Originally Posted by MizunoJoe
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It looks different only because he's on a shallower elbow plane!
It's all pivot thrust from release to impact and no right arm thrust of any kind. Any kind of throwing effort in the release interval would interfere with, not help, the freewheeling shaft.
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The difference I'm referring to the way his shoulders turn past impact. His shoulders doesn't seem to turn fully up to its max limit, unlike Immelman. For me, this shows that he's not into pivot thrust anymore during release. His pivot at that time is just a byproduct of the earlier hip start at Startdown.
The 3 R hands thrust or slap doesn't interfere IMO, in fact I believe it helps release and throw out the shaft from parallel to targetline to inline.
Remember his shoulders turn quite steep during release thru impact, so his pivot doesn't help much in releasing the shaft.
And there's a bonus...he was able to release the shaft with power since 3 R hands is clearly stronger and faster, but also he was able to consistently square the face thru impact bec using the 3 R hands delays face closure.