LynnBlakeGolf Forums - View Single Post - Why Swinging? or Why Hitting ? list pros and cons Thread: Why Swinging? or Why Hitting ? list pros and cons View Single Post #5 01-19-2011, 03:55 PM airair Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Norway Posts: 5,930 I don't know the origin of this either (Copy of a copy from my lap top) If it deserves deleting - so be it. ... There are ONLY two ways you can move an object. You can either PULL it or PUSH it. A swinger moves the club by PULLING it with the left arm. No right arm force applied. A hitter moves the club by PUSHING it with the right arm. Iron Byron doesn't have a right arm (I hope) so the club is not being PUSHED, so one must conclude that Iron Byron is a swinger because the machine is PULLING the club into impact. Still not convinced? Below are a list of the differences taken from a post on another TGM forum to expand the obvious differences even further. Swinger vs Hitter Pull vs Push Longitudinal Acceleration vs Radial Acceleration Rope Handle vs Axe Handle Centrifugal Force vs Muscular Thrust Whirl back vs Muscular Carry back Quick vs Strong Stretched Muscles vs Contracted Muscles Loose vs Stiff Pitch Basic Stroke vs Punch Basic Stroke Spin vs Drive Right Shoulder Flywheel vs Right Shoulder Backstop (Launching Pad) Pivot Thrust (Momentum transfer) vs Power Package Thrust End vs Top Top Arc vs Straight Line Quick Start Down vs Slow Start Down PP#3 Top Side vs PP#3 Aft Side Standard Wrist Action vs Single Wrist Action Sequenced Release vs Simultaneous Release Right palm 'on plane' vs plane 'through' right palm Wrist Action vs Hand Motion Drag Loading vs Drive Loading Throw Out vs Drive Out Start up and release Swivel vs No Swivel (except after Follow Through) Wrist Throw vs Right Arm Throw Arc of Approach vs Angle of Approach Wheel Rim vs Wheel Track Horizontal Hinging vs Angled Hinging Full Roll Feel vs No Roll Feel Draw vs Fade On-Line vs Cross Line Plane Line Rotation vs Grip Rotation Soft hands vs (Relatively) Firmer hands Standard Address vs Fix Address Accumulator #4 vs Accumulator #1 Physics vs Geometry Let it happen vs Make it happen Mike Finney (Mikestloc) vs Ted Fort (YodasLuke) Elegant vs Not so elegant A hitter will generally grip tighter than a swinger because a hitter is 'fighting' rotation, and a swinger is 'allowing' it. Imagine you were to swing a hockey stick like object, but with a very long blade. All things being equal, the blade will align itself with the direction/plane of force (why people slice, in part). A hitter resists the blade rotation and must provide a firmer grip to do so. A swinger, by contrast, needs to create the 'throw out' force (rotation) that will square up the blade. You could also argue that a hitter might tend to be more upright, and a swinger more flat because of those conditions, although there are no hard and fast rules there IMO. __________________ Air airair View Public Profile Send a private message to airair Find all posts by airair