I think he hits,but can change to swing when needs length and possibly height IMO.
To me his shoulder height hands at top says he hits along with angle of clubface to plane angle.
But when he stretches he changes to swing,im no expert by a mile,its just the way i see it
To me his shoulder height hands at top says he hits along with angle of clubface to plane angle.
You can Angle Hinge Swing!
This definitive video will help you analyze Appleby! Note, in particular, his description of the right shoulder spinning the flywheel and starting down "rather quickly" in a Swinging pattern.
Anyway my avatar pic shows that Apples uses angled hinging (at least on that particular swing ). Angled hinging is mainly asociated with hitting and therefore most people consider Stuart a hitter. If I remember correct, his swing coach has some TGM-knowledge as well...
I'm no expert at swing analyzing what so ever!
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Plane-Trace, Lag-Stress, Face-Hinge....how hard can it be