LynnBlakeGolf Forums - View Single Post - 4 Barrel Hitting Thread: 4 Barrel Hitting View Single Post #36 07-08-2009, 09:30 PM comdpa Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Singapore Posts: 627 The Horse Speaketh... John sent me this e mail this morning.. "I think the thing that is confusing for many of the TGM guys is the position of the right elbow.. it's because of all the bag work that I have done training my hands to fire hard from pitch, so that I can fully embrace the hit impulse. By bending the right arm more "pitch" it increases the range of motion for my hands to travel, and because I have trained them to out race the clubhead.. I actively fire #2 and #3 in unison.. but because I do it from pitch, it looks confusing to TGM guys because they are used to seeing passive hand swingers from there.. This is the secret of the P3 4:30 line I teach, because this way, I still get the full range of motion of the 3rd accumulator, not the trapping "less rotation" action that is typically seen with hitters using punch. The bottom line is that to do what I do.. you really need to train the hands and forearms with a lot of bag work.. then it all makes sense.. including Hogan's three right hands. By doing it this way, we get the best of both worlds.. the steeper angle of attack of the swinger, so we can be great long iron players, but also the nudge toward holding shaft flex longer than a typical dead hand swinger.. all the while avoiding the arms flying off the body into the post impact parallel plane protocol that Homer talks about in chapter #2.. or what I call moving into an equal angular post impact spiral. The clubshaft stays on a true plane post impact, with an angled hinge, and actually attempts to limit right arm straightening as the upper right arm stays packed on the body. This is why I call this pivot driven hitting. 2-M-3, "Unless pivot thrust actually drives #4 through impact" well all I have to say about that is... there is no "UNLESS". My golf swing is all about pivot thrust through impact, not just guidance, support and delivery of the power package. Let's not forget Homer's words... "The pivot IS the master accumulator" let us not forget such a noble truth." __________________ The Singapore Slinger http://justintanggolf.blogspot.com Last edited by comdpa : 07-08-2009 at 09:32 PM. comdpa View Public Profile Send a private message to comdpa Find all posts by comdpa