[Jeff]

Yoda - thank you for your patience and your continuing commentary.

I am genuinely trying to accomplish two goals - i) trying to understand TGM terms correctly and ii) trying to accurately describe TT's right arm throw swing using TGM terms.

You stated something of great interest to me.

"if the golfer is Hitting ("radial acceleration / axe handle technique"), the Right Arm Throw Trigger is prelude to Right Arm Thrust through Impact and does indeed ultimate in a Right Arm Power Stroke."

You stated that a right arm throw trigger precedes a right arm power stroke. If I understand this correctly, then the right triceps muscle actively contracts and this represents the right arm throw trigger. Then the right triceps continues contracting and this thrusts the right arm through impact and this represents the right arm power stroke. In other words, the right arm power stroke implies active right triceps action as an active push force through impact - and that this represents PA#1 release. If my understanding is correct, then PA#1 release is not simply any active right triceps action, but rather an active right triceps action of sufficient force to power the right arm through impact in a hitting action. If I am still correct, then I can understand why one could not use the TGM term "release of PA#1" in describing a swinging action.

You also wrote-: " neither the Right Arm Thow Trigger nor the #1 Accumulator Right Arm Drive is compatible with Swinging."

Ok. I can understand that point.

Now I have a problem. How do I understand TT's right arm throw action and how can I accurately describe his swing action in TGM terms?

Here are two capture images of TT demonstrating his right arm throw action - from the Lee Dietrick number 2 video.



Image 1 shows TT at the top of his backswing and image 2 shows TT at impact.

I can see that his left arm is across his left pectoral area at the end-backswing (as if he has loaded PA#4) and I can see that it has opened at impact (as if he has released PA#4). What is the correct TGM description of his left arm movement? What causes his left arm to move?

Normally, PA#4 is released in a pivot-driven swing when the pivot subsides and the left arm is blasted into orbit (HK's description). However, TT does not use his pivot to drive the left arm into impact, and he also does not pull the left arm away from the left pectoral area. So, there must be some other force moving the left arm.

TT states that he "throws the right arm" down-and-out. If I accept his description of his swing action, then is it not correct to state that he is using a right arm-induced push-force to move the left arm? Also, would it not be correct in TGM terms to describe his swing action as triple barrel - as RAPF4:2:3 (where RAPF = right arm push force)?

Jeff.