LynnBlakeGolf Forums - View Single Post - Lesson With Mike Austin Thread: Lesson With Mike Austin View Single Post #71 07-31-2008, 08:29 AM purehitter Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 163 Originally Posted by pistol Pure would not Austin still have snapped the kinetic chain...whatever that is His right hand may have been driving/accelerating baton twirling but would not the left arm slow down at release? How does the Caesar of Rome snap his kinetic chain? The Caésar of Burning Rome would have us believe the rock gets thrown because the hands slow down. I believe the rock gets thrown because we let it go. What causes the hands to slow is an inability of the human motor to generate the required force. The required force (to the keep the hands moving fast) as the club releases, begins to increase. The club is pushing back on the hands. Some golfers foolishly follow their instructors' advice and intentionally try to slow their hands. I'm saying the dynamics are such that hand slowing can/does occur and that is does not mean momentum is being transferred in the convention (impact) sense. It simply means there's not enough horsepower available to keep them moving at the same speed. The cg of the club has moved away the center of rotation and therefore inertia has increases... more torque is needed... more horsepower. Take a look for yourself. http://www.jssm.org/vol4/n4/17/v4n4-17pdf.pdf If a golfer's "kinetic chain" never slows down the club will still release. Nesbit's scratch golfer's hands didn't, they never slow down. In fact they're accelerating right up to impact. Last edited by purehitter : 07-31-2008 at 08:49 AM. purehitter View Public Profile Send a private message to purehitter Find all posts by purehitter