[innercityteacher]

I just finished readign through the Golfing Machine and have already started my study of the material.

My questions are in regard to PA#1 Hand Path on the down swing and aiming point. I feel my best contact came when I felt my right hand pulling the club down from the top, I feel the pressure in PP #1 in the first half fo the down swing and then I loos the feeling of it it is possible the club starts to travel faster than my hand?

TGM says the hand path is "straight down" from the top. Does that mean straight down parallel to the force of gravity or straight down the swing plane?

Where is the aiming point supposed to be and how am I supposed to get there exactly.

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For ease of Q&A, Yoda's comments are bolded below in your editedQuoted Post:

TGM in discussing the Plane of Motion (2-F) defines the Plane Angle and Planeline. These are defined for purpose of the this discussion as the longitudinalcenter of gravity, the line ofthe pull of Centrifugal Force. The sweet spot ofthe club is this point.

This as I see it would be

a. A straight line from the sweet spot to the center (internal) of theclubshaft butt

The Line of Pull is through the #3 Pressure Point, not the Clubshaft butt.

b. For any given club, the physical lie angle would be more upright than thisPlane Angle as defined.

True, but only because this is a static alignment of the soled Club.Remember, the reason Clubs have rounded soles and heels is to permit theiralignment with any of the Basic (Elbow to Shoulder) Plane Angles(10-6-A/B/C/D).

With a Turned Shoulder Plane, for example (10-6-B and 10-13-D), the Magic ofthe Right Forearm/Elbow Action executing the Three-Dimensional Backstroketakes the Sweet Spot immediately Up, Back, and In. This Plane has atotally separate identity (Component Variation) than that of theClubshaft Plane. And only by successfully executing the Three-Dimensional Backstrokeis there any hope of similarly delivering the Club Down, Out and Forwardon the Three Dimensional Downstroke.

d. If golf clubs were constructed with a center shaft instead of heel shaft,the sweet spot would lie in line with the center of the shaft but forward set(depends upon weight distribution and actual location of the shaft to the clubhead).

To compensate for their shorter length, Club manufacturersdeliberately locate the Sweet Spot of the shorter Clubs toward the middle oftheir wider face and thus more behind the leading edge than with thelonger Clubs. This enables the Clubface to 'square' sooner and thus toproduce a straightaway Ball Flight even though the shorter Club has reached itsIn-Line Condition sooner (than the 'long' Clubs with the same 'Release Point'Feel).

Now what does any of this have to do with the location the golf ball is placein reference to the golfer? Ball location must be defined by other than thesweet spot of the golf club.

Correct. Ball Location should be defined by the Low Point (1-L #13 and2-N-0) and the Aiming Point (Thrust Direction 6-E-2) in relation to theOrbiting Sweet Spot.

Now the golf shaft, is there really a kick that we are trying to time prior toimpact of the ball? High kick point, low kick point, etc. don't they reallyjust effect trajectory assuming the shaft is loaded at impact? And don't wewant a loaded shaft at impact else we would be decreasing head speed if not?

The 'Secret' of golf is to maintain the Clubhead Lag. Bydefinition, this is the stress placed on the Clubshaft -- thedifferential between the #3 Pressure Point and the lagging Sweet Spot.This differential must be maintained through Impact, through the AimingPoint, through the Low Point and through the Down PlaneFollow-Through to the both Arms Straight Position (8-11) and even into theFinish. Accordingly, 'Right Timing' is defined in 6-F-1. Only byexperimentation can the optimal flexes be determined for any given player.

Thanks in advance

You're welcome, Martee!

Keep asking questions!

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