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Hello Guys!

I just want to get one thing straigthened out. Isn't vertical hinging easier to perform when using right arm rather than the pivot?

Hi Stefan,

See you've been in the wings since last October. Welcome aboard, and thanks for this first post!

To your question:

Vertical Hinge Action -- a clockwise motion of the Hands through Impact -- is the reverse of what normally happens in the Golf Stroke. Therefore, it is the natural byproduct of neither Swinging (Passive Right Arm) nor Hitting (Active Right Arm). In fact, it is always a deliberate mechanical manipulation. The good news is that, once the Hinge Actions are learned and reduced to a Feel, one is as easy as the other to apply, no matter what drives the Stroke (Pivot generated Centrifugal Force or Right Arm driven Muscular Thrust).

That said, Angled Hinge Action -- the natural motion produced by Right Arm Thrust -- on the more upright Planes comes close to being Vertical Hinge Action. Jim Furyk's action is a good example.

One segment of the soon-to-be-released Blake/Trolio Video Series explicitly provides both a verbal and visual answer to your question. In it, V.J. and I describe and demonstrate the use of all three Hinge Actions using either Pivot or Right Arm Drive. I may get Bagger -- oops, he's out of the country now -- to put up a little snippet from that Series that bears exactly on this point.

Stay tuned.