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At first I was really confused when I studied these video 3 months back.. I even asked the question.. since Tom said push push push .. is he hitting?

Until...
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6-H-0 Imperatives

C. Take all Strokes to the Both Arms Straight Position (8-11).

A HIT or swing... so in a way... the right elbow have to straighten thus both have the element of "push" , Active by force+extensor action. Passive by extensor action,+ Gravity..
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3-F-6. EXECUTION All quick, jerky and wobbly motions are improper executions. Neither the Hands nor the Club are flipped or swished around haphazardly. blah blah...the whole paragraph...

No matter its a HIT or a swing.. It have to look like a "swinging" ...
Then... I understood.

Hitting does not give anybody the permission to HIT or hack at the ball. 6-H-0 , 3F6...

Though,
This is right arm swinging , or pushing... this is to describe an action(7-3). And what you had explained. Everything is fine until...


from the bible of TGM... I think its different from the "Right Arm Swing" , which is a named method. described in 7-19, linked to 10-3-k. Changing the center of the clubhead orbit .. thus bad for the elbow... Different.. but have the same name ...

Correct me if I am wrong David or anyone ..

I have a list of problems, though I enjoy the listening to TT teach.

The right arm swing, which I never heard TT say, but, the stroke in Chapter Two is closer to a Hit stroke- IMHO. He stops at the End instead of the Top. He repeats Hit Down on the ball- Hit Down on the ball. No CF like the True Swing Stroke in Chapter Two that uses CF to throw out the club- the Law of the Flail. A beautiful stroke, btw. The Hit stroke in chapter nine is, as TT says, a Punch shot ("kick right and lose yardage.")- not the Hit Stroke Lynn Blake teaches. TT knew as much about the Hit Stroke as anyone of his time, or even up to 2003 -- very little, a punch shot at best. TT doesn't fully cock the left wrist, sometimes a zero out of acc2 in his Hit Stroke. If that punch shot was low and left, why not change alignments at impact fix and address? The Hit Stroke was not what TT wanted you to do.

Homer loved the Hit Stroke. He thought the Hit Stroke would CHANGE THE GAME. It certainly Changed Ted Fort's Game.

I am not criticizing TT’s Hitting procedure- it was what that stroke was thought to be, I believe. But I do feel that his right arm swing, is closer to a Hit stroke with HH action which would explain why the other Hit procedure is a punch shot.