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I have had the hardest time learning how to fan my right forearm, as well as keep my head centered and stationary. In the process of hitting thousands of balls in practice I noticed that these two desirables are initricably intertwined. I (perhaps more gifted players can) cannot fan my right forearm correctly unless my head is centered and stationary. Can someone articulate this "phenomenon" for me in a more sophisticated manner? The end result is a motion that never goes beyond top, with considerable extensor action etc. It has taken me 18 months to gain appreciable control over the shaft/sweetspot and the head. I guess clubface/ball control is the last to succumb to the wiles of TGM! Is it accurate to state that good players, even players say on mini-tours etc have good plane and clubhead control but what seperates the men from the boys is clubface control? I have played with dozens of "asspros" (aspiring professionals ) that could play their ball but lacked a degree of consistency. I knew a fella that played 15 events in a row where he shot in 60's 3 out of every 4 rounds but threw a 75-78 in there somewhere. The nuances of superior ball striking reside in the left wrist. Or does someone think that perhaps plane, or a driven sweetspot is hardest to come by?

The absolute bottom line is . . . GOLF IS PRIMARILY A GAME OF FACE. Studies have shown that the face has 70-80% influence on the curvature, tragectory and starting direction of the ball vs. the path. THEREFORE . . . you HAVE to figure out how to make sure that you have a face that matches your path. Mr. Kelley was intimately aware of this . . . . the book starts with what? Sustaining and manipulating the line of compression. That is why you see a lot of whacky swings that work. These players flat know instinctively or intellectually that it is a face game. The pros may not even be able to tell you that. They may THINK that the path is the boss. But what they have done is find a face that MATCHES their path. Another thing that is important in this regard is the #3 accumulator angle . . . which is pretty much plane angle control . . the closer the face gets to the ball the more disasterous a change in the #3 angle can be. Get a face angle magnet [stick -- Ed.] and watch what raising and lowering the handle does to the stick thingie.

fleeting face alignments = swivel and not hinge action, busted flails, #3 angle disruption via hands, t-rex arms or bobbing, & fast closing face due to a perverted tilt of your tea cup or a stalled pivot.