Posterchild for Hitters - Stuart Appleby

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I have looked at his motion many times and could not discern whether it was hitting or swinging. I have always leaned towards swinging. It appears he uses horizontal hinging in his follow through. Or could he be swinging using an angled hinge. A swinger could assemble at the top also. I am still not sure. What else makes you think he is hitting, has he ever made a comment that he pushes? Sometimes it is hard to tell.

A hitter's alignments with the Rhythm of a swinger

A truly 'solid' combination. Some of the absolute best motions are those which it is hard to tell if they are swingers or hitters.

He appears to me to be a hitter with a wonderful sense of 'smooth and heavy motion'.

To be a swinger, he would need a 'longer gear train' to get CF flowing. If he were to have the pivot motion of someone like VJ, he'd hook it every time, or have to hold off the clubface, because CF would take over.

The fact that his right foot is still fairly flat through impact is a good sign that CF is not the primary force at play, because to use CF you need more rotation than seen here IMO.

Thanks for such wonderful photos Annikan, this is one of the best 'models' for folks to study IMO. The smooth tempo of the swinger, and the alignments of the hitter.

Does anyone know if he is able to use a more square clubface at address? I would think the tempo he uses would be a good compensation for the fade tendency of the angled hinge which might allow a more square clubface at address.