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It is the down and OUT that prompted my original question -- to thrust out, it seemed that the elbow has to be somewhat under the plane (understanding that my point of view above all these planes distorts what might actually be going on!).

Regarding the "throw" feel -- I thought hitters "punched" from a somewhat higher elbow position?

Perhaps the source of your confusion lies in the Right Forearm Flying Wedge , which is the plane of the right wrist bend...........something completely different than the Inclined Plane. They align themselves , but only briefly at Impact , prior to that the right elbow as you mention is under the Inclined Plane.

For Major Basic Strokes Homer reasoned the Right Elbow must be somewhere and so he identified the three positions......Pitch , Punch and Push. Push being normally a short shot thing. Punch can approach Pitch , Punch has a range so to speak. Its my opinion that new found Hitters think that hitting a full shot requires a Push Elbow and an in line sort of jab like arm extension.......not so for long shots. No Sir.

Its not a boxers jab its a side armed throw for full shots anyways.

To tell you the truth I dont even like Push for short shot hitting..........after a few years of goofing with it , I'm going to stay away from it I think. Never say never but.......it got kinda jabby for me. I far prefer the Bat personally.

All of this aside I do know of a really, really good golfer, a guy who lost in the semi finals of the U.S. Am a few years back that does come into impact with a Push Elbow for full shots......... there's lots of options and there's no one way to do things.