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I believe though that we need to be careful talking about an uncocking action at the top of the swing. IIRC, Theodore Jorgensen talked about just this. There needs to be a torque applied to the shaft at the change of direction to stop the angle between the shaft and the left arm collapsing entirely. However, I think that for most people, the force isn't applied BY the wrists (which is what I think is implied by "uncocking"). The force is applied "through" passive wrists - because the left wrist has reached the limit of its movement and can't cock any further. The force is in the "direction" of an uncocking of the wrist, but the force originates further up the kinetic chain.
As for the change in force direction from along the shaft to across the shaft. Has this got anything to do with a difference in how force is generated and applied? Or is it just a case of a fairly consistent torque of the arms around the core which, when the wrists are cocked at 90*, naturally acts along the shaft, but as the angle opens out, acts increasingly at right angles to the shaft.
In other words, if you "just" focus on a rotational swing of your arms and passive wrists, then you will almost inevitably have force along the shaft in the early part of the downswing and force across the shaft later - without any necessary change in the action of the arms. Is Dr Wood saying something more complicated than this?
I believe though that we need to be careful talking about an uncocking action at the top of the swing. IIRC, Theodore Jorgensen talked about just this. There needs to be a torque applied to the shaft at the change of direction to stop the angle between the shaft and the left arm collapsing entirely. However, I think that for most people, the force isn't applied BY the wrists (which is what I think is implied by "uncocking"). The force is applied "through" passive wrists - because the left wrist has reached the limit of its movement and can't cock any further. The force is in the "direction" of an uncocking of the wrist, but the force originates further up the kinetic chain.
As for the change in force direction from along the shaft to across the shaft. Has this got anything to do with a difference in how force is generated and applied? Or is it just a case of a fairly consistent torque of the arms around the core which, when the wrists are cocked at 90*, naturally acts along the shaft, but as the angle opens out, acts increasingly at right angles to the shaft.
In other words, if you "just" focus on a rotational swing of your arms and passive wrists, then you will almost inevitably have force along the shaft in the early part of the downswing and force across the shaft later - without any necessary change in the action of the arms. Is Dr Wood saying something more complicated than this?
