Take a look at this beauty I found while scrounging around, digging for the buried treasures.
Damn, that's a good post. I wonder why Homer didn't say the Right Forearm Wedge "Revolves" around the Hinge. I certainly understand his meaning of Roll, but it's confusing to a lot of people.
Right Forearm clubshaft, left wrist club face. This was homers conclusion after an effort to get the right side
to control the face, the whole shebang. Not saying it can't be done though. But the right shoulder can influence things far too easily.
Right Forearm clubshaft, left wrist club face. This was homers conclusion after an effort to get the right side
to control the face, the whole shebang. Not saying it can't be done though. But the right shoulder can influence things far too easily.
I understand that. I think when people read the word Roll, they think Swivel.
I understand that. I think when people read the word Roll, they think Swivel.
To my thinking: The wedges can only roll and the roll is around the hands. Swivel can not be done to a rffw without cocking/uncocking the right wrist and can not be done to the lfw without bending or arching the left wrist. a "sound geometric" swivel can only take place upon disipation of the wedges- both arms straight. That being said- since we are all built a little different- there is likely "a little" cocking /uncocking of the right hand and a little arching of the left in most swings but it is compensated for well and goes almost un-noticed.
To my thinking: The wedges can only roll and the roll is around the hands. Swivel can not be done to a rffw without cocking/uncocking the right wrist and can not be done to the lfw without bending or arching the left wrist. a "sound geometric" swivel can only take place upon disipation of the wedges- both arms straight. That being said- since we are all built a little different- there is likely "a little" cocking /uncocking of the right hand and a little arching of the left in most swings but it is compensated for well and goes almost un-noticed.
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That's why I thought "Revolve" is a better choice of words.
Right Forearm clubshaft, left wrist club face. This was homers conclusion after an effort to get the right side to control the face, the whole shebang. Not saying it can't be done though. But the right shoulder can influence things far too easily.
I think if you're stubborn enough you can to a large degree control the face with the right side. But I think you will have a hard time compressing the ball good at the same time. You may find yourself struggling with distance control instead of direction control. Which is OK as long as you're inside 10 feet I guess...
If you really want to have it both ways you can always take the left hand off the club entirely and do a one handed stroke. With some thrustin and some CF it has to be the arm that holds the CF that controls the club face afaics.
I've heard or read in one of Yoda's earlier posts that one of Homers initial Concepts was that the Right Hand controlled both the Clubhead and Clubface.
Re: The general L/R control/attachment discussion.
The/my first reaction is- Please define the new machine. What can be done and its practicality depends on the NEW machine. What is it's structure? Will it accomodate the imperatives? And Even if it has the capability will it be practical/functional for G.O.L.F.??
Got to get the "easy" questions out of the way first.??
I've heard or read in one of Yoda's earlier posts that one of Homers initial Concepts was that the Right Hand controlled both the Clubhead and Clubface.
Maybe Yoda will comment.
Actually, what he had hoped to discover was an efficient way to put control of both the Clubface and Clubhead into the same hand. He didn't care which hand -- left or right -- just the same hand.
Over time, he concluded that it could not be done, at least not as well as dividing the responsibilities between the two hands. Hence, his dictum:
Although Homer's concepts evolved, has Homer ever told you or anyone which one of his many "Concepts" came first? Was there a First?
Homer Kelley and I never discussed a particular order in which the Stroke Components "came to him". That said, I did enjoy him saying (paraphrased):
"You begin by gripping the club [Component #1]. You end by releasing the club [Component #24]."
However, there was a definite 'first' in how he would catalog the tremendous diversity of material he had accumulated and organize it into what would become the Stroke Pattern concept.
He had been searching without success for a solution to the 'problem' of Golf: a complete solution for all time for all players using all strokes. Then, one day as he was walking through his kitchen on the way to his G.O.L.F. Lab, aka his garage, in a blinding flash -- -- it hit him:
There were only four sources of Power (Stroke Types) and these four could be combined in only fifteen different ways (Variations).
Eureka!
The solution at last!
He would apply that same logic (and technical structure) to each of the 24 Components he ultimately isolated.
-- it hit him: 
Hybrid Mode
