[golfgnome]

I just got off the phone with bucket and felt compelled to give my side of the debate. I can't speak for Lynn, but we have had this discussion before. I have called Lynn and asked him if I am hitting or swinging because I do feel an active right arm. In fact I feel that when I am playing my best golf I use an angle of approach (alternate target line) procedure. I have a tendency to get above plane so I have to exagerate the "feel" of this line. Danny Elkins and Chris Asbell talk about driving the clubhead SS through 7:00 past 1:00 on a clock face, this is a great visual no matter who you are.

As I was talking to Bucket I told him that I also feel like I am pulling and pushing at the same time!! To explain this I will say that in martial arts to throw a right handed punch with max power the left side must pull out of the way. This is what I feel when I hit a good shot.

I would have to say that I am definately more swinging than hitting but I do feel and use my right arm, this is where I do feel my power from. However, my pivot is extremely important to allowing this participation to occur. The bottom line is that once you understand the Star System Triad I do not think that a player should necessarily concearn themselves with swinging or hitting, only what makes the ball go far and straight. If you have incompatible components then the ball will respond accordingly.

I am constantly working on basic and acquired motion drills with all 3 hinge actions because this is the only way I know how the ball will respond on the golf course. It also allows me to know the "why" some feels work and some don't.

I talked about the wrist throw in one of the videos I did with Lynn and How important it is for me to uncock first. Maybe it is beause of extensor action and maybe it is becasue of a driving right arm, all I know is that I try to uncock then roll in a sequenced release. Obviously more swinging than hitting.

My main point here is that only the player can determine what is best for them. As Homer says "the more rudimentary a player's skill, the less difference the "differences" make and the more difference the "sameness" make. The more precise a player's skill becomes the more this is reversed."

He also goes on to say in 1-J that a players seldom uses "precisely" the same stroke pattern more than once in a lifetime...and a "feel"system without an "engineering" system is a lopsided lottery, and a "feel" system is indespensible in such a complex action as we have in the Golf Stroke....Let mechanics produce and feel reproduce.

I hope this sheds some light on what I do. Remember this is not "The Way" theory, only "My Way" procedures as I feel them.