Why do they say hitting is the harder path to learn?

[grantc79]

I have heard this from multiple sources and it just doesn't seem true to me.

I have tried like crazy to learn to swing and I have spent countless hours working on my take away, hip slide, hip turn, so on and so forth. The list of alignments and whatnot to monitor seems almost endless.

With hitting literally I just freeze the alignments, take the right forearm to the top, get my hips going, bring the bent right wrist to the ball. That's it.

I can go without hitting for months and come back and shoot the same score hitting as I can swinging despite not putting any practice into it. On the course I think about tempo and my delivery path, that's it.


I especially struggle horribly with a driver/woods as a swinger but literally have all the confidence in the world hitting them.


So is hitting really the tougher path?

Is it one of those things where its easier to learn hitting but harder to master hitting?

I just don't get it.

[KevCarter]

I agree with you Grant, that may just be in our genetic makeup for G.O.L.F.

They say when swinging, centrifugal force takes care of a lot of the work for you. In hitting, you have to make it happen.

Perhaps my problem with swinging is allowing centrifugal force to do it's thing?

Kevin

[innercityteacher]

I agree with you Grant, that may just be in our genetic makeup for G.O.L.F.

They say when swinging, centrifugal force takes care of a lot of the work for you. In hitting, you have to make it happen.

Perhaps my problem with swinging is allowing centrifugal force to do it's thing?

Kevin

I combined EA with RFT and Swivel today for the first time on purpose.

When I swung I think I over swiveled 'cause I was hooking everything. When I hit the longer clubs with Horiz. hinge the ball was straight and long and shorter clubs had that jet airplane acceleration using Angle Hinge. I really rolled my right shoulder down extending through the ball but really finishing the hinge with a steady head.

There seems to be a lot of power in the finish swivel!

I need to explore the finish swivel and hitting vs. swinging.

Patrick

[Richie3Jack]

Probably because you're just supposed to 'allow' for things to happen in swinging. But if you're more of a controlling type of personality, it may be hard to trust CF.





3JACK