[innercityteacher]

The other day a boy at school was crying in terror. The girls were speaking to him in Spanish. His answer came out in English. "My dad was so mad at me. He said when I got home he is going to kill me by tazing me." We reported this, of course, and got him an extra carton of chocolate milk. He was in school the next day and was fine.

I watched a long film clip about the life of Moe Norman. Can you imagine the terror of a little boy hit by a car and dragged underneath? Moe Norman stated in that interview that he hit millions of golf balls and was never injured. He simply listened to his body after every round of practice as he soaked in a tub and changed his routine the next day. He seemed pretty happy about that. There was a time when he was not safe and happy. He wanted golf to be safe and effective and he figured out how to do it.

Planting the front foot and shifting parallel to the target line allows the pivot to flow as the body is constructed. Do you then extend the right arm straight forward to be efficient or do you use a 45 degree angle?

Patrick

Yes thats the best and easiest answer, ICT. But if you'll allow a far more long winded and therefore stupid reply:

Point the #3 Presure Point , the Sweetspot Plane ( or the clubshaft if you prefer, though its not quite correct technically ) at the Plane Line as you Fan and Bend your Right Forearm and Elbow. This pointing is referred to as Tracing the Plane Line. That is job #1 going back assuming you want to be on plane. If your Right Forearm is on the Inclined Plane at Impact Fix or Address prior to Tracing , you are off to a great start.

Plane Line Tracing is more critical than Plane Angle considerations of which there are options. With the Right Forearm Flying Wedge intact , On Plane and Tracing the Plane Line it is both a strong, superior in fact, mechanical alignment (think construction cranes, load bearing arms etc) and geometrically (plane line) compliant. Force and Direction. Physics and Geometry. The #3 pp is both Thrust and Direction.

To see the need structuraly for the RFFW, press a club head against a door jam or the edge of a rubber hitting mat or something. From a impact like postion try to bend the shaft as much as you can with your Pivot and/or Right Arm. You'll find Homers alignments appear pretty quickly. Your grip and alignments will move around automatically to reveal Homer's RFFW, left thumb down the aft of the shaft, #1 pp thrusting , #3 sensing the resistance etc etc etc its all there. They arent opinion or preference they are just mechanical, structural reality. My good friend, Dooger actually bends the shaft like this into the ground prior to addressing the ball when playing. He doesnt know anything about HOmer Kelley, doesnt want to, but he can flat out compress the ball with his alignments. I curse the guys existance sometimes. Fortuneatly Doogie was not in attendance when the Golf Gods were handing out putting acumen. One of the Lords tender mercies for all who play him.