Many RAS patterns....please enlighten us. Can you reference your sources???
DG
As many as there are hitting patterns and left arm swinging patterns. Thousands? Hundreds of Thousands? Millions?
Actually, since RAS is a subcomponent of swinging, there is probably only tens of thousands of ways to do it. Just guessing.
Source is Homer Kelley and the 24 components with their associated variations through the 12 zones.
DG - I'm doing you a favor here. If you don't see it, you and the rest of the LBG membership may lose out on some good stuff.
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1-H "Because of questions of all kinds, reams of additional detail must be made available - but separately, and probably endlessly." Homer Kelly
Guys we need a ground swell of interest so Bagger can stop teasing us here. Come on lets get it started. Here is my first submission.
I asked Yoda a question once about my pre practice warm up regime in which amongst other things I hit short pitch shots with just my right arm.
It went something like this:
Me : "Im still swinging here though right?"
Yoda: "Yes"
Beyond that I asked not. All of this leads me to wonder about the possible existence of RAS putting. Although I have recently gone to using my feet to power my putting stroke having tried every other part of my body with mixed results.
I asked Yoda a question once about my pre practice warm up regime in which amongst other things I hit short pitch shots with just my right arm.
It went something like this:
Me : "Im still swinging here though right?"
Yoda: "Yes"
Beyond that I asked not.
Even though you were using only your Right Arm, you were Pulling the Club (lengthwise) through Impact. And when you do that -- with either the Right Arm or Left -- you are Swinging.
I want to approach this based on what Homer Kelley said about RAS.
When you use the active right arm as a RASer, is it a Swing or a Hit?
In 7-19 Homer says - The "Right Arm Swing" is simply 10-3-K with the loosened Wrists (7-1) and longitudinal acceleration using 7-19-3 above. Only with this "Rope Handle" procedure can the Right Arm be said to "Swing" - and still per 1-L-9 and -10.
One of the key definitions of a swing is allowing Centrifugal Force to release the club through impact. Even though the right arm is active and as Yoda said, pulling longitudinally, it is swinging the club because you are allowing Centrifugal Force actuate the #2 and #3 accumulators (uncock and roll). Hence the requirement for "Loosened Wrists" in The Bat Minor Stroke.
Just like the left arm swinger, Centrifugal Force uncocks the left wrist and right elbow (7-1). You have the choice to use non-automatic release types, but CF cannot be overridden or the Swing becomes a Hit.
There are some primary differences between Right vs Left arm swinging - Next up...The Bat!
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1-H "Because of questions of all kinds, reams of additional detail must be made available - but separately, and probably endlessly." Homer Kelly
I think this is a great subject and look forward to keeping up with this thread. I love hitting, but when I want to really get in to one, with a nice draw, especially with the driver, I focus on a nice big Right Forearm Fan going back, then pull down with my right arm. I don't think there is another pattern that I have found that lets me hit it any further.
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