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According to Tom Tomasello Standard Hip Action was suppose to be the 10-15 Hip Action for both the swinging and hitting patterns for the 7th edition. Tom assembled a complete 7th edition with Homer's notes. It appears Joe Daniels did the same thing. Tom had that revision completed by the late 80's. Tom instructed his students to change 10-15-B to 10-15-A in the book. When I studied with Tommy, I came to the lessons with delayed hip action, by the time I left (I have it on audio tape)I was learning standard hip action. Trust me, I'm definitely clearing my right hip, combined with the magic of the right forearm action, I have a very stable and reliable backswing.

I use Standard Hip Action for both swinging and hitting with equally good results. I have no desire to go back to delayed hip action. You have to go with what works, I believe Homer would be in agreement.


Great exchange going on in this thread.

DG

great practical insight here...

As a swinger who tends to overswing, i prefer delayed hip action. It helps me set up the lag and drag in the backstroke for all components in the downstroke. I prefer the sequence to be arms, shoulders, hips, knees then feet in the backstroke. By reversing that sequence in the downstroke, this extends the swing radius to the feet, which resists impact deceleration (think of pivot lag in both directions as a kind of extensor action for the pivot).