[Mathew]

Thanks for the replies; they are all very much appreciated. All of you obviously understand the concepts very well, especially impressive is your ability to verbalize the moves.

After reviewing the replies, I went to the golf course today and struck the ball very well with what I think is the correct move. Here is how I visualized it...

First, I imagined Hogan's plane of glass sitting on my shoulders. At the top of the swing, I imagined the logo of my glove sliding inside against the plane of glass all the way down while uncocking my wrist. At that point, I would allow centrifugal force to take over and square the clubface into a finish swivel. It worked like a champ, but we all know that feel is not always real. Additonally, it was a very powerful feeling to have the right arm inside the left to start the downswing as this prevented me from coming over the top.

Is this visualization something I should continue to work with?

Thanks again.

The one problem here is that the left arm is not on the plane - it is above plane - the arm works like a spiraling cone getting ever closer to the plane on the downstroke until it finally manages to reach it in followthrough.... This means in practical terms - the strike is made with the hand - the left arm does not glide on the plane which why I am not a great fan of the frisbee idea Edz pointed out earlier (although I do see good points about the example too). Your hand has to be thrusted cross-line in order to comply with the outward specifications of the plane which is why Hogan actually thought that the plane tilted to the right. Remember that because your standing to one side of this moving radius - it is going to appear to be going outwards until it approximately passes your left foot.

Visualisation is key to alot of games and can be hard to initially incorporate, but by practicing eventually you should program yourself to just doing it without it being a hardship. The best pool players are the ones that understand the geometry and force and are best able to visualise it - eventually they just the see the shots, where they are aiming...etc - the best golfers are no exception - its a game of geometrically aligned force...it is just generally harder for people to accept that due to the influence of golf digests and those of the same type - 'position golf'....