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I can’t say whether he did or not however, except from a barely perceptible Hands Turning to plane, his Shoulders and Arms appear one-piece coordinated. The one piece takeaway would support the Torso takeaway argument.



Hogan was well practiced at this point in his career. These photos were certainly staged for capturing his swing and he may be posing more Pivot Controlled than normally. I know he said that the Hands start back before his Shoulders, but this swing was performed for a pretty picture.



I agree. But compare the photo at his Top of Swing with Startdown. Please Notice that when the Right Shoulder Drops his Right Elbow lowers which pulls the Right Hand Down which pulls the Clubhead Down. His Left Hand didn’t drop and his Right Elbow moved closer to his torso. If he used EA then I think his Right Elbow would be farther away and not as much Bent. This may be heretical, but it almost looks as though he is pulling with his Right Arm while pushing with his left. It just may be the photo.




I agree with the Magic of the Right Forearm analysis. I don’t think it’s Float Loading because His Left Wrist was already Cocked before Startdown (i.e. he isn’t Downstroke Cocking). I think that the Slack is being removed from his Pivot by his Lateral Slide tilting his Torso which lowers his Right Shoulder.

I’m not good at armchair analysis. Maybe I shouldn’t have opened a can of worms by commenting on anything other than his exceptional Acceleration Sequencing.

Not a can of worms in my book. Thanks for the great photos and analysis. Your probably closer to the truth (what ever that may be) than a lot of Hogan books out there. Like the two arms tied together as one big arm theory etc....

His sequencing must have had a fantastic feel associated with it. Lag and drag plus.