"Classy Hitters"

[lagster]

I believe Mr. Doyle classifies some HITTERS as "Classy Hitters." They are very SMOOTH, and could easily be mistaken as Swingers.

What do you think makes then look more like SMOOTH SWINGERS, than some Hitters do. Is Larry Nelson an example of one of these guys?

Of course... there is nothing wrong with looking like a HITTER!!

[6bmike]

Lynn looks the same, Swinging or Hitting.

I think we big guys don't look as smooth as our lean counterparts. Arnie never looked like Hogan, Stadler never was mistaken for Tom Weiskopf. The lean always had a disposition to Swing while big barrel Joes Hit. Mike Adams based his LAWS book on this- incomplete at best.

But the geomtery of the stroke is the same, its aplication of power- the physics is different.

[EdZ]

Hitting or swinging, the club must SWING.

The best example of a 'hitter' who really 'swung' the club well, and perhaps the best swing ever IMO -

Mickey Wright


The difference between hitting and swinging is not how the club moves, it is how you support its movement.

All efficient motion is smooooooth. Hitters who are not smooth aren't as efficient with their motion. You can't be a swinger and get away with 'jerky' motion, hitters get a bit more margin for error, but the goal should be the same.

Smooooooth motion, fully supported impact.