Research draft · publication track
How much more of the force you already produce could actually reach the target?
A Measurable Model of Force Transfer in Striking · a Techanique research theme by Dr. J. L. Natale
A moment of honesty
Does this sound like you?
- You've optimized everything you can see: technique, strength, speed. And you still hit a wall.
- You train on faith and feel, not on anything you've actually measured.
- You suspect there's a ceiling you can't name, let alone break.
- You've never had a number that told you how much of your force is being wasted.
If you recognized yourself in even two of these, you're not stuck. You're missing a measurement.
The plateau
The difference between the force you produce and the force you deliver is real, and it's measurable. Until you measure it, every session is a guess about the wrong variable.
Active research
A working draft, on the publication track.
The work in progress that ties the themes together. It treats a strike in three phases (preload, flight, and impact) and asks how much delivered force becomes possible when you measure and train the impact phase, not just the swing.
This theme is an active draft on its way to publication. The question is public. The methods, models, and data stay confidential until they're validated. That's the same rigor Joe brings to a private assessment.
What is on the other side
This is the whole thesis: more of the force you already have, reaching the target. Not a bigger you, a better-transferred you, measured in numbers you can retest.
You can't fix what you've never measured. A session with Joe turns this question into your own numbers: a data-driven read on this exact gap, and a path to close it. For many athletes, it's the piece that was quietly holding the next level out of reach.