This is where we have to make a distinction. I see so many people, post impact, will continue to take their HANDS down the base of the inclined plane. Or better put, from the players perspective, they continue to trace or thrust their hands towards the target. Only problems can be the result. I think what we're really talking about here is DELIVERY LINE-PREP-ROLL. You know I only have the 6th and 7th edition but Homer didn't spend but one or two sentences on DELIVERY LINE-PREP-ROLL. And that's a shame because I think it is a very over looked part of the swing. I can only dream that if Homer had lived longer he may have spent more time exploring DELIVERY LINE-PREP- ROLL. But this is a very important key to tracing the straight plane line with a FLAT LEFT WRIST (bent right wrist).
Put a laser on the end of a clubshaft. Draw a target line, (base of the incline plane line) and then, with a bent right wrist and flat left, from the TOP or END trace the line with the laser into impact on the downswing. After impact(FOLLOW THROUGH both arms straight) if you have maintained a bent right wrist the HANDS will move left and the clubshaft will continue to point at the base of the inclined plane. IF YOU WANT THE CLUBSHAFT TO POINT AT THE BASE OF THE INCLINED PLANE WITH A FLAT LEFT WRIST THE HANDS HAVE TO MOVE LEFT. Plus, this will only be true if the player has a correst PIVOT. That's probably more important than the moving the hands left. I would venture to guess that 75% of golfers swings blow because of an incorrect pivot. But that's another topic.
I think we're letting semantics get in our way of what "swinging left" is.
Homer wrote THE BOOK on the golf swing .It took him 28 years and 241 pages.(6th edition).In 12-3-0 he CAPITALISED "DELIVERY LINE ROLL PREP" He also capitalised ON LINE HINGE ACTION -why ?.He wrote THE book on the golf swing in less than a copy of golf digest!.He MADE EVERY WORD COUNT.
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