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Old 12-12-2005, 10:00 AM
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Approaching The Delivery Line -- Or Not
Originally Posted by tongzilla
I'll use this thread for bits of the book I've got a few queries on.
  • 10-5-0, 2nd paragraph:
    "You can see the Angle of Approach blur of the Clubhead during On Line procedures..."

    Isn't the Angle of Approach procedure a Cross Line procedure?

Yes, the Angle of Approach procedure is Cross-Line. But what Homer Kelley is saying here is that, in a Swinger's On Line procedure, there is an Angle of Approach (the straight line drawn through the Impact Point and Low Point). And thus you can see the curved Clubhead Blur as it approaches the selected Delivery Line -- the true Geometric Plane Line (2-J-3) -- from the Inside.

In the Hitter's Angle of Approach procedure, an alternative 10-5-E Closed Plane Line becomes the Delivery Line and is erected on the Angle of Approach. The Clubhead then covers that Line and hence does not approach it from the Inside. This leads to one of the book's more obtuse quotes: "There is no Angle of Approach in an Angle of Approach procedure."

Now, technically speaking, the On Line Visual Equivalent would actually be the Arc of Approach (and not the Angle of Approach). However, it is possible for the Hitter to use the true Geometric Plane Line , e.g., 10-5-A per the Basic Stroke Pattern of 12-1-0. In that case, the Right Triceps Thrust could result in a visual Angle of Approach straight line Clubhead Blur through Impact. In other words, the Triceps Thrust toward the Plane Line could result in the Clubhead actually being driven along the Angle of Approach and hence above Plane through Impact.
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