape...even if the dog has taken a bit out of it!!!

Yoda, thanks for putting up both the basic and advanced golfing machine sections, it's a much needed addition for the TGM forum format.

DG


Joe,

Tommy taught a right arm swing...release action, non-automatic or automatic release defines where the center of the swing arc is....automatic - left shoulder....non-automatic - right elbow (a true bat for the swinger using right arm acceleration with the emphasis of the right forearm action triggering the release of the right elbow), right arm swinging can utilize both swing centers (read the first paragraph of 1-F and the first sentence of the second paragraph), right arm swing is the only logical name to describe what Tomasello taught. Like I said...acceleration is the key, first paragraph of 10-3-K...the right arm swing is a derivative of 10-3-K, what I mean by that is...it takes the idea of right arm acceleration from 10-3-K from the first paragraph, that's where it ends.

The lower body responds to the action of the right forearm. Watch Tommy's video/DVD from the 50 minute mark to the 60 minute, listen for the comment, to paraphrase Tom "The left hip will respond to action of the right arm...going to a long right arm". After viewing that section go to the last 10 minutes of the video...with a 5-wood in hand, Tom makes the comment "One Smooth Motion"...in that comment, Tom is telling you how he is executing the right arm at the most advanced level with an automatic snap release generated by a driving right arm...no separate hitting action.

Joe...here is where the true confusion lies....Tommy did in fact teach a right arm swing, what he didn't teach is a true bat stroke...just the derivative of the bat, the right arm swing...for Tomasello it was the swinging procedure.....

DG