[O.B.Left]

Thanks Kamandi.

Hitting and Swinging are equally valid and can provide distance enough for sub-par rounds every time.

"O.B.Left" "Hits" the ball very long. Ted's the same way. He Hits the Ball 300 yards or better. They Hit the Ball far because they execute the swing so well and have exceptional impact alignments.

I might be wrong, but I think that O.B. uses more of a Sweep Release (starts unloading slowly from the Top) and Ted delays his Release.

Im not that long, certainly not Ted Fort long anyways. Teds startdown is slow , his Release is late, almost Snap and violent. He sort of sneaks his Right Shoulder down close to the ball and then blammo. A Right ARm throw like a pitchers fast ball. I do tend to Sweep Release, especially when Im hitting. Last week I was Swinging and loving it, automatic, or non auto Left Wrist Throw, a later Sweep Release, it almost felt like I was Float Loading all the way down and into the ball. Hit a couple of Mike Austin Flammers, that later release really adds some power , effortless power. If I could bottle one swing that would probably be it. Even my sand wedge was going 20 yards farther, it was effortless, a new and weird sensation for me.

This week my back is bad and Im back to Hitting. When its really sore Im three Accumulator Hitting, drive loading , a Right ARm Throw, The Bat Basic Stroke (there is fanning and bending not just a right arm in line extension........which I personally dont like at all , chipping , putting, whatever). When my back is good I do goof with the Four Accumulator Hitting Pattern. An addition of Pivot Power to the Hitters Pattern. Drag Loading or Float Loading then a Shoulder Throw all done super slowly, smoothly and then a Right ARm Throw and hard but late. The later the better. The Float Loading is done by the Bending Right Elbow in Startdown. It loads the #3pp at the knuckle. Some days I feel like I thrust the Left Arm with the Right Arm Throw which may put me in the Right ARm swinging category , somedays I feel like I just Right ARm Throw the entire Primary Lever, a classic hitting procedure. Some days I even feel like I throw just the club, like an on plane uncocking of the Left WRist but done with the Right ARm as opposed to the Left WRist. That last one isnt in the book , I dont think. The Right Elbow pushing the #3pp at the knuckle on the top of the shaft, sort of like a Left Wrist Throw would. Thats a discussion best reserved for the Lab maybe.

Three Accumulator Hitting doesnt need the Swinging from the Feet , 6-M-1 Downstroke Sequence for power. When my back is bad, I cant get my pivot working properly, my right shoulder down close to the ball and so I just by pass it. The Right Shoulder hangs back and I thrust against it. The feeling of the Right Shoulder moving down and through is great, I just cant do it all the time.

They all look pretty much the same to the eye. When Im looking at film of my own swing even I have a hard time telling what Throw Im using. I have little signals I do to the camera so I can tell them apart. But I dont normally return to a Hitters Top like K. J. or David Toms. I bet Homer would give me a hard time about that actually. He liked people to Load in manner consistent with their application of Thrust. Drag Loading the #3pp at the knuckle for CF swings, Drive Load from Top at the first joint. Im mis matched at times.

Homer really wanted us to keep things well defined and separated for consistency. Drive loading or Drag. Pushing or pulling, muscular thrust or CF. He saw no need for Four Accumulators when you could just take more club. He didnt like Dragging the left and then laying it on with the right as the arms had different orbits, different centers, different cirlces and were therefore somewhat in conflict. The driver being the only club where you might possibly need an additional source of power for specialty shots.

You can maintain the bend in the Right ARm for a long time but it must straighten eventually. You need to get to Both Arms Straight to complete the clubheads orbit. Homer is quoted as saying: " you just dont have much of a swing until you have a piston action to the right arm". I take this to mean either a passive or active straightening of the right arm, and not necessarily in a straight, in line , push basic manner. Getting to Both ARms Straight is so vital to proper compression to my mind. If you havent realized this yet, try it out in little chips or pitches and see for yourself. Hitters have an easier time of accomplishing this given their active straightening.

Mr Palmer looks like a meat eating Four Barrel' er to me. Mickey Wright, even well into retirement used to study film of all the pros swings. She loved the CF Hogan , Knudson type swings. When someone asked her about Palmer , she was quoted as saying........"Oh Arnie.........his swing is well...........he's just so darn strong".