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Old 07-28-2006, 09:16 AM
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Originally Posted by annikan skywalker

Error..moved #10 Hinge Action to Zone #2...9-2...p.125...but forgot to change the last paragraph in 9-0 on Page 121... "And, any Hinge Action is Ball Control(Zone #3)...WTF....now I'm really confused....
Hinge Action is one of the Three Major Concepts of The Golfing Machine. As such, its identity and lines of demarcation must be crystal-clear. In the new 7th edition, editorial inconsistencies (throughout the book) have caused those lines to be blurred and, hence, its identity to be compromised.

I don't yet have the 7th edition, but it wouldn't surprise me if the Chapter Ten subtitle under Hinge Action (10-10) is still Ball Control. And Ball Control is defined in 9-0 as a Zone #3 function. In fact, Zone #3 includes "all the elements of Ball Control" and, as you have noted, "any Hinge Action IS Ball Control (Zone #3)." Zone #2, on the other hand, is defined as "Club Control" (9-0) and "Power" (9-2). The conflict is obvious and demands resolution.

See my post #5 in this link http://www.lynnblakegolf.com/forum/s...ead.php?t=3036 and also its imbedded link written well prior to the 7th's publication.

In my opinion, the removal of Hinge Action from Zone #3 and its re-assignment to Zone #2 was the biggest challenge facing the publisher of the new 7th. I do not underestimate the difficulty of integrating that re-assignment with the rest of the book. However, if the publisher was not prepared to make the necessary changes -- changes I am convinced Homer Kelley would have made prior to publication had he lived -- then Hinge Action should have been left to reside without conflict in Zone #3, its established home for the prior six editions.
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