With Swinging, Centrifugal Force does so many things to help.
-- It aligns the Clubshaft.
-- It aligns the Clubface.
-- It thrusts the Clubhead.
Pity the poor Hitter.
He must do all three...with absolutely no help from 'Mother Nature.' Since only his Thrust is different, he must know -- and be able to supply -- all the other alignments.
Bottom Line:
Hitting is much harder to learn than Swinging.
But once you know it...
It is easier.
Two reasons to learn Hitting:
1. When you Hit, you are never out of your Impact alignments.
2. When you can Hit, you know the mission-critical Swinging Alignments.
At this point, Swinging becomes...
"...like shooting ducks in a pond."
-- Homer Kelley
Check out this beautiful action...
Notice in Frame 11, the finish swivel per 4-D-0, "But all players must "Swivel" - actually rotate their Wrists - into the "parallel to the Plane" position for the Finish (8-12) after the Followthrough.
Not to threadjack my own thread, but would that be an example of a double shift in the stroke sequence. Elbow plane to turned shoulder plane(?) back to elbow plane. Is that right?
Not to threadjack my own thread, but would that be an example of a double shift in the stroke sequence. Elbow plane to turned shoulder plane(?) back to elbow plane. Is that right?
Not much clubface rotation, short backswing, straightening of the right arm through impact, angled hinging.
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"In my experience, if you stay with the essentials you WILL build a repeatable swing undoubtedly. If you can master the Imperatives you have a champion" (Vikram).
The reason you can't sustain the lag is because you are so eager to make the club move fast (a reaction to the intent of "hitting it far"). So on a full shot you throw it away too early, which doesn't happen for your short chip. (bts)
Not to threadjack my own thread, but would that be an example of a double shift in the stroke sequence. Elbow plane to turned shoulder plane(?) back to elbow plane. Is that right?
Thanks,
Kevin
I reckon so ... in strictest terms the shift is of the sweetspot plane ( ie. clubhead sweetspot to PP3 location) rather than shaft plane - always hard to work out from a non perfect set of images , just off down-the-line view - but shaft appears to double shift.
The definition of hitting versus swinging is based on how force is applied to club - push or pull.
All other component variables are associated with or optimise a hit or swing pattern but are compatible with both.
Static photos enable us to identify components that are better suited to hit or swing BUT do not give us the answer re. whether he is pushing or pulling.
I suspect that he is swinging with a number of components that are better suited( in most players, but maybe not Bobby - he has right to customise) to hitting.
It is always a joy to read Comdpa's posts - eloquent argument so well structured! but force application ...can we really tell? I am not sure... discuss.
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"In my experience, if you stay with the essentials you WILL build a repeatable swing undoubtedly. If you can master the Imperatives you have a champion" (Vikram).
The reason you can't sustain the lag is because you are so eager to make the club move fast (a reaction to the intent of "hitting it far"). So on a full shot you throw it away too early, which doesn't happen for your short chip. (bts)
Can you tell me how you see him as a hitter and why.
To me it appears he is a swinger but I would be interested to hear how you came to your conclusion.
Thanks
"Hitting is pushing and Swinging is pulling" - Homer Kelley
In Frame 5 - Top (8-6):
Bobby has assembled his Power Package just a touch over the Top classification 10-21-A. In fact, it looks like the camera is looking 'up' to Bobby and could be causing the illusion.
Look at his clubface - it is not turned to the plane like a swinger's clubface would. This is a giveaway to the use of the Strong Single Action 10-18-C of the Left Wrist Action component.
The clubface at the top also reveals the use of an Angled Hinge per 10-10-C. However, that alone does not differentiate between Hitter or Swinger per 10-19-0.
However as evidenced later in Frame 11, he still executes a Finish Swivel per 4-D-0. Swingers have a start-up swivel, swivel to impact and a finish swivel. Hitters only have a finish swivel.
His clubshaft favors a vertical look. This is perfect for the Drive Loading(10-19-A) procedure of a hitter. Per 7-19, "Clubhead Lag....by resisting the Backstroke motion for Drive Loading." The right elbow is loaded instead of the left wrist for swingers.
Per 7-3, "...the Right Forearm should be precisely in-line with - and directly opposed to the entire Primary Lever Assembly...".
As an instructor, I would like to see his right elbow be more perpendicular to his right forearm.
Per 10-11-0-3, the top side of the shaft is not against Bobby's first knuckle of the forefinger - the aft of the shaft is against his #3 pressure point.
Frame 7 - Downstroke (8-8 )
Per 10-3-0, "Major Basic Strokes are classified according to Elbow Position during the Stroke (7-3) and every Stroke must use one of the three."
Bobby is using the Punch Basic stroke per 10-3-A. "From a "down-and-at-the-side" Elbow position, whether the Elbow is touching the Body or not, a straight-line Right Hand Punch is delivered through Impact (6-E)". Please compare the pictorial references in 8-8 and 10-3-A against Frame 7.
Frame 8 - Release (8-9)
It could be that Bobby is using a snap release but per 6-R-0, "...Automatic and Non-Automatic Releases are equally available to both Hitters and Swingers and that many will find Hitting very satisfying even if - and maybe even because - it can accomodate any amount of effort one cares to expend on it."
Finally, in 6-H-0-E, "Associate the following with 'Hitting' (10-19-A)" This serves as a very useful 'line in the sand'...
Hybrid Mode
