tracing plane line with right/rear pointer finger

shootin4par
I have heard a little about this but can anyone elaborate?
Mathew
At the bottom of a flat inclined plane (a pitched roof) - where the plane intersects into the ground is a straight plane line (a gutter). Regardless of how the plane is tilted this plane line never changes and is therefore adjustable during the stroke (plane shifts).

Look at the picture here demonstrating stroke geometry:



Now remember the clubshaft lays full length on this tilted plane so we need to keep the clubhead pointing at the straight plane line. The clubhead or more specifically the sweetspot is monitored by the hands in pp3 and you trace the plane line with pp3.

Remember the secret of golf - sustain the line of compression - sustain the line that the sweetspot travels through as the ball compresses on the clubface. All you have to do then is add a hinge action to control the clubface and then you got real G.O.L.F.

Look at Lynn here....



He traced the plane line with the right forefinger and arrived at the top with the sweetspot, the no.3 pressure point and the right shoulder turned all on plane. The pp3 and thus the sweetspot should ALWAYS be on plane.

Hope this helps....
Yoda
Another great post, Mathew. Your fabulous illustrations really help get these mission-critical concepts across.

Is this a cool place or what!
birdie_man
Still a fanatic, eh Lynn?
Yoda
Originally Posted by birdie_man
Still a fanatic, eh Lynn?
Actually, birdie, I changed that to 'revolutionary.'

And I'm toying with the idea of 'innovator.'

Something like Bernard Baruch, the Wall Street legend who went from being known as first a 'gambler,' then a 'speculator' and finally, a 'financier,' all without changing in the least what he actually did.

Ah, the power of a word.
YodasLuke
Originally Posted by Mathew Hope this helps....
Your illustrations are "THE BOMB." You have created perfect illustrations, and will help many to SEE the things that Homer WROTE. It's truly EXCEPTIONAL work! Thank you for sharing it.
Thom
Originally Posted by YodasLuke Your illustrations are "THE BOMB." You have created perfect illustrations, and will help many to SEE the things that Homer WROTE. It's truly EXCEPTIONAL work! Thank you for sharing it.
I'll second that........and now if you can make the wedges fly on that hingeboard of yours I think I'll cry
YodasLuke
Originally Posted by Thom I'll second that........and now if you can make the wedges fly on that hingeboard of yours I think I'll cry
I'm tearing up just thinking about it.
Mathew
I got a plan to do the wedges.... trust me

and thanks guys
DOCW3
Originally Posted by Yoda Another great post, Mathew. Your fabulous illustrations really help get these mission-critical concepts across.

Is this a cool place or what!
Yoda~

I am viewing these photos with the red line emphasis and listening to Mr. Kelley's comment that the pictured plane is the clubshaft plane but the one we are working with is the sweet spot plane. Should one "program" these photos with the expectation that it will benefit clubhead control?

DRW
Yoda
Originally Posted by DOCW3
Yoda~

I am viewing these photos with the red line emphasis and listening to Mr. Kelley's comment that the pictured plane is the clubshaft plane but the one we are working with is the sweet spot plane. Should one "program" these photos with the expectation that it will benefit clubhead control?
Actually, with the dowels, the Sweetspot is at the base of the dowel. When you point the dowel you are pointing the Sweetspot, so there is no conflict of 'Clubhead' and 'Clubshaft.' But let me extend your question to the Geometry of the Stroke Mathew has illustrated.

Clubhead Control (Lag Pressure) is assigned to one of the Pressure Points in the Hands (1-L-B), usually the #3 Pressure Point (right index finger). And Clubhead Lag Feel is Sweetspot Feel, not Clubshaft Feel.

The player monitors the Clubhead (and its Sweetspot) by Lag Pressure Feel only, never directly (5-0). That includes its On Plane Line of Flight (2-N-0). Thus, the On Plane Geometry of the orbiting Sweetspot is likewise assigned to the #3 Pressure Point (as guided by the Right Forearm's Tracing of the Straight Plane Line per 5-0).

It is that On Plane Geometry that Mathew has so beautifully illustrated and that students should find quite helpful in their efforts to Drive (Hitting) or Drag (Swinging) the Club Down Plane to Full Extension.