Aiming point for hitters?

[shortgamer]

So if I chose the angle of approach method with a driver I would direct my thrust say a inch behind and SLIGHTLY inside the ball and with a wedge it would be in front of the ball and slightly outside?

[12 piece bucket]

So if I chose the angle of approach method with a driver I would direct my thrust say a inch behind and SLIGHTLY inside the ball and with a wedge it would be in front of the ball and slightly outside?

You got it . . .

[12 piece bucket]

Shortgamer. . . I owe you an apology . . . I told you that the Impact Hand Location procedure presented in 7-8 is for Non-Automatic Release Types. That is inaccurate based on the 7th Edition (maybe those before it but that's the one I got in front of me anyway). Actually the Impact Hand Location is what every Machine strives for regardless of Delivery Path, Delivery Line or Pulley Size per 6-E-2 . . . so the Hands covering the Left Toe with the Left Wrist Flat Level and Vertical is the Imperative . . . and it is for ALL STROKES.

The Aiming Point is simply a means of directing the Thrust to get you to that location . . . indirectly I guess.

Mike O was nice enough to consult me on this and I understand where he was coming from. Thank you Mikey . . . you crazy rash infested B@st@rd.

[shortgamer]

Thanks for the help. I tried aiming point last night with irons and it tends to make me steep. I'm sure I'm doing it wrong but how do you direct the heel against the thumb towards aiming point without throwing the club out? Although when I bump that hip and get the hands to impact life is sweet!

[12 piece bucket]

Thanks for the help. I tried aiming point last night with irons and it tends to make me steep. I'm sure I'm doing it wrong but how do you direct the heel against the thumb towards aiming point without throwing the club out? Although when I bump that hip and get the hands to impact life is sweet!

Both methods are valid . . .

Could be you are a Geometric Plane Line Hitter and not an Angle of Approach Hitter.

Remember EVERYTHING including Aiming Point is based on the selected Delivery Line. So if you choose the Angle of Approach (cross line) your Hip Motion (Bump) is out to right field too . . . as well as your Hinging and Swivel. You don't want to be going Cross Line and then change back to the Target Line/Geometric Plane Line with an Angle of Approach procedure. The Clubface will take care of the ball flight you just keep going OUT TO RIGHT FIELD.

Or you could just use the Geometric Plane Line . . .

But like you say if you take your hands back to their Fix conditions FLV and have a Straight Plane Line you got most of it licked. No need to worry about Aiming Point.

[12 piece bucket]

Shortgamer . . . I was doing a little reading at work in my "library." I have the 4th Edition at work . . . under 6-E-2 there is some great stuff that didn't make it forward to the 7th. I think this will help you in your efforts to install an Aiming Point procedure if you like . . . here goes . . .

This Aiming Point procedure seems more easily acquired if introduced as a Feel. At the top of the Backstroke - even at the End (10-21-C) - mentally construct a line from the Hands to the Aiming Point. Let a careful Downstroke Pivot move the Hands precisely along this line - they will Feel as though they remain at the top of the stroke. Don't question that Feel - just sustain (monitor) it per 5-0, all ready for Release at the preselected Release Point (10-19, 10-24). Drive the Hands (Clubhead Feel 7-19) down the line (2-N) until both arms are straight - i.e., NO QUITTING. That procedure merely utilizes a long used method for drawing freehand straight lines between two points. Using the Clubshaft as the pencil is an effective equivalent.

So basically you are taking the Load establishhed in your Hands by the Pivot manifested in the Pressure Points STRAIGHT DOWN THE LINE TO BOTH ARMS STRAIGHT.

I think the deal in red about the freehand drawing of straight lines is what he was driving at. Homer said that you can draw a straight line on a chalk board if you place the chalk on the starting point and then LOOK AT THE POINT WHERE YOU WANT THE LINE TO END. However if you look at the chalk or look at a point in between you ain't gonna draw no straight line.

This is basically the Aiming Point procedure . . . Load up your Pressure Points . . . TOTALLY DISMISS THE CLUBHEAD . . . YOU DON'T HAVE A CLUBHEAD . . . DRIVE OR DRAG YOUR LOADED UP HANDS DOWN THE LINE TO THAT POINT YOU ARE LOOKING AT ON THE GROUND . . .YOUR HANDS NOT THE CLUB . . . that point could be the ball or a point infront or behind it ON THE SELECTED DELIVERY LINE.

[shortgamer]

Thanks 12 piece, I appreciate the time and concern. I'll give it some more work as time permits. I'm striking it pretty good with the impact hands deal right now but like everyone else, I like to tinker.BTW I do imagine a straight line from top of backswing down to impact hands like the image in Confessions