Erickson told me that the best way to train the hands is to actively fire the hands from pitch because pitch increases the angle of the right forearm and the shaft at the parallel before impact ( He calls this the P3 4:30 line) therefore increasing the range of motion for the hands to travel, but it takes a lot of work to train the hands to fire that fast actively.
He said the advantage of this is that you can increase the rotation of the 3rd accumulator,and you gain the advantage of drive loading into impact, therefore actively taking control of impact with the hands, not relying on a dead hand CF hand throw release into a full roll horizontal hinge. He also said that by going this route, you can steepen the angle of attack from a more true low point ball position which puts all the geometry on your side.
He told me the secret of golf is to hold shaft flex into impact because a pre stressed shaft will resist the forces of impact better than an unstressed one, and that pre stress also puts more feel in the hands of the player.
It was hard to argue after watching him pure the ball around the golf course with a set of Hogan Bounce Soles from the 1960's.
John told me that he believes Hogan did exactly what he said in Five Lessons. Wishing he had 3 right hands is exactly correct, and that when he learned this secret of actively hitting with the hands from "pitch" he was able to gain all the benefits of doing so. It sure looks to me this is what is happening.
Hi Justin, thanks for posting the swing - I hope John doesn't mind us chatting about it.
Whilst I am not quite as "by the book" as Daryl it does appear that John has picked many components which are more compatible with swinging.
It seems that he has found a variation which is rarely discussed in TGM and to some extent contrary to convention...quite a rare beast...
In my profession (medicine) when patients come thinking that they have the most rare and bizarre disease...one usually finds that they have an unusual presentation of a more common disease rather than their preferred interpretation (ie. a typical variation of an extremely rare disease)!
I therefore naturally wonder whether John has an unusual right arm sensation whilst doing a typical "swing".....rather than an rare and unconventional version of "hit".
Does he state that he loads the shaft at "end" using drag loading and the uses active triceps thrust (his hitting/drive load) from a pitch position to add or sustain shaft bend through impact??
What hinge action does his motion naturally produce? horizontal or angled?
His feeling of triceps thrust from pitch - how does that differ from the extensor action that one can feel when you "swing" - could he just be using LOADS of extensor action - hence feeling like active thrust? If he uses massive pivot thrust..wounldn't he have to use an equally large amount of extensor action to maintain structure....so much extensor action that it could be misinterpreted as a hit??
John uses a Sequenced Release on the Elbow Plane from a Pitched Elbow Location.
From Top to End he Rolls his Right Wrist (Cocks) and so he uses a Clockwise Turn to Return the Shaft to Plane during his initial Startdown (Like Hogan and many other great Golfers).
The 4:30 Shaft Position at P3-Release results from the Cocked Right Wrist.
But my point, to be exact, is that he is not Hitting. He is Pulling the Clubshaft Lengthwise. He may use Right Triceps Muscle, etc. It may feel like a Push.
I'm not dissing this guy. I'm not looking for an argument. But he lacks a Structured Power Package and its Downstroke Acceleration Sequence. So he uses his Right Arm to Accelerate the Clubshaft but CF still Accelerates the Clubhead.
Hybrid Mode
