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Ive been giving this some thought of late in regard to Steering, Throwaway, Homer and the dandelion.........I'm thinking that........

If you are using the aiming point procedure it replaces the ball. Something quite common in bunker play where you aim at a point of entry in the sand by looking right at it. You hold your focus on it. Daryl's great quotes still hold, but at Fix only . You establish your clubface angle and relationship to the inside aft of the ball at Fix and then find your Aiming Point along the Delivery Line. If on the other hand you're employing the alternate method, Tracing you keep your focus on the ball.

Somewhere, I think in the Address Procedure Video with Ted Fort, Yoda also discusses how eventually the entire club disappears.....leaving us with just our hands, the pressure points and the Delivery Line. Indeed for the Angle of Approach Procedure .......the Target Line has vanished as well. Basically everything is disappearing!

I've learned that, for me anyways, the Aiming Point Procedure can really help out on those nervy little pitches and chips where there can be a tendency to Steer or throw the clubface at the ball. Dave Stockton has discussed how he uses a similar procedure when putting. He'd love Homer's dandelion story and its revelations I bet, he's got a lot of related stuff in his teaching. De-pressurizing anti Steering stuff.

Again somewhere not sure where, Yoda shared with us that Larry Nelson likes to pay as little attention to the ball as possible. I like that......a lot.

Im trying to swing like I'm swinging at dandelions.......The Three Stations , Address , Top , Finish. Absolutely zero consideration for Impact with the ball. It just gets in the way.