Maximum Swing Radius

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DivotDelite wrote:

Hi: "Halting the Backstroke motion with the Feet and letting this same tension pull the Downstroke through Impact is 'swinging from the Feet' and gives the Stroke maximum Swing Radius." More fog for me. I was led to believe that hip turn and hip action started the downstroke (7-14, 7-15). Does the above section from 7-17 mean that planting the left foot firmly onto and 'into' the ground, starts the downstroke? Is this what causes the hip slide, or does the hip slide cause the left foot to drive itself into the ground? And if planting and driving the left foot into the ground starts the downstroke, where should the pressure on the foot be located? Outer edges, the heel, any pressure or weight on the toe? WHenever I do the hip slide at the beginning of the downstroke, I don't know what my left foot is supposed to be doing. Just watched a Golf Channel video archive with Dean Reinmuth, where he pointed out to audience volunteers that the downstroke begins with lower leg action (below the knee)weight shift, and not a hip slide. He stated that initiating the downstroke with a hip slide causes an undesirable swaying of the pelvis. His explanation looked very convincing However, he didn't specify to what portion of the left foot the weight was shifted to. So is turn, slide, turn of the hips incomplete? Seems like the feet were left out. Thx

A Start Down that begins at the Feet (and that ultimately pulls the PowerPackage downward toward the Ball) gives the Stroke maximum Swing Radius (7-17).A Start Down that begins from the Knees gives less. And from the Hips stillless. And from the Shoulders, even less.

So, the longest possible Swing Radius begins at the Feet. A Start Down thatbegins from any other Component shortens the Swing Radius and thereforeproduces less Power for any given Hand Speed.

Regarding the properly executed Hip Slide:

It will not result in a Sway (4th Snare / 3-F-7-D). In fact, it is exactly this'Hula Hula' flexibility that produces the Axis (Spine) Tilt (7-14) necessaryfor the Line Delivery Paths (10-23-A/B/C/D) and ultimately the Automatic andSnap Releases of 10-24.