Ted Fort's Hitting Stroke -- Pitching Wedge (Down The Line)

[tongzilla]

Thanks for your post!

To your points in turn:

1. My mistake - you can obviously use the angle of approach as per 2-J-something or other (the bit about visual equivalents), but that musn't be the angle of approach procedure?

2. A really good point and a fog lifter for me - you have to watch those visual illusions!!!

3. I think I get this. Maybe. But don't ask me to explain it!

4. I get this.

5. But still, you'll only get true visual covering if the plane is so steep it's an eye plane!!! Nonetheless, as the clubhead gets close to the ground it will start to approximately cover the plane line visually (right?). I see now that it won't vertically cover it for reason 2 above.

Chris

• 2-J-3 is describing the Angle of Approach procedure. There is an Angle of Approach line inscribed on every Inclined Plane, whether it's Open, Square or Closed, hence this Angle of Approach is being traced as long as the Club is On Plane. However, this does not mean you're using the Angle of Approach procedure, i.e. using Angle of Approach as a Delivery Line (Guide Line) for the Clubhead. Reviewing my previous post may clarify this.
  
  
• You should get visual covering by the Clubhead of the Angle of Approach approximately one feet forward/back of the ball. Always confirm by monitoring the blur of Clubhead path. Yes, it requires a steeper Plane Angle. See Ted Fort's pitch.
  
  
• The Angle of Approach procedure can only be used with 10-5-E. However, the converse of this statement is not necessarily true. It is absolutely possible to use a Closed Plane Line (10-5-E) without using the Angle of Approach procedure. In this case, there is no need to 'cover' this Closed Plane Line, which may or may not be the proxy for the Angle of Approach (this is irrelevant). A Swinger wishing to impart Hook Spin on the ball would do just that (combined with a relatively more forward ball location).