Left arm role in hitting

[BerntR]

You're misinterpreting motion as action. The motion, after the brief right shoulder thrust, is solely a result of the right triceps. But if you spin the flywheel, you will be mixing pulling and pushing, against which Homer warned you!

The left side is always pulling and the right side is always pushing. Regardless of stroke pattern.

[JTillery]

The left side is always pulling and the right side is always pushing. Regardless of stroke pattern.

Absolutely. Especially the good ones......

[MizunoJoe]

The left side is always pulling and the right side is always pushing. Regardless of stroke pattern.

A left shoulder being moved by the right triceps action is not the same thing as a pulling left side. In Hitting, the left side is moving, but should not be longitudinally pulling the shaft through the release interval. #2 is push released with the right triceps. Pulling and pushing through the release interval are not synergistic actions, and if done, the push overrides and stifles cf. Further, any pulling in the release interval of a Hitting stroke is disruptive of Hitting impact alignments.