Swinger's rope drill
 

Would like to make this training aid! Any suggestions regarding type of ball, etc.? Thanks.

Whirliin' the Wiffle Ball
 

I bought my large 'wiffle' ball at Toys R Us.

Add a little rope and a golf grip, and you're done.

Good luck!

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i have seen people using this drill but

1- what does the drill teach

2-how or what to do it correctly?

I use to use this drill.
 

Since reading TGM, I would say that the drill teaches:

.3)How LAG is generated by the Pivot
.4)How LAG is effectively felt by the # 3 PP
1) The position of the hands and arms in catching LAG pressure against the # 3 PP
2) The quickness of the Pivot in sustaining the LAG
3) How to direct the LAG through the Plane

I'm sure there are other things.

ICT

Not sure about that exact teaching aid Yoda is referring to but generally speaking the rope of TGM is all about Longitudinal Acceleration , Drag Loading. 12-2. The Swingers Startdown.

You can not accelerate a rope Radially from the get go like you could an "Axe Handle". But you can accelerate it Longitudinally and then throw it out Radially. Longitudinal being the Downstroke , Radial the Release. Radial adding tremendous power especially when Delayed (small pulley wheel) for any given hand speed.

Think water skier and tow boat.....longitudinal acceleration both parties accelerating together, then the boat takes a corner and the skier gets throw out radially and in the process accelerates faster than the boat. The sharper the corner the boat takes the faster CF throws the skier out. Like the small pulley of the Endless Belt. There is no CF throw out when the boat or the hands are pulling longitudinally, inline because there is no rotation. Talking straight line deliver path of the hands here. Be it theoretical or practical. Even if its only very briefly the closer you get to an actual straight line Hand Path the less the club is subject to CF throwout, Release.

So "Rope Handling" Longitudinal Acceleration will tend to Delay Release. As will moving the skier to the opposite side of his Radial throwout prior to the boat taking the corner.......which would be similar to Float Loading. You can not be in the process of Releasing and Loading at the same time.