Proper procedure for learning how to hit (start 4 barrel or start single)
Hello all, I have a rather interesting question.
I have been hitting off and on for about 6 months now. I understand it well and execute it just fine generally.
However, I am really interested in 4 barrel hitting to maximize distance and power. Also since I started as a swinger the swingers movement feels more comfortable than a very stiff feeling pure hitters motion.
I'm very comfortable with the idea of making a relaxed swingers motion with a hitters drive.
My coach doesn't seem to want me to follow this line of thinking. He envisions me as literally left foot anchored with a right arm take away and then a right arm drive with as little body movement as possible.
I was wondering are there really any great benefits to not being 4 barrel that I don't quite have the fore sight to see yet?
I am 6'5 and very strong and not exactly the most flexible guy in the world so I do not doubt the hitters motion is more productive for me long term.
But if I am given the choice between PURE hitting and PURE swinging I would choose pure swinging. I simply loathe the idea of being completely anchored and stiff over the ball and wacking it with my right arm. It feels underpowered, stiff, and generally bad to me.
I experimented more today and was literally going for the feeling of being frozen over the ball and moving nothing but my right arm and had pretty good success.
Am I just missing the boat here when it comes to 2, 3, and 4 barrel hitting?
I have read Fort's posts regarding 4 barrel hitting and he continually uses words like "swingers start down" and the like which leads me to believe he is basically swinging with a driving right arm.
I experimented more today and was literally going for the feeling of being frozen over the ball and moving nothing but my right arm and had pretty good success.
Am I just missing the boat here when it comes to 2, 3, and 4 barrel hitting?
I have read Fort's posts regarding 4 barrel hitting and he continually uses words like "swingers start down" and the like which leads me to believe he is basically swinging with a driving right arm.
Am I look at this wrong?
The allure of Hitting eludes me. It’s just a lot of hard work and since we all Start-Down by Pulling (Pivot Swings), why not go with the flow.
Hitting is so different. Punch elbow is comfortable but Uncocking on a vertical plane seems un-Golf-like.
The allure of Hitting eludes me. It’s just a lot of hard work and since we all Start-Down by Pulling (Pivot Swings), why not go with the flow.
Hitting is so different. Punch elbow is comfortable but Uncocking on a vertical plane seems un-Golf-like.
I think its just the simplicity of it as well as it just being more suitable for some of us.
When I did nothing but swing I could hit some out there around 300 but I also struggled a lot and couldn't achieve the level of consistency I wanted.
With hitting even on my bad days I hit the ball pretty solid and straight I just don't score.
That said I'd love to be able to poke them out there in the 300 range again and I want to know if hitting will get me there or won't it before I dedicate months to it.
I think its just the simplicity of it as well as it just being more suitable for some of us.
When I did nothing but swing I could hit some out there around 300 but I also struggled a lot and couldn't achieve the level of consistency I wanted.
With hitting even on my bad days I hit the ball pretty solid and straight I just don't score.
That said I'd love to be able to poke them out there in the 300 range again and I want to know if hitting will get me there or won't it before I dedicate months to it.
A: My teacher wants me to be left foot anchored. Zero out all movement that I can and be purely right arm.
B: A very dumbed down version of what Ted Fort does is basically swinging with a driving right arm.
C: I struggled as a swinger.
Different people have different goals and one of my goals is to hit it LONG.
I look at Tiger, Sergio, and guys like that and realize I'm not going to have that level of flexibility and a lot of that talent is god given and isn't trainable.
However, (and I mean no offense) I look at Ted Fort and say to myself that talent was worked for and earned. With my height and strength there is no reason why I can't achieve Ted Fort's club head speed plus some.
I'm just not sure if I can do it PURELY with my right arm ONLY.
The allure of Hitting eludes me. It’s just a lot of hard work and since we all Start-Down by Pulling (Pivot Swings), why not go with the flow.
Hitting is so different. Punch elbow is comfortable but Uncocking on a vertical plane seems un-Golf-like.
The allure of hitting for myself is the ability to use the right arm. I am right arm dominant and don't operate the left arm that well. Furthermore, swinging requires some pretty good flexibility IMO. Hitting plays to my strengths (using the right arm) and stays away from relying so much on the pivot (although you do have to pivot effectively hitting).
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