[12 piece bucket]

Bucket, you got me thinking as usual...if you are planning to use a specific hinge action to alter ball flight...at which stage of the swing does one's pattern show the fact that you are using a specific hinge?

ie. do all back and downswing looks the same until the hinge? (albeit with the hinge mentally programmed before downswing).

Is the hinge action "supposed" to be evident in the backstroke??

Back on topic...this is one of KOC's great videos... although it does demo a very special musical taste that he has developed! it also shows a great view of accumulator 4 release and the long journey that the hands take whilst leaving the right shoulder behind....right shoulder continues movement but less that during the initial start down. Seems to have very little overlap between acc 4 release and acc 2 release...no? ( at about 1:01 mins)

Hinge Action can definitely be evident in the backstroke . . . of course Homer said that you can clown the takeaway . . . .

But as far as hinging goes . . . the bottom line is the ball starts basically at right angles to the face at separation so if you want to hit a cut that starts left of the target and curves back to it the face has to be looking looking left of the target to get the initial direction right. You can hit cuts or draws with ANY hinge action.