[bts]

BTS,

Good point - glad you brought it up.
How do you build your pattern? How do you know if you are mixing the wrong components that are compatible, i.e. within "LAW"?

I pretty much tried a lot, if not all, of the patterns, which pretty much all work, if given enough practice or maintainance and as long as the clubhead behaves accordingly. What left is efficiency, maintainance and reliability. Finally I choose (and teach) shoulder rotation and straight lead arm against "lag" as my default pattern, which all I need to do is "load and sustain the lag" by rotating, turning or spining my shoulders, just like the way the blades of the celing fan or helicopter are driven.

The "Lag" builds up, sustains and releases, the club and lead arm moves on a flat plane, the wrist bends or cocks and unbends and uncocks, the forearms turn and rolls (so does the clubface open and close), the pivot tilts, the head fixed, ..... on and on and on, you name it, which all takes care by themselves (or the "LAW").

The "LAW" usually gets interrupted, if any of the above has been tried to be accomplished. That is, if you pick it up, you tend to pick it more up or less up; if you aim it, you tend to over aim or under aim; if you roll it, you tend to over roll or under roll; if you tilt it; you tend to over tilt or under tilt;... on and on and on, you name it. It's a harmonious and highly coordinated event, during which the whole thing gets affected, if one of the components gets screwed.

Don't take this the wrong way, but if we left things alone because they are LAW, I think we would still be living in caves. But then again, sometimes things are "so simple even a caveman can do it."
(It's a Geico insurance commercial tagline we have in the States. I had to insert that for Buckets benefit.)

I'm getting off topic but this would make a good thread in "The Lab"
Universal laws and principles must be understood and tested. Their boundries explored and relationships to each other comprehended. Laws and Principles - Different but related. Is Centrifugal Force a law or principle? Should you tell a Hitter to use Centrifugal Force?

This isn't about metaphysics, it's basic science.

Then they can be used for a purpose and yes, even manipulated.
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So true. The "LAW" or "Principles" can be used to explain how things work and be applied to work things out. Yet, the result shows, if you do the right thing by executing the right "intent", regardless of knowing what behinds it. Knowing it won't hurt, knowing it and misapplying it hurt.
I don't worry about the food gets to stay in the guts for how long, but what I choose to eat, clean or not, healthy or not.

BTW, "Centrifugal Force" is a term called by certain people describing an inertial force, which can be explained by "Newton's First Law". I tell or teach a "hitter" to bend the shaft through the ball by pushing against the grip with both hands.