"Do you feel that your downswing is powered fully by the legs and/or the hips? Or, do you feel that your power is a combination of lower and upper body power?"
Remember I'm just starting to use the swingrite. I get much more consistent results when I initiate the
downswing with hips and legs. After that it's pretty much over so I don't feel whatever part my arms play.
"Re Swingrite: I think the version of the Swingrite that is closest to Blake's invention is the one called Swingrite 2000, ie, the one with a head."
My wife bought it.
"" Blake wrote in GSOTF:
"The Swingrite III...simulates the sound and reaction of the hands ('feel') of a perfect shot. Inside the head is a swing weight and a release mechanism. The swing is started with the swing weight at position A. The adjustable setting on a scale determines the centrifugal force required to operate the release mechanism. When clubhead speed is sufficient to release the mechanism, the swing weight drops down into position B. The centre of gravity of the clubhead has moved out and forward, and the clubhead is slowed down for an instant as is a normal club when it strikes a ball.""
I thought he meant by "head" the mechanism at the end of the shaft.
"Interesting that he would use the term 'centrifugal force'. A scenario: If the swing weight drops into position B when the clubhead reaches 'sufficient' speed (for that setting), why would that necessarily be at imaginary impact (since no ball is there), ie, if your own swing speed becomes 'sufficient' before the club reaches the imaginary position of the ball (since no ball is there), then wouldn't the weight drop into position B before imaginary impact? Seems as though one would have to experiment to find the combination of setting and your own swing speed which would operate the release mechanism at the right moment. Another factor: since there would presumably be a delay from the instant the weight begins to drop into position B until you hear the click and feel the weight drop, this would seem to be an additional factor in whether the click sound and feel would correspond with imaginary impact. This makes me wonder just how closely the Swingrite simulates a real golf swing hitting a real ball. Jim"
I agree about the delay. That's why, as Peter said, you want to hear the click just past impact.
You can cause the click by aggressively casting the club in which case it clicks in the middle of the downswing. So it's an excellent tool for timing the release.