PREFACE:
Physics of Hitting is Muscular Thrust and of Swinging, Centrifugal Force. Herein, "Motion" is Geometry - "Action" is Physics. Hitting and Swinging seem equally eficient. The difference is in the players. If strong - Hit - If quick - Swing. If both - do either. Or both.
Yoda taught me, "Not at the same time."
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Archimedes suggested,Give Me A Lever Long Enough and I Will Move The World.