Both Hitters and Swingers must Aim the Thrust of the Stroke (6-E-2). Normally, that Aiming Point is the Ball (which assumes it is located correctly for the Club in hand). Otherwise, the Aiming Point is either behind or in front of the Ball, depending primarily on Shaft length. And the point that is Aimed is the #3 Pressure Point (the first joint of the right forefinger).
Fundamentally, the Hitter's Right Arm Muscle Power supplies an Active Thrust of that Point to Drive the Golf Club via the Left Wristcock. In contrast, the Swinger's Momentum Transfer Centrifugal Power renders the Right Arm Passive (except for Extensor Action and Lag Pressure) and with it, also the #3 Pressure Point as it actuates the Left Wrist Roll. Study 10-11-0-3.
Bottom line: The Aiming Point Technique for Hitters involves both Aiming and Thrust of the #3 Lag Pressure Point. For Swingers, it is Aiming only. Study 6-C-2-A.
Yoda - you wrote-: "The Swinger, via the Pivot, pulls the butt end of the Club with the #2 Pressure Point (last three fingers of the left hand) directly toward the Plane Line. The exact point at which the left hand pulls changes every split second due to the circular nature of the Hands' true Delivery Path. This as opposed to the Straight Line Delivery Path of the Thrust (as defined by the #3 Pressure Point - Ball relationship)."
You seem to be implying that the hand arc of a swinger will be circular while a hitter's hand arc will not be circular (due to the straight line thrust of PP#3 towards the aiming point).
However, it would seem to me that swinger's and hitter's hand arc path will be equally circular if they use the same aiming point - because they are both aiming their PP#3 at the same aiming point. The only difference is the fact that the hitter is driving PP#3 as well as aiming PP#3. However, the straight line driving thrust of PP#3 doesn't make the hands actually move in a straight line direction because the hands are merely the peripheral end of the left arm which is suspended from the left shoulder socket, which means that the left hand must move in a circular manner. However, the actual hand arc path is not perfectly circular because the left shoulder socket is moving in space during the downswing giving the hand arc a more elliptical/U-shaped shape.
Here is the hand arc of Sergio Garcia's swing - which I believe is 10-23-B (but can look like 10-23-A from a frontal view)
Here is the handarc of my friend Scott who is a hitter.
I think that their handarcs look very similar because they are both being subjected to the straight line aiming point technique.
Yoda - you wrote-: "The Swinger, via the Pivot, pulls the butt end of the Club with the #2 Pressure Point (last three fingers of the left hand) directly toward the Plane Line. The exact point at which the left hand pulls changes every split second due to the circular nature of the Hands' true Delivery Path. This as opposed to the Straight Line Delivery Path of the Thrust (as defined by the #3 Pressure Point - Ball relationship)."
You seem to be implying that the hand arc of a swinger will be circular while a hitter's hand arc will not be circular (due to the straight line thrust of PP#3 towards the aiming point).
However, it would seem to me that swinger's and hitter's hand arc path will be equally circular if they use the same aiming point - because they are both aiming their PP#3 at the same aiming point. The only difference is the fact that the hitter is driving PP#3 as well as aiming PP#3. However, the straight line driving thrust of PP#3 doesn't make the hands actually move in a straight line direction because the hands are merely the peripheral end of the left arm which is suspended from the left shoulder socket, which means that the left hand must move in a circular manner. However, the actual hand arc path is not perfectly circular because the left shoulder socket is moving in space during the downswing giving the hand arc a more elliptical/U-shaped shape.
Here is the hand arc of Sergio Garcia's swing - which I believe is 10-23-B (but can look like 10-23-A from a frontal view)
Here is the handarc of my friend Scott who is a hitter.
I think that their handarcs look very similar because they are both being subjected to the straight line aiming point technique.
Jeff.
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