In the teaching, the right elbow and forearm are "re-positioned" when moving from Top to End as the Wrist is Turned. 7-3 explains the different alignments. Is the change also required/necessary to maintain the alignment of the Power Package basic structure and the integrity of The Flying Wedges?
Ref: 6-B-3-0-1
The basic structure of Power Package are the Left Arm and Right Forearm Flying Wedges oriented at 90 degrees to each other. Nothing should alter this alignment. Moving from Top to End should not alter this Alignment.
Construct your Wedges while sitting down at a Table with your Left Wrist Vertical to the Ground. Lower your Right Elbow to the Table. Rotate the Wedges to the Right while keeping the Right Elbow on the Tabletop. You have now moved from "Top" to "End" as far as the Wedges are concerned.
This is where we part paths DOW3. It's either a misunderstanding on my part or a real difference in interpretation or both.
I claim that Swingers don't have a "Top" and Hitters don't have an "End".
For Hitters, going from "Top" to "End" does not relocate the Right Elbow, but only the Hands, which re-aligns the Right Forearm, which Swivels the Wrists (re-alignment) and converts a Single Wrist Action Backstroke to a Standard Action Backstroke.
Wherever a Swinger using Standard Wrist Action Halts his Backstroke, he is at "End Alignment". Wherever a Hitter using Single Wrist Action Halts his Backstroke, he is at "Top Alignment". If the Hitter's Hands continue moving while the Elbow cannot**, he will (may) unintentionally load the Secondary Lever. The difference in terminology is needed to explain/understand this phenomena.
Section #6 is "Top". This should not be confused with the "Top" vs. "End" terminology. One is a Section of the Golf Stroke while the other two are Force Alignment Orientations. "Top" is the term used to identify the #3 Pressure Point Loaded against the Primary Lever and "End" is the Term used to identify the #3 Pressure Point Loaded against the Secondary Lever.
**If the Elbow continues it will move off plane (then none of this matters). Or, the Elbow may not move farther than its physical limitation during the backstroke but the Hands have a greater range of motion, mean they can continue when the Elbow cannot. The Hands will move from Top to End.
Hey, I can be completely wrong. But I don't think so. But I'm more than willing to update my knowledge if you are willing to show me a different way of interpreting "Top"/"End". And, so that I don't spend the rest of my life going down the wrong path (and end up like a Philadelphia school teacher) I would be thankful of the correction sooner rather than later.
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