I have what I think is an interesting observation regarding right forearm tracing and the legendary Hogan. If you observe Hogan at address his right wrist is in an extreme uncocked position; putting the right forearm almost on the shaft plane. Addressing the ball with the right forearm on the, or close to the shaft plane allows you to feel the plane, and visualize the tracing better.
I've tried setting up with an extremely uncocked right wrist, and the results are impressive. The tracing plane becomes crystalized in my mind, and everything else fades into the background.
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"90% of all putts that don't make it to the hole don't go in".
If you grip the club in the cup of the right hand instead of the fingers that Hogan advocates in his book Five Lessons, you could keep your right forearm, bent right wrist and club shaft shaft all in the same plane (right forearm flying wedge) in a "Level" condition.
Number Four: "The Right Forearm tracing down the Delivery Line."
Homer described the Inclined Plane as "the heart and soul" of the golf Stroke. And Tracing the Delivery Line assures staying On Plane. The Delivery Line could be either the true Geometric Plane Line (Swinging) -- the straight line baseline of the Inclined Plane; or, the Angle of Approach (Hitting) -- the geometric equivalent of the Arc of Approach (2-J-3).
He added that the thought might be peculiar to him: He had spent so many years focusing on getting correctly to the Top that he needed a key to get him from the Top through Impact!
Congratulations to the nine percent of the voters who got it right. Now, let's all get out there and Trace!
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Does Mr. K's most important swing-thought bar the Snap Release?
I have been diligently wasting valuable corporate time by reading my printed copy of the Archives while in my summer office with the porcline seat. I came across this and was trying to figure out what is what.
Based on a post from Chuck's Archives: Neither the Arc of Approach or the Plane line is compatible with the Snap Releases, especially when using maximum Trigger Delay. In fact, it is the Aiming Point Techinique (6-E-2) that is mandadotry for the control of a Snap Release (6-E-1). In this instance, the Player's attention should be on the Straight Line Delivery Path (of the Hands) and not on the Plane Line Tracing, even though the Clubhead will take the same path through the ball in both cases.
Would Mr. K advise against the snap release based on this?
Does Mr. K's most important swing-thought bar the Snap Release?
No.
When you Drive the Hands toward the Aiming Point -- in order to arrive at the correct Impact Hands Location when using an Automatic Snap Release -- you automatically Trace the Straight Plane Line.
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