Yoda...interestingly, with my recently operated on left shoulder, I have found swinging to hurt more than a little.
I am hitting the last couple of days with standard address position and am having little trouble with it.
Also, what would be the difference between a closed stance and pre-turned hip?
Thanks in advance.
Brian,
Sorry to hear you had to undergo your shoulder surgery. Get well soon!
The easy answer to your question is that the Closed Stance relates to Component#5 (Plane Line) and the Pre-Turned Hip relates to Component #15 (HipAction). As separate Components, they have and deserve their separateidentities.
Here's more detail, including why those separate identities are important:
The Stance Line concerns the positioning of the Feet -- Square, Open orClosed -- as it relates to the Plane Line. In turn, the Plane Line isdefined -- Square, Open or Closed -- in relation to the Target Line (theBall Line of Flight). Thus, there are nine possible Stance and PlaneLine Combinations.
The Hip Action Component defines the work done by the Hips in leading -- orbeing led by -- the Shoulder Turn (in both directions). The Delayed Hip Action(10-15-B) is one of four Hip Action Variations, and it can be executed in relationto any of the nine Combinations of Stance Line and Plane Line --not just Square-Closed (10-5-C) or the Open-Closed (third optionof 10-5-D) or Closed-Closed (10-5-E).
In its separate identity, the Delayed Hip Turn serves two primary functions.First, it inhibits Overswinging. By postioning the Pre-Turned Hip asdesired, the player can automatically limit the amount of Shoulder Turnpossible and thus limit the length of the Backstroke. This is in contrast tothe Closed Stance (in its own separate identity) which encourages theMaximum Hip Turn -- even more than the amount it is already pulled 'Off theLine' at Address -- and therefore the Maximum Shoulder Turn and MaximumTotal Motion of the Stroke.
The second function of the Delayed Hip Turn is to better enable the Hands to Tracethe Straight Plane Line during Start Up. Failure to Clear the Right Hipblocks the proper On Plane Path of the Hands. When this happens, the Handssimply go around the impeding Hip, and the Clubhead Oribit is destroyed. ThePre-Turned Right Hip assures that the Hip is, in fact, Cleared and that theHands can then Trace the selected Plane Line. This function is the sameregardless of whether that Stance Line is Square (10-5-A), Open (10-5-B) orClosed (10-5-C) or the Square and Open Stance Line Combinations of the Open(10-5-D) and Closed (10-5-E) Plane Lines.
In the Closed Stance, the Right Hip is pulled 'Off the Line' at address foreach of the available Three Plane Lines (Square, Open and Closed), and ittherefore serves to clear the proper Path of the Hands during Start Up.However, the Delayed Hip Action would serve the same purpose not only for theClosed Combinations, but for the Square and Open Combinations as well. Also, itserves to prevent Overswinging with all three Plane Lines, whereas the ClosedStance Combination encourages the opposite.
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