[Jeff]

Here is a link to a Peter Croker article.

http://www.petercroker.com/englisch/...olferapril.htm

I believe that Peter learnt TGM from TT, and I can sense TT's influence in his swing methodology.

The first photo series summarises Peter's swing methodological approach.

1) The idea is to get the clubhead down to the ball as fast as possible using the hands to throw the club.

2) The body reacts to the hand throw and does not initiate the downswing action with a pivot-drive.

3) The hand throw must throw the clubshaft down-and-out on plane - the plane of the uncocking left arm.

4) There will not be an early release (clubhead throwaway) if the throw is on-plane - see his photo series. One can see that Peter maintains his power package assembly intact in photo 2.

In a spirit of intellectual curiosity I have experimented with this technique, and I believe that it is a very viable method of swinging.

Consider the technique of swinging the hands down-and-out "on-plane".

One option is TT's right arm throw method. In that method one is using the right arm to throw the left arm/hand down-and-out. In the first part of the throw sequence, the right arm is adducted to the right side and the right elbow positionally approximates the right hip area (photo 2). This action drives the left arm/hand down-and-out on the plane (while keeping the left and right flying wedges intact). In the second half of the right arm throw action, the right elbow actively straightens applying pressure to PP#1 thus causing the left arm/hand to continue its down-and-out movement. Eventually PA#2 releases by centrifugal action and finally PA#3 releases automatically (as Peter describes in his tennis raquet sequence).

From my perspective, there is potential danger to throwing the left arm/hand down using this "right arm throw" technique. If one is driving the left arm/hand down-and-out onto the plane using a right elbow straightening action, then it is possible for the active right arm thrust to i) over-accelerate the left arm/hand too fast into impact and providing insufficient time for the complete passive release of PA#2 and PA#3; or ii) the right arm thrust may produce too much push-pressure at PP#3 thus causing the clubshaft to be driven forward in a hitting action. That will interfere with the centrifugal release of PA#2.

I think that a better method of throwing the left arm/hand down-and-out on plane is to simply pull the left arm down-and-out onto the plane while aiming one's hands at the ball (aiming point). This allows for a passive centrifugal release of PA#2 and a natural/automatic release of PA#3 without any interfence by the right arm/hand applying push-pressure at PP#1 or PP#3. In this method, the right arm/forearm/hand's only contribution will be to i) apply extensor action throughout the swing; ii) sense clubhead lag at PP#3; iii) maintain the clubshaft on-plane through the magic of the right forearm. The right arm will be not be used to power the downswing left arm/hand throw action.

Jeff.