How do you know if you're a swinger or hitter?

[lia41985]

The banter's great and all, but I still don't have any answers to my questions...

[nicklin]

A hitter drives the club with his right arm ,hand shoulder.
A swinger pulls the handle and C/F takes over.
If your back stroke is long and reaches near parallel you are a swinger.
If it is short then you are probably a hitter.
Nick Price is a classic hitter.
Freddie Couples is a classic swinger.

[bambam]

The banter's great and all, but I still don't have any answers to my questions...

Bucket summed it up perfectly. If you're pulling the club -- doesn't matter which arm you feel you're pulling with -- then you're swinging. If you're pushing the club, then you're hitting.

Here's what the book has to say about the role of the right arm.

Whether its participation is active or passive is difficult to detect visually because in either case the Left Arm is ALWAYS SWINGING and the Right Forearm is ALWAYS DRIVING

Without posting video of your swing, it'll be hard to get answers to a lot of your questions. My other post actually had a point, in that it doesn't matter all that much if you're a hitter or a swinger yet. You can get pretty far just working on the 3 imperatives

- flat left wrist
- lag pressure point
- straight plane line

You mentioned you cock both wrists; I would recommend searching for "flying wedges" and doing a little research there for starters.

This stuff is all a lot easier with face-to-face help from a TGM pro like Lynn or Ted.

[Mike O]

That is my question. I swing righty and am very right side dominant. Eyes, hands, feet, etc. So does that automatically make me a hitter? Thanks.

NO .

[Mike O]

Bobbi Knight . . .

I always thought you were a girl.

[12 piece bucket]

I always thought you were a girl.

Nice effort . . .

[Mike O]

Nice effort . . .

Nice Effort.......

[drewitgolf]

Knights in White Satin never reaching the end...

[12 piece bucket]

Nice Effort.......

Say "Mike's a dork."

[Mike O]

Say "Mike's a dork."

BamBam and Bagger- can you please review all 2763 posts and reduce the effective post count down to the appropriate deflated figure- I find these posts where the purpose and function is CLEARLY to merely increase overall postings and ego - APPALLING! These kinds of actions must be stopped or it could deteriorate the entire thread - forum - website!! Ah! That's right- basically the same thing that DG said a couple of weeks ago!
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