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The left arm is basically irrelevant for the hitter it's how lee Westwood gets away with a bent left arm and wrist at impact the hit has no center

The left arm may be less relevant to Westwood but its not to Hitters general as you imply. In fact Id say that learning the feel associated with thrusting the entire Primary Lever (left arm and club) at the #1 pp by the right arm , was for me the biggest step forward when I learned to Hit. As taught to me by Yoda and Ted Fort.

Joe , or his line of thinking , puts some serious constraints on Hitting, doesn't it? A disservice to Hitting and those who would learn how to do it. Constraints that preclude a lot of the 1-L's . With all due respect , I don't think the notion that "Hitting is defined by a truly straight line club head path" is correct. It would mandate a club head only plane as opposed to a shaft plane . If this were so , Homer would have specified that the 1 L's in question were for Swingers only. Gosh the machine he drew would be Swingers machine only!

In chapter 2, Homer's drawing of the straight line Angle of Approach would not need to have been drawn "from the players perspective". As was the case. Take a look at the fine print beside the drawing. You will note that it does not read "plan view" ! In fact Homer never draws the straight line angle of approach from any other perspective than the players ! Why? Because it isn't truly a straight line! It only appears to be straight from that one view point.

I know there are drawings out there showing a straight line angle of approach from other points of view. But IMO they are not correct. Drawings by people we know , respect and in some cases love but they were not drawn by Homer's hand. Im out on a very long limb here I know.

If Im wrong then please tell me so ..... I am here to learn to compress my balls better not bust anybody else's. Whip, you're young , a great player, a GSEB , a teacher with a passion for the game , a swinger..............its in your best interest to know hitting in all its forms. I suspect that despite what Joe said , you actually were Hitting! You didn't need to kill that procedure.

Respectfully.
ob