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Old 12-12-2006, 08:54 AM
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Originally Posted by KnighT
This confuses me a little bit (like that is very hard to do).

It is hard to see the right foot; is this stance square with the mat ?

I assume that white board is specifically placed there for a reason (because of the cut shot). I thought that the inside out cut shot was supposed to have a square stance line and an open plane line, which is exactly what I see in the video. Here is my confusion: I incorrectly thought that while hitting this cut shot (just like in the video) that the ball would travel straight down the stance line. That whould clearly cause a nasty 'crack' as the ball comes right back to say 'hello' after smacking into that white board.

But as I type this and watch the video several times everything that I have read tells me that is very wrong. The ball always travels along the plane line. I was aware that was the purpose of this cut shot, but totally missed the boat regarding the most important aspect of the drill: ball to plane line relationship.

Thank you Comdpa. It makes a huge difference seeing this for the first time after reading about it previously. It just shows me how minute differences can mean everything.
KnighT,

First of all, TGM is simple to understand - you actually need someone to confuse you!

Yes, the stance is square with the mat. The backstroke is as faulty as it can get. On the backstroke, the clubshaft is supposed to trace the plane line which happens to be parallel of the target line.

On the downstroke, you want to trace the 10-5-E or the closed plane line. This is to make sure that you get Steering (3-F-7-A) out of your system and get the clubhead moving from inside to outside.

Per 1-L-16, The Plane Line controls the Clubhead Line-Of-Flight. Clubface alignment controls the Ball Line-of-Flight.

Per 1-L-19, Stance Line, Plane Line and Flight Line are normally parallel.

You are very welcome...thank you for letting me share! The end result of this drill and the
Pyramid Drill is this shot with the
6 Iron.
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