[cometgolfer]

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"I take this as being important as the guy is a GSED and obviously knows what he is talking about."

I've never met Greg McHatton- basically I know nothing about the guy- could be the greatest most knowledgable teacher in the world- could be the worst- Again, I have no idea. But that's really irrelevant to the quote above- you need to make judgements based on the information not the 'designation"- probably no different than any other field in the world. Specifically in the Golfing Machine world- having a GSED doesn't mean the person "obviously knows what they are talking about". Some may - Some may not- but you need to make that decision based on the information you are given- not the "designation".

In regards to throwing the butt end of the shaft into the ball, If I understand you correctly, my guess would be that this obviously is in the context of creating solutions for those that have throwaway- or release the club too early. It may have some useful applications in correcting those problems. However, I would say that there probably is no where in a golf swing where you could let go of the club and the shaft would arrow into the ball on the ground- obviously there could be special circumstances or unigue swings but in general- you're not going to see that happen. Anotherwords, it's not some principle that is true in every swing. That said it doesn't mean that in the context of his DVD via feel or in a general way he might not be describing something that could be helpful for someone i.e. you should be able to do it if you tried- not that that's what or how the actual swing should feel or look.

Finally, If (and that's a big if) I am understanding you properly- then pivot controlled hands or hand controlled pivot would have no difference - no impact on what you are describing.

MikeO,

Now that scares me a tad. Do you really mean that you can attain a GSED and possibly not know what you're talking about TGM wise?

Say it aint so.

CG