[kamandi]

I dont know, its a bit of point of contention maybe. Personally, I feel that if the 6-m-1 Downstroke Sequence is a true "Sequence" then by the time it has worked its way to the Shoulders ............the Hips are slowing down and not in a position where they can pull. They are moving, they may still be leading somewhat, temporarily, but their movement is really Motion as opposed to Work.

But, that's just me. My take on Homer's Pivot Train.

If your Hitting and using a Shoulder Throw, Drag Loading you're Four Barrel Hitting. With all of its complexities. Drag then Thrust. Id work on Three Barrel Hitting till you have that mastered, maybe be able to alternate Swinging and Three Barrel hitting before you try Four Barrel Hitting. You need to be able to go back and forth between Drag and Drive Loading , Left Hand Throw vs Right Arm before you can employ a hybrid mix of the two. You need to be able to distinguish the unique identities and feels prior to mixing them together.

Great advice, man, thanks again. I'll work on that.

Recently, I tried to make a bigger backswing, but I got messed up, as I think my hand wedge angles broke down, and pp#1 wasn't properly aligned for the hit. I guess, based on your post, what I would do is to initially use drag loading (using pp#4,2,&3) up to a point to set pp#1 up so that it is properly aligned for the hit.

The cool think about simple hitting is that it's such an uncomplicated motion; when I lose my way, I just get a sand wedge and using only the right hand drive it down, out, and forward into the ground, and I'd find my swing again. Adding a swinging component at the start-down does make it more complicated ... it feels a little more timing dependent. I'll be careful not to add some bad habits while trying to develop this.

Your logic about the hips sound right, plus the overly active pulling motion of the left hip just didn't feel right.

Anyway, thanks again for all the info; this will help me towards a better swing.