[Mike O]

Golfbulldog

I not only cannot understand how a four barrel swing action can be better than a triple barrel swing action (4:2:3) -I also cannot understand how it can be even be equal (because active release of PA#1 can cause considerable interference/harm in a swinger's action).

Jeff.

Before I get associated with a 27 page thread on 4 barrel anything- please note that I just answered in a very simple and general way - the question that started the thread. I never said that you'd want to use it, that it was better than anything else, that it was recommended, needed, that it might have it's advantages and disadvantages depending on the situation. I did say it was a Player's choice/option- as you have the option to drive your car over a cliff if you want.

Secondly, the Right arm can help the pull of the clubshaft (maybe passively versus "actively") (maybe directly or maybe indirectly) or as Homer Kelley stated at least "aid in the support of the left arm pull" 10-24-F 6th edition. So using accumulator #1 does not always mean that you are pushing the entire left arm and clubshaft as a unit (Primary Lever Assembly). For example, can you grab a club with your right hand only and pull it by straighteing your right arm? Can you pull an arrow out of a quiver along the shaft of the arrow with your right hand by straightening the right arm? Or as noted in 10-24-F - you can have the right arm push the left arm and as a result create more pull on the clubshaft.

While initially it is important to understand the difference between hitting and swinging: In hitting you are pushing with the right arm and actively using accumulator #1. At some point you also need to learn that because you may be using accumulator #1 - it doesn't mean that you are hitting, pushing the clubshaft. GolfBulldog certainly is on track in that the loading procedure has a big play in this- if the shaft is loaded and "swinging" (as opposed to the hitter's ENTIRE primary lever system (left arm and clubshaft) working as one unit with no "separate" momentum of the clubshaft) then you are swinging and if accumulator #1 and it's corresponding pressure point(s) have some lag and acceleration/power requirements then you're using it. Just understand that we're using this for the course, for real life and if you understand the essential characteristics you'll be able to help your swing- we don't need to measure your right tricep, and pressure points in a lab and determine that it did contribute .0000000001% to the movement and therefore we categorize you as a 4 barrel swinger. It is important to understand the principles.

So on the big picture- you can do about anything- you just have to understand what you're doing so that things work together and that you can repeat it and you can fix it if it goes off course.