Swingers, hitters, and, "*"ers
 

TGM creates 2 categories, Swingers and Hitters.

I would be interested in hearing others opinion and a third category, not mentioned in TGM, the THROWER.

Does the category exist and how does it square with TGM?

Which TGM alignments would be compatible with the "THROWER”?

The Bear

What is the source of power?

A spin like a hammer throw or drive load "throw" (i.e. hard flip?)?

A switter or 4 barrel hitter combo?

I thought power source was the basis for having only a bifurcated tree at the very top for types of golf swing...

Diagram 2-C-3 is a thrower if by that term you mean throwawayer. Intentional throwaway when used by design. Or the Pause Minor Basic Stroke although its maybe Intentional Quitting and Throwing.

Also somewhere, cant remember where Homer said that even the guys on tour can have some amount of throwaway but if separation occurs prior to the overtaking of the hands by the clubhead the law of the flail still rules and the shot is not lost. Going all the way down and out isnt that common maybe.

My apologies if you are referring to Pitch Elbow or Active Right Arm extension with a Punch Elbow which is very much like a side arm throwing motion , especially when done with the Aiming Point Procedure or the Right Arm Swing or or or ..

Longitudinal or Radial. Two available alignments to accelerate the Club. Swing or Hit.

I've just looked at chapter 13 in both 6 and 7. I must be a little dense, no surprise, but I can't figure out the point you are trying to make?

Kevin

Seems to me Daryl had it right...

OK. Good luck with that. :golfcart:

That's really cool. Good luck!

Kevin

How the rope handling powers the stroke is IMO one of the most misunderstood topics of TGM.

The only way you can create clubhead speed is to pull from ahead or push from behind. The physics involved is very simple.

If you want to create speed by pulling - on a linear path, you'd better run fast :laughing9 If you do it on a circular path, you need to pull from something that rotates and stays ahead on the curve. Like turning left shoulder. Or the turning hands, kept out in orbit and ahead of the clubhead by extencior action. Luckily, that's what happens when you do the rope handling thing.

Anything you do to speed up the club can be decomposed as pulling and pushing (and torquing if you wish). Newton is very clear on this point: In order to do any work (and work here is create clubhead speed) you have to apply forces with the same direction as the motion. Pulling a rope from a swing center (centripetal acceleration) doesn't increase or reduce swing speed no matter how heavy it feels. It only conserves. Pulling from a point that is leading ahead on the curve and torqed around the swing center conservs and increases at the same time.

As long as the left shoulder stays ahead of the hands, and the hands stays ahead of the clubhead in the turn, any pulling will add speed. If you try to push on a straight line you will run out of arms in no time. Hitting and swinging are both depending on a turning pivot that leads the hands through impact.

Perhaps we can cut to the chase if you define pull (as you see it) and describe your throw.

Would you for instance regard pp#1 active as pulling the club or pushing the left hand?