[hcw]

Now... concerning the MASS of the player. There is a theory that if TENSION is introduced into the player during the swing, especially IN THE ARMS during the downswing, the player will be taken out of his CORE, and strike the ball ONLY utilizing the weight of his arms, rather than the MASS of his entire body. Do you think there is something to this? It seems to me it may have some merit, especially with Rope Handle Techniques.

i think that if you have lots of tension in the muscles of your arms, then you can use them very well to swing (ie accelerate the clubhead)...try this, bring you arm to elbow 90° angle and do a body builder bicep flex so that your whole arm has tension...now try and straighten you elbow...i can't...if my tricep is already tense, it can't contract any more to do what i want...i think the player above is using only/mostly the pivot to accelerate the arms, not nearly as good as using pivot and arms...it oughta keep those wedges intact though!