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Originally Posted by Delaware Golf

That's why Right Arm Swingers get more distance than momentum transfer swingers with their lower hand speed.

Could someone explain the difference between the two please?

First, we have to understand the logic behind DG's statement. Here are some reminders, and I hope I've presented them logically and clearly enough so you can understand it step by step.


(1) Ceteris Paribus, Momentum Transfer is more effective than Right Tricep Thrust for preventing Release Deceleration / slower RPM / slower Hand Speed / slower Belt Speed.

[Note: These terms are pretty much (but not exactly) synoymous and I will use whichever one I feel is best in this post.]


(2) What does 'more effective' mean? It means for a given RPM regardless of its actual magnitude, that number of RPM will decrease less, or not at all.

[Note: during Release, RPM cannot increase by definition]


(3) However, Right Tricep Thrust can produce a higher net Hand Speed than Momentum Transfer.

[Note: this statement is debatable. Lets assume it's true even though I cannot provide conclusive evidence. You really need two identical golfers to prove it, not two different golfers, which is what some research/photos is based on]

So even after its slow down, Hand Speed can still be higher than the golfer who's using Momentum Transfer. This is what's known as net Hand Speed, which is Hand Speed after Release Deceleration (if any).
Just to hammer this home I will give you an example.
Two Cars: Car A and Car B. Car A is travelling at 100 MPH and Car B at 110 MPH. Car B slows down to 105 MPH, but its net speed is still higher than Car A's even after the 5 MPH slow down. Car B is using Right Tricep Muscle Power and Car A is using Momentum Transfer.
This is only an example. Please don't take it as gospel and ask questions like "why can't Car B slow down to 90 MPH?" Well it can, but I will leave it to someone who's better qualified to discuss that.


(4) What is the Right Arm Swing? It is using the Right Arm to Pull the Clubshaft Longitudinally for Centrifugal Acceleration. So you're using the Right Arm to Pull, not Push.

[Note: you only push with the Right Arm if you're a Hitter or a Four-Barrel Swinger. The Four-Barrel Swing is not relevant to our discussion, because we're talking about Right Arm Swing (which can not be Four-Barreled -- again, interesting, but irrelevant)]


(5) This is where logic gets a bit shaky. Assuming that Right Tricep Thrust does produce a higher net Hand Speed than Momentum Transfer (see point (3)), we jump to the conclusion that a Right Arm Pulling Action (Rope Handle Technique) does also produce a higher net Hand Speed than Momentum Transfer.


Hence DG's statement above.

Now, did DG go through the same thoughts as me when he wrote that? I don't know, but that's how I am thinking, and I hope all of us here are 'reading on the same page'.