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Thats a fine way of Starting Up for a Hitter , but you do have options in golf, trillions of them quite literally. Homer didnt believe there was "one best way".

Typically I'd imagine, a Hitter would Startup from Impact Fix with his Hands in an Impact condition, (flat left , bent right) and employ a "Carry Back" , no (or very little) sense of Lag in the initial move back . A Swinger or Hitter wishing to establish a stronger feel of Lag and Drag early in his motion can Startup from Adjusted Address with the Hands set mid body , the Clubhead trailing the hands, and "swing the club back" with a Lagging Takeaway.

Homer in 12-1 and 12-2 prescribed Standard Address 10-9-A with mid body hands and bent left , flat right wrist conditions for both Swinging and Hitting. While this is typically a Swingers type deal it is a very useful thing for Hitters as well. Homer I believe, did this in an effort for "sameness" between the two procedures. He said he "sweated bullets" over the lists in 12-1 and 12-2 so we shouldnt take them lightly.

Interestingly Lynn in his premium movie with Brian Gay discusses how from Impact Address there is still ideally some Lag to be sensed/perceived in Startup. So I guess you could say that even for the Carry Back there is some Lag and Drag. Often things arent just black or white in TGM or in life........there's a seemingly infinite number of shades of grey on a spectrum.

And where does one sense the Lag associated with Startup? Not at the #3pp! Not along the aft of the shaft! It'd be along the front of the shaft wouldnt it? Giving you a Reverse #3pp or some such thing. It'd be a brief little bit of loading that subsides when the Hands established their Impact Condition, flat left/bent right........which Lynn once told me could happen right around the time the hands are over your right leg as Extensor Action snaps them to attention.