Is that a joke?
It's me by the way. Taken about a year ago.

Tongzilla's definition of Level
 

My hands indeed :p.

This is my interpretation of what Level should really be. What I'm about to write is not stated explicitly in the book, so you don't put too much faith in it for those Machine Heads out there!

Grip the club in the cup of your right hand, just as you would normally do. Make sure your Right Forearm and Clubshaft (good proxy for the sweetspot plane) forms a straight line. This position gives the Clubshaft maximum support through Impact. Now note the alignment of your right wrist -- that's how I define Level. I think it's a good definition for practical purposes. And it should come pretty darn close to what Diane's hands in the book look like.

so, best indicator
 

best visual check point is the clubshaft and right forearm to stay parallel to each other, especially in "wedge" formation or impact fix position
and not really worry about the level right wrist....

pretty hard to have a cocked right wrist AND shaft/ forearm
parallel to each other, would have to grip the shaft between the index finger and the next finger in order to come close...

Thumb Edge is just a reference point.
 

I agree Bam Bam Homer is just making sure we have the correct reference point the "Thumb Edge". If you were to take another reference point like the "Pinky Edge" the terms Level/Cocked/Uncocked wouldnt apply the same.

If you look at the left hand in picture 4-B-2 it shows a cocked position when related to the "Thumb Edge" but a level position when related to the "Pinky Edge". (For me the right hands in all of these pictures are distorted due to the camera angle just like Tongzilla's pictures).

In 4-B-1 he is defining the level position using the wristbone and the edge of the hand. Good job we have these pictures in the book because the wrist is made from 8 bones so which would you choose? I think he may mean the arm radius bone or maybe the scaphoid bone of the wrist? What do you think?

ok which do you use the thumb or the first finger, to get level? even though the book says first finger i was with the understanding it meant thumb.

Jerry . . . LEVEL would be if you could support a book from your forearm to thumb edge. A check would be if Level your fangers would be pointing slightly downward . . . just not all the way that's Uncocked. If you hold your arm straight out with open palm fangers together and relax your wrist, you'll be pretty much Level. Note how the fangers point down at an angle and not straight out.

If that don't work . . . put on that old pair of golf shoes you got with the flaps and real spikes. Sit in a chair. Place your right wrist on the ground. Stomp it as hard as you can with them spiked brogans.

Right On
 

Bucket,
I was down in my garage looking for my old spikes- but couldn't find them- so I'm back reading the posts for the next best alternative. Great topic and a common one in regards to traveling the road to understanding the Golfing Machine- so I loved all the questions and all the feedback was equally good. Just an additional quick comment that may add to the thread- the purpose for level is that it is the alignment that allows the greatest support for impact and applying force. If you push on a wall with your right hand, you'll probably find "level".

Anotherwords, if you line up 1) the #3 pressure point, 2) the #1 pressure point, and 3) the right forearm, you'll find what level is and why it's important- the integration of the physics and geometry or more precisely - the geometry is a result of the required physics. By "lining up" in this context I mean turn your right palm facing your face and line up the three items above and you'll have "level" and the greatest support for impact. You can always apply it to your golf swing later, after understanding the concept.

Certainly, another issue that's alot easier to nail down in person but still very do able over the internet.

Mike O.

That's nailed what I was trying to say in post #12. Great minds think alike :o .