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Thanks for that statement.... Given the many differences in technique (at least what appear to be many differences for a newbie like me) I did think it almost impossible to mix them sucessfullly during a round.

I may not have made Homer's position clear, psheehan. He felt that all players so inclined should learn both procedures and be able to use them interchangeably during a round. What he cautioned against was mixing Hitting and Swinging Components in a single Basic Stroke Pattern. Most especially, attempting to add the Hitter's Right Arm Thrust to a Centrifugal Force Swing.

Over time, he came to the conclusion that the use of the #1 Accumulator (Right Elbow) to actively drive the Club through Release and Impact was incompatible with the Swinger's Centrifugal procedure. In other words, Centrifugal Force wants to go only 'so fast,' and if you use the Right Triceps in an attempt to make it go faster (through Radial, not Longitudinal, Acceleration), it resists the attempt. Not only is there no power gain, there is actually a power loss. Worst of all, precision alignments scatter like jackstraws.

The problem we have here, though, is that the Swinger does feel a lot of Right Arm, even though it is passive as a Stroke Driver. It picks up the Rotation of the Body (specifically, the Right Shoulder) and senses the Pull of Longitudinal Acceleration (Accelerating the Club lengthwise) created by that Momentum Transfer as Clubhead Lag Pressure Point Pressure (in the #3 Pressure Point, the Right Hand index finger). He then uses the Right Forearm and #3 Pressure Point Pressure (the Basic Thrust of the Stroke) in an 'underhand Pitch' motion -- I personally think of it as 'sidearm' because the motion must be on the Inclined Plane -- to Trace the Delivery Line in the Downstroke and to deliver a stiff-wristed Slap through Impact (the Major Basic Stroke per 7-3 and 10-3-B). All this while maintaining Right Triceps Extensor Action (whose Pressure is exerted at Pressure Point #1, the heel of the Right Hand against the Left Hand thumb). No wonder Hogan wrote that he wanted "three right hands" at Impact!

In the end, by Homer's own statement, "there isn't all that much difference between the two...". Hitters and Swingers share one Geometry (of the circle) but the nature of their Right Arm participation differentiates their physics (of Rotation). Hence, there are two basic Strokes, i.e., two separate and distinct ways to move the Golf Club: You can Push the Clubshaft Radially with Muscular Thrust or Pull the Clubshaft Longitudinally with Centrifugal Force. On any given Stroke, you can do one or the other. But avoid attempting both at the same time, because...

That way lies sorrow.