First of all, for the record, the Hitter using Pivot Thrust to supply the initial acceleration of his loaded Power Package (per 2-M-4) is not the same thing as a Four Barrel Stroke. And for the Swinger, Right Arm Muscle Power can add precious little to the tremendous Centrifugal Power his Three Barrel G.O.L.F. technique will generate. Further, his attempt to achieve that precious little extra by activating his Passive Right Arm (beyond the slight triceps activity necessary to maintain the Extensor Action) comes wrapped with a huge downside. The Hitter faces a similar problem when he attempts to add Centrifugal Pull to his normal Muscular Thrust. Here's the key: For both Hitters and Swingers, the two Actions -- one a PUSH and the other a PULL -- are simply incompatible.
Can you elaborate on these statements? Particularly the pitfalls of both Swingers and Hitters trying to reach the 4-barrel stage? I think your first sentence in the quote above applies to my (mis)understanding of a 4-barrel Hitting procedure. Please help. The fog grows thicker.
Fog is not a problem for computer age sailors navigating in the StarSystem that is G.O.L.F.! And help is on the way!
In the movie The Perfect Storm, listen to how enthusiastically CaptainBilly Tyne (George Clooney) reminds Capt. Linda Greenlaw how wonderful her workreally is:
"But you got it, Captain Greenlaw, you do. Believe me, I see them come andgo. The day I laid eyes on you I said to myself, 'She's gonna be a good one.' Can'tbe good unless you love it. The fog's just lifting. Throw off your bowline, throw off your stern. You head out the South Channel, past Rocky Neck,Ten Pound Island. Past Niles Pond, where I skated as a kid. Blow your airhornand throw a wave to the lighthouse keeper's kid on Thatcher Island. The birds show up -- black backs, herring gulls, big dumb ducks. The sun hits yaand the fog clears, head North, open up to 12, steamin' now. The guysare busy, you're in charge. Ya know what? You're a swordboat captain!Is there anything better in the world?"
Okay, Armourall2, we've got it going now, so let's you and me climb aboard thestarship The Golfing Machine and "head out to the South Channel,past Rocky Neck, Ten Pound Island."
Since your question relates to generating Power, we'll head due southtoward The Principles (Chapter 2) and the Emerald Isles, TheGenerators (2-M-3 and 2-M-4).
To clear the confusion regarding the first sentence in the post quote you'vesupplied, study the first sentence of 2-M-3:
"Unless Pivot Thrust actually drives #4 Accumulator through Impact,its assignment during that interval is more clearly defined if considered asdelivery, guidance and support of the Power Package, because it may or may nothave contributed anything but motion during Delivery"
And now lets "get past Niles Pond," and examine the Principle behindthe Hitter's classic Three Barrel application of Power in 2-M-4:
"...consider Pivot Thrust...as supplying the initial acceleration ofthe Hitter's loaded Power Package so the Clubhead can be endowed with PivotSpeed PLUS Right Triceps speed."
Taking these two Principles together, we can see that for a Hitter toactually accomplish a Four Barrel Stroke (which by 10-4-D definition means thatall four Accumulators are functioning -- in their defined powerapplications (6-B-1, 2, 3, and 4) as opposed to simply providingmotion (per 7-4 below). This means that the Pull of CentrifugalForce generated by #4 -- and not the Push of muscular thrustgenerated by #1 -- must power the Club through Impact.
Should #1's Pushing Muscular Thrust manually override #4'sPulling Centrifugal Force, then all bets are off. Yourintended Four Barrel plan will have disintegrated into a Three Barrelcombination, and in so doing will have no doubt created severe disruptions inthe (G.O.L.) Force!
What has happened is that the Swinging (Pulling) Good Guys have beenoverrun by the Thrusting (Pushing) Bad Guys, and consequencely yourTotal Motion (12-5-3) has now been compromised. The introduction of conflictingComponent Variations -- conflicting in the sense that they are notcompatible either with each other or with the type of thrust beingused, i.e. a Push or a Pull, or both -- has resulted in anincongruous Pattern of Variations that are, at best, Incompatible and,at worst, Non-Interchangeable. And per Chapter 13, the only optionsavailable in this sad state are "correction, compensation, or compassion."
These conflicting Variations may include, for example, Hinge Action (7-10),Left Wrist Action (7-1, Lag Loading (7-19), Trigger Type (7-20), PowerPackage Assembly Point (7-21), Power Package Loading Action (7-22) and PowerPackage Release (7-24). Review the Basic Stroke Patterns of 12-1(Hitting) and 12-2 (Swinging), and research their respective Variations inChapter 10. Study The Flail in 2-K and the Power Package inChapter 6. Only then will you come to understand that in G.O.L.F. as in life,"One man's milk is another man's poison." Like Love and Marriage,some things just go together. Or not!
But be patient. By nature's design, the process of assimilation is slow,sometimes painfully slow. Per Chapter 3 (Component Translation), assimilationrequires Study Time, Practice Time and Playing Time . Andper Chapter 13 (The Computer, or more specifically in this case, TheIncubator), also the Fourth Horseman, Calendar Time .
Those who stay with it, soon understand why Homer chose the name Starin naming his System of G.O.L.F.. Each element was hard-won: At first only a "scintillationof distant truth" and only later a dependable ally in the pursuitof Golfing Perfection; namely, The Star System Triad (as described inthe Preface).
We're almost home now, so let's "blow your airhorn and throw a wave to thelighthouse keeper's kid on Thatcher Island." In 7-4, we find the followinggem:
"It may appear that some of the Accumulators omitted from somecombinations are still actually present in the Action. But their participationis negligible, incidental or minimal."
And that brings us full circle to the first Principle referenced in this post:For Hitters attempting a Four Barrel Combination, unless the Pivot Thrust isactually Pulling the #4 Accumulator through Impact -- the Swinger'snormal Centrifugal Pulling application -- then, per the secondPrinciple, the Pivot Thrust is more correctly considered to be the"launching pad" for the Hitter's normal Muscular Pushingapplication. In that instance, though the Shoulder Turn Thrust appears (andactually is) active, it is only giving initial speed to the Hitter's PowerPackage (with its Bent and Loaded Right Arm).
Just because one can observe the motion of the thrusting Shoulder, itdoes not follow that the Shoulder is actually activating the #4 Accumulator.Think of the Action as the sequenced stages of a rocket launch: In Stage 1, theRight Shoulder is providing the initial acceleration of the PowerPackage (in addition to its normal "delivery, guidance and support"functions). In Stage 2, the now flying, Loaded Power Package takes over andfinishes the job. It is the classic one-two punch, and it is best accomplishedwith Three Accumulators (#1, #2, and #3), not four.
So finally, "The sun hits ya and the fog clears, head North,open up to 12, steamin' now. The guys are busy, you're in charge.Ya know what?"
You're a G.O.L.F.er! Is there anything better in the world?
, Lag Loading (7-19), Trigger Type (7-20), PowerPackage Assembly Point (7-21), Power Package Loading Action (7-22) and PowerPackage Release (7-24). Review the Basic Stroke Patterns of 12-1(Hitting) and 12-2 (Swinging), and research their respective Variations inChapter 10. Study The Flail in 2-K and the Power Package inChapter 6. Only then will you come to understand that in G.O.L.F. as in life,"One man's milk is another man's poison." Like Love and Marriage,some things just go together. Or not! 
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