Ive been Hitting now for about 2 yrs on and off,my BIG fault has been hooking from time to time,mainly when under pressure.
Watching Stricker has confirmed what i thought i was doing wrong,i have been keeping my clubface far too square to plane angle on t/away and down into impact.........how did i think this was correct at the time,i just dont know?,could it be i misunderstood the book,or misread some instruction somewhere.....
Hooking is caused by a Divergence between face angle and clubhead path. Your path sounds like it might be pointing too far right assuming the ball starts off on line and then hooks left.
Hitters using Angled Hinging will tend to have the back of their left hand or clubface (if you prefer) square to the Arc not the Plane Line, if I understand you correctly. Keeping the face "looking at the ball" so to speak, would be akin to Vertical Hinging ........something I did for years after reading the golf magazines of the 70's and absorbing their "square to square" advice. Straight back from the ball and keep the face looking at the ball. Aka "Steering". How I wish I could get those years back.
I cant remember the Hitting Stick man but perhaps it showed the closed club face compensation associated with Angled which would give it that Vertical Look?
Remember also Hinge Action is really a left hand alignment to one of the three Basic Planes not a face angle thing although at times they can be very similar .......but not when one employs Grip Rotation for balls played back of Low Point , an iron shot say. The guys who describe Hinge Action as a club face alignment might might be trying to simplify the complex but it can lead one down the wrong road and quickly. Which might be the case here, Brownman not sure.
Similarly, the commonly held belief that the " face should be in line with the left arm at Top to be square" , is not necessarily correct. Perhaps for balls played at Low Point with a specific grip type but its really Grip type and Grip Rotation dependent also. See 7-2, 6-H-0 for more on Grip Rotation.
Thanks O-B,very helpful for sure,gives me more room to work with.Comparing H/stickman and stricker especially in the backswing you may see a big difference in clubface angles or alignments to each other.........Again thanks for your help,makes me feel NOT ALONE
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