[Golfie McG]

Originally Posted by Golfie McG

Burner, Of course, in your example, I concede there to be very little difference. However, the single arm example excludes (without massive strength) the structural possibilities that having two hands on the club bring to bear. If, for instance, the left arm were rigidly attached to the sholder, there would be a large difference in flailing action as there would be much more angular momentum (from the turning body) driving the flail. Any questions? Golfie

Yup! No, a statement more than a question.

If the left arm was rigidly attached to the shoulder it would not be a flail - more a spoke attached to a spindle.

And, whats more, the spoke and spindle in human terms is not capable of generating anywhere near the clubhead speed that a flail could.

Burner,

Seems that you may be miss identifying the major flail of the golf swing which is formed by the left arm and club. Alternatively you may be misinterpreting somehow that I would be suggesting, after much discussion of flailing that the rigid structure of arms would remove flailing. This is not the case. Think extensor action.

If however you are suggesting that the firm attachment of the left arm to shoulder excludes the flailing of a flail formed by the lever from the spine to shoulder (roughly) and the left arm, that is true but a secondary effect in power generation.


Golfie