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Jim Cook wrote:
Yoda, "... loaded down against the first knuckle of the forefinger?" I've had a hard time seeing in the picture in the book. Isn't #3 the same as the end knuckle of the forefinger?
Jim,
Sit at a table with your relaxed hands in your lap.
Now, without changing this natural configuration -- fingers curved -- lift your Right Forearm and Hand and put them palm down on the table top.
Look at your Right Hand and Forefinger and get ready for Anatomy 101:
The back of your hand to the knuckle (the'bridge') is the metacarpal part of the hand.
From the knuckle to the first joint of the right forefinger is the proximalphalanx.
From the first joint to the second joint is the medial phalanx.
From the second joint to the end of the finger is the terminal phalanx.
The No. 3Pressure Point is the fleshy pad of the proximal phalanx in contact with the Clubshaft and ideally directly Behind it.
When Swingers go to the End (10-21-0-3) of the Stroke, the Clubshaft goes to parallel to the ground or even below. Though the No. 3 Pressure Point and Clubshaft remain firmly welded together -- there is no 'slippage' -- the movement of the Club to parallel or beyond causes the Top of the Shaft to Load against the knuckle of the hand.
So, the No. 3 Pressure Point Loading has now "Rotated" from Behind the Shaft to the Top of the Shaft. This is the Swinger's Rotating Lag Pressure Point of 10-11-0-3. Remember, though, nothing has actually moved!It is simply a change in the Loading Pressure sensed in the Right Forefinger and Hand, specifically in the proximal phalanx.
The Loading now firmly established against the knuckle, it must be maintained through the Retracing from End to Top (10-21-0-1), and then through the StartDown (8-7), Downstroke (8-8 ) and Release (8-9). From Release, however, the Swivel of Standard Left Wrist Action (10-18-A) snaps the Clubshaft into its Flat, Level and Vertical Condition (4-A-1, 4-B-1 and 4-C-1) for Hinging (2-Gand 7-10) through Impact. This Action causes the No. 3 Lag Pressure Loading to 'Rotate' -- remember, there is no actual 'movement' in the contact point between the No. 3 Pressure Point and the Shaft! -- from the Top of the Shaft to once again directly behind it. This condition, along with the Left Thumb also directly Behind the Shaft (10-2-0), establishes and enables maximum On Plane Thrust Support through Impact. (10-2-0/B).
Hitters should experience no such Loading change. Their No. 3 Pressure Point Loading will remain at the back of the Clubshaft throughout the Stroke.
This is an area of much Fog in The Golfing Machine. Now you're in the clear!
Yoda