[Daryl]

Nice Daryl,
So are you saying:
-Hogan didn’t use a RFT?

I can’t say whether he did or not however, except from a barely perceptible Hands Turning to plane, his Shoulders and Arms appear one-piece coordinated. The one piece takeaway would support the Torso takeaway argument.

-Hogan was pivot to hands? If the right shoulder goes back on a flat path to the turned shoulder plane and the right hand’s #3 pressure point traces a straight plane line (more up than the shoulders turn in) wouldn’t this be hands to pivot, RFT like Yoda's. The hands directing traffic?

Hogan was well practiced at this point in his career. These photos were certainly staged for capturing his swing and he may be posing more Pivot Controlled than normally. I know he said that the Hands start back before his Shoulders, but this swing was performed for a pretty picture.

-hogan didnt use extensor action? I dont doubt the left arm pushing out a bit. But how can you tell there is no right side EA? What about in follow through? He sure stretches that right arm out for a long time even when the left arm is bent.

I agree. But compare the photo at his Top of Swing with Startdown. Please Notice that when the Right Shoulder Drops his Right Elbow lowers which pulls the Right Hand Down which pulls the Clubhead Down. His Left Hand didn’t drop and his Right Elbow moved closer to his torso. If he used EA then I think his Right Elbow would be farther away and not as much Bent. This may be heretical, but it almost looks as though he is pulling with his Right Arm while pushing with his left. It just may be the photo.

His right elbow is bending hard, sure looks like EA and a shortening side to the triangle that cocks the left wrist, to my eye. Float loading with a bending right elbow adding to the left wrist cock while his lower body is moving left, taking up the slack in the left arm. Pivot lag.

I agree with the Magic of the Right Forearm analysis. I don’t think it’s Float Loading because His Left Wrist was already Cocked before Startdown (i.e. he isn’t Downstroke Cocking). I think that the Slack is being removed from his Pivot by his Lateral Slide tilting his Torso which lowers his Right Shoulder.

I’m not good at armchair analysis. Maybe I shouldn’t have opened a can of worms by commenting on anything other than his exceptional Acceleration Sequencing.