Hello Jeff,
Originally Posted by Jeff
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Bernt
I, unfortunately, cannot understand your physics explanation or its applicability to the release phenomenon.
Jeff.
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Unfortunately the wireless connection let me down at the wrong time, so in this second try I will be short.
I had a look at the nm golfer link. It wasn't very detailed at that specific page, but the point of departure seemed to be Newtonian enough for me
And, I suspect that the not-inline condition that you are referring to is a very close cousin to the momentum that I drew around the golfer's neck, and also the tangential force that appears by the clubface in my sketch. I didn't read any more than was on the very page you referred to - you must have read more somewhere.
But nevertheless, I think that focussing on angular acceleration does cloud the issue somehow. If for no other reason, angular acceleration can be had without increasing the speed of the golf club. And angular deceleration can be combined with increased clubhead speed.
As far as my own, very simplistic and very mechanical and geometrically oriented approach goes, I think it is a big issue in understanding the golf swing that only tangential force can generate clubhead speed.
Anyway, thanks for the opening statement and the follow-ups. It has been very stimulating, and such threads have been a rare thing to me at LBG lately. I cannot say how much I appreciate that you ask questions that goes to the fundament of TGM. TGM is by far the best golf book I've ever read, but even masterpieces has limits. If Homer Kelly found all the answers it would be the first time in the history of knowledge creation. And even if that should happen to be the case during the course of time, we will become wiser if we dare think a little bit outside the yellow box from time to time. I have noted a few negative reactions to some of your posts, but I enjoy them because they trigger the incubator.
