[12 piece bucket]

Nice post 12PB.

How is centrifugal force created? Through the pivot? Or by doing something else? Is this what Doyle means when he says the hands have to just know that the left wrist is flat, the right wrist bent and just hold on?

If the force is created by the pivot and the hands do as above, is that pivot controlled hands?

I fight over acceleration a lot, so knowing this stuff would definitely help me.

Thanks in advance.

This is a HUGE question of tremendous consequence. I take absolutely no credit for the following. I just happened to be talking to Drew Chapman aka Silver Surfer aka Drewitgolf when I read your post. He launched into a discussion that was truly amazing! I will paraphrase and add a bit to what he said . . . But all credit is to 1. Drew 2. Homer

Again this all goes back to the acceleration requirements . . . Let's first start by distinguishing the Hitter. The Hitter is SOLELY responsible for his Thrust and Acceleration via #1 and the Right Triceps. He MUST start down SLOW to avoid a premature shoot of the proverbial wad. If the hitter were to be "quick" he couldn't sustain the amount of acceleration and thrust required to stifle CF. So he can expend AS MUCH EFFORT AS HE LIKES through the ball. This is what makes hitting so satisfying or "delicious" as Homer says.

Now . . . As a Swinger you can't have EFFORT because you will be fighting CF and CF will fight you back. Yes it is your pivot particularly the Right Shoulder that is reponsible for the generation of CF. And the Right Shoulders motion is generated from the ground up via the Feet and Instant Hip Acceleration. The inertia of the club resisting coming forward as you begin your Pivot Downplane loads your #4, #2 and #3 Pressure Points. So it all is set up with the Pivot. But here is were the paradox is . . .

The book says "BLAST" the Left Arm of the the chest via the Right Shoulder turning into the #4 Pressure Point. OK . . . sounds good. And the Swinger's Startdown is "quick." OK . . . got that too. BUT . . . ALL LAG AND DRAG IS POSITIVE DELIBERATE AND HEAVY??? So what do this mean???

Here's the deal. The connotation of BLAST and QUICK implies (or at least to me) GREAT EFFORT HARD. No! No! No! No! Over-Acceleration is the menance that stalks all Lag and Drag right? You've surely heard that 1,000's of times. The Swinger is also victim of Over-Acceleration arguably more so than the Hitter. This is particularly so when you read the words BLAST and QUICK.

So let's put you, glcoach, at the Top. You are poised to Drag your Hands DOWN PLANE and down the Delivery Path down and through your Aiming Point. You have totally erased the Clubhead from your mind and you are Monitoring the pressure in your #4 and #3. But you think I have to BLAST and Startdown Quick . . . Well guess what? You may have just introduced that a$ Over-Acceleration to your pal #4. Not good . . .

So what does that mean to you and ole #4? Nothing good . . . according to the genius that is DREW CHAPMAN the results are potentially disasterous and as follows:

1. You are thinking EFFORT. CF don't like EFFORT. It likes SCHMOOOOOOOOVE. It wants to travel at a certain speed. You just want to crank'er up not BLAST. Just Load #4. Then you use your Pivot to stay ahead.

2. Operative word next is LET . . . You use the Pivot to just stay ahead . . . that's it. You LET LET LET your arms be SLUNG out. You LET LET LET your pivot SLING the Left Arm off your chest. You LET LET LET your Left Wrist be SLUNG out VERTICALLY Down Plane. You LET LET LET the Club be THROWN OUT . . YOU don't throw it out . . . You LET it be thrown out. But once you have introduced Over-Acceleration you are fighting CF. You have to fight hard with effort because you have conflicting forces and alignments.

3. Once you think BLAST or HARD, you are likely to lose your Waist Bend (Spine Angle). You are likely to Roundhouse. You are likely to Sway. LET the Arm be "blasted" . . . don't YOU blast it. Let it happen. Remember Lag Pressure is measured in OUNCES . . . not POUNDS. That goes for the #4 Pressure Point too.

4. Once you Overload you will also have a harder time "maintaing your angles" according to Drew. If you can Load properly and not Overload, you can drag deeper and get more Trigger Delay and a better Snap Release.

So give this a try . . . Make left hand only full practice Swings. Pay attention particularly to your #4 pressure point. Try varying the sharpness and amount that you Load it. Experiment with the feels. Next hit a ball and focus on #4. See what amount of Loading allows you to LET the club be SLUNG Downplane. What amount of Loading can you best sustain without Overloading?

Holla back . . .