I am in the same boat - I felt like I reached my power limit hitting lefthanded tennis backhands.
I learning to keep the right arm/hand shaft on the inclined plane board - keeping the left side dormant - (this is what I feel). Lots of right forearm With a big hinge/swivel feel into impact. Watching the Tomasello letter videos helped me. I have also tinkered with the driving right shoulder bent right arm - the move totally removes the fell of the left arm.

Ted makes a good point about customizing your approach for your student. I had a bad habit or letting my lower body fly out and it would be fore right.

The last two times I've seen Ted we've worked on the swing thought of driving my right arm past my left leg, and almost feeling no pivot at all.

I'm definitely pivoting, but it's a "feel vs real" approach.

I'm recommitting myself to hitting again as well, and hit balls for four hours the past two days, I'm mashing the irons very well, just got to keep slowing myself down some with the longer clubs, so I don't get sloppy.

Feel versus real
 

If you look at the pics starting at 10.2.6 #1 there is not a huge difference between impact and address.

First Game 09
 

Thanks guys for your input
First game in 09 after changing back to hitting,played at a resort course here in oz (called BARHAM) 4 over par and got R/up.
The most pleasing part is that on a lot of holes we had to avoid bunkers with drives,and my swing held firm under a lot of tests
Thanks TED for answer regarding shoulder to release,I will work on that more diligently.
Down with shoulder to release and then straighten R/arm through to straight

return to hitting 09
 

I too am activiely returning to smackville..last week i did 4 reps of 12 with 75 lbs on a pulldown machine so i could feel my triceps and what it feels like to activate and use them during a stroke... now i know what it feels like..Another key is a ssssssllllllllllooooooooooooowwwwww start down .. my previous attempts at hitting were convoluted by over accelleration:crybaby:

my question is with crossline delivery is a shut face essential( currently play blades no offset) or can you adjust low point for a square separation?

Core strength
 

Luke,I have no questions this time,as a result of your last question re-startdown I believe I have found something that is vital to my quest to become confident using Hitters pattern,and solid.

Imagine for a moment that you are standing beside a brick wall with your left side against the wall,widen your stance to driver width,Now ,imagine swinging a sledge hammer from just above shoulder height and hitting it at the bottom row of bricks,here,s the thing,in order to deliver that blow there is a natural weight transfer from R/foot to L/foot ,this in itself isnt what I found,I found a core or natural centering of my axis if you like,Im not sure how to explain it,but it has assisted me enormously in being able to deliver the hitting action as you have described ala shoulder then straightening of the R/forearm.

This is most likely a bizzare way to explain what my body is feeling ,but its the only way I can describe the FEELING. To day I practiced starting down with the R/shoulder and was more consistant than I have been for quite a while. (just 2 shanks out of 100 balls lol)

Righto gang,start your cannons

Is Tommy driving the right arm in the Deitrick videos, or is he throwing the hands? Tommy makes it look like the simplest way to hit a golf ball nicely.
I wish he was still around to elaborate on the video letter.

The right arn is working in a swing or hit. Is the left wrist loaded or the right hand? Wrist throw or arm throw?

Hey Ted,

whats the preffered elbow position in a hitting procedure? Pitch or punch?

Ive spoken to a real good TGM'er that hits, says punch is easier and dosent require the ultra quick hands that hitting from a pitch position requires. But he also says pitch is a beautiful thing if you can get it done.

thanks

elbow position
 

Pitch is extreme, and Push is extreme. Punch is anything in-between. It's tough to move the Release Point as close to the ball as a someone using a Snap Release/Pitch Elbow. But, the Hitter can move it to an earlier or later point to manipulate speed and trajectory. If you wait as long as possible, you better have some fast twitch muscle fibers.