I've been experimenting the past couple of days with a hitting action rather than my normal swinging action. I may be alone in this but I personally find it easier to keep the left wrist flat by hitting rather than swinging. I also really like the accuracy (the ball just refuses to curve), and I LOVE the ballflight...VERY powerful without being super low (the sound at impact is better as well). I had two guys near me at the range muttering "wow" under their breath as I was striking 8 irons into a Texas wind.
So here's my question, as someone who could top 125-130mph swinging (as measured on a SpeedStick and a swingspeed monitor), what would you say would be the upper limit of what I can expect hitting? My swing (or hit I guess) felt very short, so there may be some lengthening I can do, but I was consisently in the 105-109 range with the Speedstick. Not horrible, but I'd like to keep the distance loss to a minimum.
My hitting is more self tought than not, and I have a lot of knowledge regarding swinging, but much less in the realm of hitting. Does anyone know of someone in the Dallas/Ft Worth that would be a good instructor for hitting?
It's just a matter of technique....when i swing or hit when practicing my speed stik i can achieve similar speeds.
However keep in mind that you might just be learning how to create a lot of mass and force. I know when i was first learning how to really compress a ball that my swing speed went down some but my distance went up.
As i became more and more comfortable with everything it came back.
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Thanks Jim. I'll keep at it, see where it takes me. Quick question though...if my swing though what to hit the ball with the heel of my right hand and fire my right hip down the target line, I'm probably switting, huh?
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