[EdZ]

Welcome to the forum x-man.

The pro's and con's of hitting vs swinging are a topic of much discussion, although I think it is fair to say that hitting is simpler for shorter shots, swinging for longer shots.

That said, you'll want to focus on just one of those until you reach 'expert' stage with your motion, and odds are your current motion tends towards one or the other.

Personally, I find hitting to be more accurate, and swinging to be more powerful for a given amount of effort, but that said the physics of both tend to even out and overall distance and accuracy is the same, it is a matter of what your natural motion is more than anything.

You are on the right track building up your motion from the short shots to the longer ones, and the information in the dvd's is as good as you will find anywhere. If you haven't already looked through them, there are some outstanding videos in the gallery section that are well worth the time to view.