Distance with Hitting

[bantamben1]

when i tried hitting i had similar results especially in the long irons and driver i didnt lose to much distance on my short irons probably becasue i tended to deloft them with the hitting stroke but in the long irons i was alot shorter. My normal 4 iron distance is about 205 yds and with hitting i could only hit it about 180 or less and had trouble getting the trajectory i like. It makes sense to me that since hitting lends itself to a punch elbow position that you wouldnt be able to hit as far, just as if you where swinging and used the punch elbow postion, just is inferior in regards to distance.