- Apr 17, 2019
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Why not both?
This isn't a what's the difference post, it's a there is no difference post - or rather they're not addressing the same components of the swing. So maybe this is a 'duh' moment to some of you, but after many buckets of popcorn watching the arguments between the TTB and Swing Down folks, and actually trying to figure out what they're talking about, I'm concluding that both are correct.
The 'swing down' proponents say that 'turning the barrel' is meaningless - which is true if you're just turning your arms and never delivering the barrel.
The TTB folks say 'swinging down' is a terrible pattern of cutting down through the zone. Which is true if you don't have any body action to get the barrel on the correct plane.
Here's my hot take: They're two sides of the same coin - Peanut Butter and Chocolate that combine to make dingers. I am gonna plant myself firmly balanced on the center of the turn the barrel vs. swing down fence. If the shaft is kept tight to the shoulder until you release the barrel and the posture and sequence is correct, then it's feel vs. real. Whichever way you want to think about it, whatever works for you. Some folks feel turning the barrel as a stronger component and delivering the barrel as a reaction. Some people feel swinging down strongly and everything else is a reaction to that. To me, with posture and sequence correct both swings look remarkably similar at full speed.
QED:
Feel (LC feels swing down):
Real (But there are also turn the barrel components in her swing):
This isn't a what's the difference post, it's a there is no difference post - or rather they're not addressing the same components of the swing. So maybe this is a 'duh' moment to some of you, but after many buckets of popcorn watching the arguments between the TTB and Swing Down folks, and actually trying to figure out what they're talking about, I'm concluding that both are correct.
The 'swing down' proponents say that 'turning the barrel' is meaningless - which is true if you're just turning your arms and never delivering the barrel.
The TTB folks say 'swinging down' is a terrible pattern of cutting down through the zone. Which is true if you don't have any body action to get the barrel on the correct plane.
Here's my hot take: They're two sides of the same coin - Peanut Butter and Chocolate that combine to make dingers. I am gonna plant myself firmly balanced on the center of the turn the barrel vs. swing down fence. If the shaft is kept tight to the shoulder until you release the barrel and the posture and sequence is correct, then it's feel vs. real. Whichever way you want to think about it, whatever works for you. Some folks feel turning the barrel as a stronger component and delivering the barrel as a reaction. Some people feel swinging down strongly and everything else is a reaction to that. To me, with posture and sequence correct both swings look remarkably similar at full speed.
QED:
Feel (LC feels swing down):
Real (But there are also turn the barrel components in her swing):
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