Extensor Action and Swinging

[Yoda]

Originally Posted by Yoda

Originally Posted by 6bmike Try to think of extensor action as a pull or a tug not a driving of the right arm, as if your left arm was a bungee cord and needs a pull on it. Great, Mike. You're right on. Ben Doyle, G.S.E.D., teaches many of his lessons in the near-perpetual 'sweater weather' of Carmel, California. When he demonstrates Extensor Action, he uses his right hand to tug downward the sweater sleeve of his Left Arm. Now, that's a demonstration we can all understand!

Yoda,

The above is for starters.....contrast, Tomasello talks about driving the right forearm to a long right arm in his explanation of Extensor Action.....

One major difference between Yoda and Tomasello in their discussion of extensor action:

Yoda: "An unruly bent Right Arm"

Tomasello: "Magic of the Right Forearm"


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DG,

Addressing your two points:

First, regarding my comment "An unruly Bent Right Arm," I defer to 6-B-1-0 and my mentor, Homer Kelley:

"Consequently, during Release, the Right Arm can straighten only as the Left Arm moves away from the Right Shoulder. This results in a smooth, even Thrust for acceleration of the Lever Assemblies from an otherwise unruly force."

Second, I love The Magic of the Right Forearm. I teach it every day. However, even with its Forearm Magic, the Right Arm can be only as long as it is straight. And as stated in my prior post, the Right Arm is never Straight until the end of the Follow-Through (8-11). By definition (6-A-4). Which means that until then, it is Bent:

At Address.

During the Start Up, Backstroke and at the Top.

During the Start Down, Downstroke and Release.

At Impact and until the end of the Follow-Through...

When finally both Arms become straight.