push and pull?

[kebeal]

Is it possible to both pull and push the club through impact at the same time? I had someone ask me this the other day and could not come up a good answer, maybe you all could help me out.

Thanks,
Kevin

[6bmike]

Is it possible to both pull and push the club through impact at the same time? I had someone ask me this the other day and could not come up a good answer, maybe you all could help me out.

Thanks,
Kevin

IMHO-
Not really. Both qualities of the power source would be compromised and weaken. Some will say yes and argue the point til blue in the face. Pushing a pull is like a brake. Throwing out a push is off plane and reduces muscle power. Either one alone works great.

[nuke99]

Another way to say it is.
all the left side is only being able to pull all the right side is only being able to pull.

[kebeal]

I guess what I am trying to ask is this,

Imagine you and a buddy are discussing the golf stroke:

You Say: The golf club can be either pulled or pushed through impact

Your Buddy Says: why cant it be pulled and pushed through impact at the same time?

What would your response be?

[Bagger Lance]

What would your response be?

I would say "because pushing overrides centrifugal force" and if he wanted to know more, I would go a little deeper. But that is pretty good food for thought.

[strav]

Is it possible to both pull and push the club through impact at the same time? I had someone ask me this the other day and could not come up a good answer, maybe you all could help me out.

Thanks,
Kevin

1-F Only the Right Arm and Shoulder are in a position to “Push.” Everything else in the Stroke “Pulls.” Study Component 19.

If Homer’s statement above is correct then if, at the same time as you are using your Right Arm and Shoulder, you use anything else to assist in powering your stroke you must, by definition, be pushing and pulling at the same time. True or false?

[drewitgolf]

It can't be done successfully or to any advantage.

[strav]

It can't be done successfully or to any advantage.

The question was "Is it possible...?" not "Is it advisable...?"

[KnighT]

Lee Trevino pulled with his last 3 fingers and nobody here will call him a swinger.

I would just go out on a limb here and say there are very few pure swingers on the PGA tour, but alot of horizontal hinge action.

[6bmike]

Lee Trevino pulled with his last 3 fingers and nobody here will call him a swinger.

I would just go out on a limb here and say there are very few pure swingers on the PGA tour, but alot of horizontal hinge action.

There is a pull at the start of the down swing for a Hitter to set up the radial pushing action. I think when folks speak of pulling and pushing at the SAME time - it is at release.