In theory that seems correct, at least up to a point. But I can still remember (and from time to time practice) swinging my old 26" wooden baton (it is now a tire thumper for our motorhome), and comparing that with swinging something like a half of a broomstick. Seems that the 26incher impacts harder than the longer stick. Might just be my impression tho, I have not been able to talk my wife into letting me test on her...