Distance with hitting
 

While htting from a model pont of view appears simpler to me I can not for the life of me come close to the distance I could achieve while swinging( about 3 club difference). I know my mentor (yodasLuke) has stated it is the trick that is hardest to learn but for me (maybe because of physical issues) I cannot seem to use my right arm activelly without using my right hand resulting in the unbending of the right wrist resulting in casting etc. I suspect something in the lower pivot motion is required to make it work whether than pivot motion be active or passive.


Either case where do I begin drill wise etc. to get there. I have tried the right arm only and can't really make good contact with the ball which of course limits the distance.

As a thought process I drive my right hard as I can from the end of my backswing very hard right from the start. It is a reduced backswing so I do not believe I have over accelerated before I hit the ball.

Dave

Use the muscles of your right forearm (driving right forearm) instead of your right hand...


Practice with a non-automatic 3 barrel hitting stroke with your mid to short irons....with long irons and woods use the 4 barrel hitting stroke for distance shots. See 2-M-3 and 2-M-4 for combinations of power package thrust and pivot thrust. Mid to short irons use power package thrust...with the long irons and woods use pivot and package thrust. Work on this combination for 3 to 6 months...then revaluate your situation....I believe you will achieve your desired distances...

DG

I intend to keep bending the shaft against the clubhead lag (inertia) by actively rotating my pivot, straightenning my right arm and unbending my right wrist (PP#3 against the shaft using the PP#2 as a fulcrum) simultaneously. Yet, the latter two don't complete until way beyond impact.

forearm muscles?
 

I understand the advice you gave at the end of the post, but I'm confused about using the "muscles of your right forearm (driving right forearm)". The muscles of the forearm can be used in moving the fingers, in bending or arching the wrist, and in cocking and uncocking the wrist. But, it's the triceps that straighten and the biceps that bend the arm. The muscle power is mainly triceps.

Ted,

What triggers the triceps into action...the right forearm. See 1-F. The study 7-3. Next watch both Tomasello video series...you will hear Tommy talk about using the right forearm...not once does he mention the driving the right triceps. Tommy always references the right forearm...in fact, The Magic of the Right Forearm.

See...7-3..."it is absolutely MANDATORY that, Hitting or Swinging, it is the Right Forearm--not just the Right Hand and/or clubshaft--that must be thrown, or driven, into Impact per 7-2-3." or later in that same paragraph..."Remember, the Actual Angle of Approach of the Clubhead is determined by Ball Position (2-N) so the Cross Line position of the Right Forearm is ONLY the On Plane Forearm Thrust per 1-L-9/10/11. Even with the Pitch Basic Stroke...".

DG

I'm very familiar with all of the quotes as I have studied them until I was blue in the face. But staying on topic, I refer back to "the muscles of the right forearm" which was the question at hand. None of these muscles bend or straighten the right elbow, which in turn cocks and uncocks the left wrist. Do your "muscles of the right forearm" do such things? And, where are these words used in the book?

I like the image of "shaking the sugar off your arms at Impact"....should give you that snap.

Ted,

See 6-B-2-0..."Centrifugal Force, Accummulator #1, the muscles of both forearms, any--or all--are available to actuate this assembly."

At two different times, I experimented with driving the right triceps...after several weeks of daily practice, I began to lose the sweet feeling lag. Once I went back to using the right forearm, the sweet feeling of lag returned. Almost like Magic. Hence, the name....The Magic of the Right Forearm. I wouldn't be surprised that Homer went through the same experiment.

Remember section 20 is a section of triggers (triggering the release action). 10-20-B Right Arm Throw trigger....Right Forearm trigger. Please review the Tomasello videos. In video chapter 2 (The Arms Chapter) from Australia, Tommy Tomasello talks about driving that right forearm to a long right arm.

DG

Distance with hitting
 

If a hitter uses the "karate straight arm punch - heel of hand" as the image for his right hand thrust delivery function then it is a given that this procedure is one of bending and straightening of the right arm.

Bending is a job for the Biceps and straightening provides work for the Triceps.

The the workings of the forearm, independent of this bending and straightening process, are jobs for other departments.

Tomasello Tapes
 

I truly recommend that you guys put some time in on the Tomasello tapes...

DG