Role of The Pivot
 

I need answers.... :wink:

What is the role of the pivot in TGM?

Hitting or swinging?

The role of the Pivot in TGM, for both Hitting and Swinging is:

Twisting the body and shifting the weight during the Stroke to maintain balance, a motionless head and any required axis tilt of the torso.

The Pivot must get out of the way of the Hands in order for them to do their job properly. Failure to do this may result in Roundhousing, which, according to Homer, "can initiate almost every alignment disruption".


The Pivot for Hitters:
Launching Pad / backstop used to resist the Muscular Right Arm Push after the Start Down.

The Pivot for Swingers:
Massive rotor supplying Momentum Transfer to Throw Out the Swinger's Left Arm.

I should have been more explicit...I was really asking "does the pivot supply any power in swinging."

From the book, it is as per tongzilla says.

Pivot is not a component in 6-B, the power package.

But to raise a point that tongzilla made on the pivot being "the massive rotor", one can question

"the faster we turn the rotor, does it mean longer shots?"

The Pivot Delivers the Loaded Power Package into Impact. The faster the Delivery, the more Clubhead speed you'll have. Increasing Pivot Lag is one way to increase the rate of Delivery.

Pivot components reflect Stroke components, so the pivot can be full range or zero. This would be the only way, visually, one can see a pivot as contributing to the power of a shot. But we know that this is just a seems to be because the pivot's job is to maintain alignments and rhythm, so the power package can be executed. If the pivot tries to add - above and beyond, alignments and rhythm suffer.

If the pivot tries to add - above and beyond, alignments and rhythm suffer.

If the pivot supplies the power and one cannot add with the hands what good is extensor action??
The video of Homer swinging quote, "coming down on the ball as if to drive it into the ground". No mention of pivot only the hands driving the ball into the ground. The pivot follows the lead of the hands going down and out.

Isn't pp#4 essentially pivot power?

I like this one... :D

This is my opinion on the matter...

For the swinger using pp4 as the direct thrust to drag the primary lever assembly. The pivot is doing the work via the direct thrust of pp4 but it is guided by using pp3 (or rotated lag pressure point equivalent) which is used to monitor plane alignments.

pp4 does the work
pp3 guides

Homer was referencing just merely the geometry of the circle and how you still have to go down and out through impact... IMO