[bambam]

Bambam,

It does seem like a very thin line and I've always been concerned about it as well. One of the things that is helping me tremedously is learning how to hit. I'm far enough down the path with hitting that I'm very aware of the differences. Once you feel the difference in passive motion vs. active thrust the "seems as if" goes away.
There is a huge difference between the two procedures. The best way I can describe it is; The swinger is actively allowing the right arm to straighten as sensed in pp1 and pp3, but the straightening force never disrupts or overwhelms the main thrust for the swinger, which is pivot thrust sensed through pp#4 and pp#2.

Bagger

Thanks, this helps; based on your description, I think I'm doing it right. The "seems-as-if" fog rolled in because I have worked on taking the hit out of my swing, and the lack of a hard, thrusting right arm feels like a drop in extensor action when in reality it's probably a sustained, constant stretch.

I've been devoting a little time each range session to hitting with the short irons, but am far from being able to use the procedure on the course. When I do it right, the feel/ball flight/etc.. is noticably different from swinging - distance is about the same. This probably belongs in another thread, but I've been meaning to ask you, from a swingers perspective, what are some of the areas you've really had to work on as you've learned to hit?