[Daryl]

Release. The Yellow Line represents his Line of Sight to the Ball.

Johns Early Release is diagnostic. But it's not because his head is 8 inches behind center. It's his Power Package. There is no Rigid Structure. That means that the Power Package (Arms and Hands) changes their geometry during the Backstroke and Downstroke. Although the Power Package lowers his hands during the Downstroke, unbending his Right Arm stops his right elbow from being driven to a more forward On-Plane Location.

The Purpose of the TGM Power Package is to Drive the Right Elbow to an On Plane Location for Release on your Selected Swing Plane Angle (Zone 2) thus allowing the Hands (Zone 3) to become Finesse Control. The Power Package is held Rigid and moves up and Down from the Shoulder Sockets.

According to TGM Power Package theory, the less you bend your Right Arm during the Backstroke, the Steeper the Plane Angle. You have a Rigid Power Package if you don't unbend the Right Elbow until Release. Then, as the Power Package Lowers from the Shoulder Sockets during the Downstroke, the Hands Lower BUT so does the Right Elbow thus, the Right Elbow, as part of the Power Package, is Driven, along with the Hands by the Power Package.

You can easily do this experiment yourselves. From a Centered Address, don't move anything except raise your Arms from the Shoulder Sockets while not putting more bend in your right arm. Your Right Elbow is in-Front of you and your Plane Angle is extremely steep. Raise and Lower your hands a few times from your Shoulder Sockets and notice that while moving your hands up and down, that your Right Elbow Also Moves up and down.

The Anti-Power Package motion is very different. Cock your Right Elbow (pull it backwards) from Address and your hands move to the Right. Then any further Bending and Unbending of your Right Elbow will raise and Lower the Hands but will not move the Right Elbow. Power Package is lost.

Hitters will Cock their Right Elbow, but once Cocked to about 90 degrees this geometry is raised and Lowered from the Shoulder Sockets just like in the Previous demonstration without further bending or Unbending of the Right Elbow until Release. Therefore, during the Downstroke, for Hitters, the Right Elbow Returns to this exact Location for Release. Furthermore, the Elbow and Hands arrive at Release with a Fully Cocked Elbow, at their Side Alignment, and the Hands are in Line of Sight to the Ball (unless you use a Right Arm Throw from the Top...then, all bets are off).

One last thing. Hitters using the Right Arm Throw From the Top, will feel it necessary to Over-cock their Right Elbows to get the Hands Closer to the Body at the Top so that they can feel a Straight-Line Thrust to the Ball and not run out of right arm before release. This is counter-productive. Using a Rigid Power Package along with a Pivot will Accelerate the Hands and locate them in the Line-of-sight to the ball at Release, and a Right Arm Trigger at Release will become stage three of the acceleration sequence rather than stage two.

Calling All Hitters. Place your Elbow at your side and your Right Forearm at 90 degrees to your Shoulders. Lower your Right Hand until the #3 PP points at the Plane-Line. Resume Pivoting to the Left until your Hands are at the Line-of-sight to the Ball. That's how far your Pivot should move in the Downstroke to the Release Point. That's almost Impact Fix. To get to Impact Fix, simply straighten (right arm throw) your Right Arm (like a Piston) as the Pivot Continues and the Clubhead will knock the ball off the Tee. As you straighten the Right Arm, note that Impact occurs before the straightening the the Right Arm moves the Hands (left) to Center of the Body, which should occur at Full extension.

So, the Difference between Hitters and Swingers is How they Load the Clubshaft in order to Accelerate the Clubhead either Radial or Longitudinal in Stage Three of the Acceleration Sequence. It's not How Much Right Arm you use, it's How You Use It.