LynnBlakeGolf Forums - View Single Post - swinging and hitting Thread: swinging and hitting View Single Post #56 10-07-2010, 08:50 PM HungryBear Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 759 2 parts Trying to think of an every day way to explain. The Hurricane- a weather forcaster will always tell U that the winds on the right side of a moving hurricane are more dangerous because they are additive. The hurricane is spinning counter-clockwise with the wind speed constant relative to a center- the centripital force part so to say. BUT if the center- the eye of the hurricane (Golfers hands)-is moving in a linear direction (like the plane line)- the wind on the right side (club head) is moving at the constant velocity PLUS the speed of the eye hands. BUT since the energy of the hands was "sucked out" when the linear downstroke became circular more energy must be put in to keep the system moving forward LAG- "drag that mop" or - just quit with your hands and hang on and let the club coast around- most people do it that way- it can be made to look pretty good and you can now use all that energy to try and move the curved part faster- and you dont need much of a pivot because that moves the system- just flip it out there at the ball, and hang on. I was trying for a little humor in the last lines-not funny but I try hard. The Bear You guys down under-because your cyclones go the other way- "just transpose like the E-flat trumpet player" unless you are also a lefty. Which reminds me- I/we have neglected coriolis effect- Go ahead I dare you!! Last edited by HungryBear : 10-07-2010 at 09:35 PM. HungryBear View Public Profile Send a private message to HungryBear Find all posts by HungryBear