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Old 02-23-2005, 02:00 PM
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Flight control, hitting and swinging
It might have been discussed already, then please link to the thread:

I'm in the middle of converting to hitting (like a lot of people theese days ).
When swinging, I've used the Manzella teachings for flight control: aim clubhead in the direction you want the ball to start, stance open or closed the amount fade/draw you want. Maybe play the ball a little forward on fades and a little back for draws.

Will the same procedure work with hitting or do I remember reading something about moving the ball back for fades and forward for draws when hitting?

Please describe your method:
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Old 02-23-2005, 03:04 PM
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Same thing, however depending on the hinge action you employ you will get different results.

For instance if you were swinging with a normal horizontal hinge and did the adjustments above you'd hit "predicable" draws/fades.

However if you are truly hitting and using an angled hinge the fade will be more pronounced and the draw less. You will need to close the clubface as well. However i don't know how to explain to you.

Someone here does though and i'm sure they will respond.
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Old 02-23-2005, 05:14 PM
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Ball forward for draws, back for fades in Swinging. For Hitting, forward for fades, for R-L, the Hitters here say close the stance and pull hook it.
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Old 02-23-2005, 06:11 PM
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Originally Posted by MizunoJoe
Ball forward for draws, back for fades in Swinging. For Hitting, forward for fades, for R-L, the Hitters here say close the stance and pull hook it.
Yes, but...

Aren't manipulated hands swingers bound by the ball position laws of Hitters? And aren't the vast majority of Swingers the manipulated hands variety?
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Old 02-23-2005, 06:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Matt
Originally Posted by MizunoJoe
Ball forward for draws, back for fades in Swinging. For Hitting, forward for fades, for R-L, the Hitters here say close the stance and pull hook it.
Yes, but...

Aren't manipulated hands swingers bound by the ball position laws of Hitters? And aren't the vast majority of Swingers the manipulated hands variety?
As Yoda wrote :

"Hitters and Manipulated Hands Swingers play the Ball back (of Straightaway Flight Location) for Draws and forward for Fades. With the Left Wrist positioned Flat, Level and Vertical, the Club is rotated within the Grip -- Closed for Draws and Opened for Fades -- to agree with the new Ball Location. A Ball placed back in the Stance will Draw because the Clubface makes contact with the Outside Aft quadrant of the Ball. A Ball placed forward in the Stance will Fade because the Clubface makes contact with the Inside Aft Quadrant. "


I am a hands manipulated swinger and have to terms with it.
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Old 02-23-2005, 06:53 PM
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That's what I was getting at Mike. Too often people will just says "Swingers move the ball here..." and "Hitter move it here..." without noting that most Swingers are not "True Swingers."

If you're a "True Swinger" you have to use dual horizontal hinge action and have no option to use an angled hinge. To me, that sounds like you're unecessarily limiting your options.
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Old 02-23-2005, 07:44 PM
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That's what I was getting at Mike. Too often people will just says "Swingers move the ball here..." and "Hitter move it here..." without noting that most Swingers are not "True Swingers."

If you're a "True Swinger" you have to use dual horizontal hinge action and have no option to use an angled hinge. To me, that sounds like you're unecessarily limiting your options.
That's what I figured, I was just going over ball position the other night and remember what Lynn had written, so I posted it.

And at the time of the original post- it caused quite a fuss.


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Old 02-24-2005, 05:36 AM
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"And at the time of the original post- it caused quite a fuss. "

Which is why I didn't want to get into this and rehash it. But I still maintain that when you contact the outside aft quadrant of the ball with respect to the plane line, whether cross-line to the target or coincidental with it, it's not a draw, but rather a pull hook.
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