Pivot

[Yoda]

What you are feeling is the Downstroke Release Sequence of 6-M-1. If your
'conscious Thrust' of the Right Shoulder interrupts that Sequence, trouble is
sure to follow. However, in its proper order and under the Control of the
Hands, Turning the Right Shoulder 'directly toward the Ball' is a
Swing Thought that works.

The very first thing that should happen immediately after the backstroke
is completed is thrusting the right shoulder? I assume that while this is
going on, the body should be responding. But it feels like an over the top
move. Right shoulder thrust sounds like a very quick and forceful , and
even violent move. SHould the Thrust be slow and gradual?


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The Gear Train of the Pivot Lag -- Feet, Knees, Hips and Shoulders in
that order -- Loads and Accelerates the Power Package. Study this correct
Sequencing in 6-M-1.

The Right Shoulder does not Turn 'over the Top.' It Turns On Plane directly
toward the Ball. However, if your present procedure does not incorporate the
required Outward Dimension of the Shoulder Turn Motion per 2-N-1-A, then the
correct Action may well feel that way.


All quick and jerky motions are improper execution (3-F-6). That includes the
Right Shoulder Turn in the Start Down. The idea is to make a properly
Sequenced, positive move from the Top that Loads the Lag and begins
the initial Acceleration of the Power Package Down Plane. The Hands quickly
pick up this Acceleration in the Downstroke and deliver the Club into Release
at its maximum speed.

[Yoda]

Yoda,


I agree that he should find an AI, since, otherwise, he will probably not
blend in a proper Pivot with the upper body movements.

A very astute observation, MizunoJoe.

Jim will attempt to do as I've instructed, i.e., Drag the Butt End of the
Club Down Plane. Hopefully, this will get him Loading properly. For sure,
it's a 'light years' improvement over his current Hand Throw from the Top.

But the best Loading -- whether the Swinger Loading the Left Wrist or the
Hitter Loading the Right Elbow -- is always done by the Pivot. In other
words, the Hands are 'left at the Top,' as the Pivot begins its forward
motion. This is the only real assurance the player has that his Pivot will
remain properly ahead of the Hands throughout the Downstroke.

Will Jim be able to do that on his own?


Probably not, but at least now he knows what to do.