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Originally Posted by Yoda

And one more thing: It is impossible to reconcile the "one Club shorter" message with the recent posts from Ted "Luke the Nuke" Fort and tonight's post by Bagger Lance. Or from Homer Kelley's taped 1982 discussion of two sets of Stroke Sequences in The Search For The Perfect Swing. Comparing two side-by-side subjects, Homer was able to discern Hitter from Swinger from the slowdown of the Hands in Release. Despite the Release Deceleration inherent in the Hitting procedure (due to the forfeiture of Body Momentum Transfer), the Hitter's Clubhead Speed was still greater than that of the Swinger. He was quick to point out that Hitters do not necessarily hit the Ball further than Swingers. Nevertheless, in this particular instance, that was indeed the case. Bottom Line: Hitting does not inherently produce a lower Clubhead Speed than Swinging.

In this instance we are comparing a swinging procedure utilizing right arm acceleration to a hitting procedure that is using right arm acceleration (less momentum transfer for both procedures)....one stroke is longer than the other per component 21.....one is using horizontal hinging and one is using angled hinging.....one is using a pitch basic stroke and other a punch basic stroke....one is using standard wrist action and the other is using single wrist action...could there a be a distance difference with that many component changes??? Most of the changes impacting the arms lane!!!


DG

I think Mr. Tomasello was saying that right-armed swinging is longer than hitting. I'm not sure how this could ever be proven.

We would have to take the same golfer and make all variables equal in his hitting vs right-armed swinging motion. If we made all variables equal - clubhead speed, compression, effective mass, etc, etc, then both shots would go the same distance regardless of how the club was brought to the ball.

It could be that Mr. Tomasello didn't have the strength to hit as far as he could swing? I'm sure what he is reporting is what he experienced with both strokes.

I don't understand the science enough to say one procedure is longer than the other. But I have seen hitters who are longer when hitting than they are when swinging and vice versa. Based on what I've seen in others and experienced with my own stroke, I would never be able to say one procedure is inherently longer than the other.