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Originally Posted by JohnThomas1

Hi guys, i need some insight to make sure i am not making the journey longer than it need be. I am embarking on the swinger journey as per 12-2-0. My problem is with Component 22. I have never liked nor been comfortable with snap loading. Changing to sweep loading many years ago made perhaps the biggest improvement to my game ever. All of a sudden i had some decent compression and better direction to boot. I started to mess with snap loading again on the range and had no success. I have no doubt there is a logical reason for this but would like to press on using sweep loading. I would like to know how compatible this loading is with swinging. I know Homer favours a stroke with the least compensations and wonder how far from that i am straying by using the sweep. I am starting to hit the ball well on the range with the sweep and have used it most of my life. I am pretty sure two great examples of swinging with sweep would be Faldo and Els. Maybe it isn't straying to far from the safe? Regards John

I think in the 7th edition revisions (sorry, dont have them here in front of me), Homer changes it to random sweep. I think.

Regardless, you must do what you feel comfortable with. If snap doesnt work, there is nothing wrong with sweep - in fact, I would suffice to say most tour pro's are sweep versus snap.

I think you're on the right track. The ball doesnt lie.

Patrick

Welcome Patrick ! Good seeing ya again.

The longer the club the more I tend to use Sweep- especially with the driver.
To go one step further, this sweep action is the "seems as if" feeling of those instructors (Austin and Crocker as example) that advocate an early release from the top and what some try to call a cast. Only in comparison to a later snap release are these "feelings" true.

JT- in my humble opinion - Els snaps. His hands drop straight down from high above his shoulders to in front of his trouser pleads and the shaft is still parallel to the ground.