[danny_shank]

Pushing or pulling is physics... these are Homer Kelley's words ( as per 7th edition and editing)... my italics /bold/underline....

"HIT OR SWING

7-19. LAG LOADING
This category recognizes the over-all control by the Clubhead Lag Pressure Point (6-C-2) and that manipulation of its Loading Procedure determines the Physics of both Hitting and Swinging (Preface). (Study 6-H-0, 7-3 and 7-20.)"

golfbulldog your argument has far from sold me yet i'm afraid. In 7-3 when Homer talks about the position of the right forearm he says 'should' he doesn't say it separates hitting and swinging. To me it's still an ideal. from my own experience i can get my right arm in all sorts of funky positions and still swing.

Back to 7-19, the text you quoted doesn't mean a great deal on it's own as it does not specify what the manipulation is. But Homer does seem to go on to clarify:

"Clubhead Lag can be established in three different ways:
-1. by resisting the Backstroke motion for Drive Loading
-2. with the Start Down motion for Float Loading
-3 by "throwing" the club against the Lag Pressure Point at The Top for Drag Loading"

Theres no way he;s resisting the backstroke for drive loading, lucky number 3 for me...