[innercityteacher]

Do you have a copy of the 6th Edition? If so, then you're in luck, because on page 32 Homer Kelley explains that the "Arc of Approach" is the Visual Equivalent of the Geometry of the "Angle of Approach", which is a "straight line through the Impact and Low Points".






"Low Point" is not a Location, it's an Alignment. The Alignment uses the basic geometry that's built into all Golf Clubs by All Manufacturers; "Neutral Hookface". The Shaft (Cog) moves On-Plane. The Target Line represents the Geometry of the Clubface (which is a re-alignment of the shaft). All Clubs have a Built-in Low Point. The Location of Low-Point forward or Aft of your Hinge Pin(s) is up to you. Your choice.

Low Point is the Intersection of the Clubhead Orbit with the Geometry of the Clubface (Target Line) that produces Straight-Away Ball Flight when the Shaft at 90 degrees to the Target Line. Neutral Hookface.

Straight-Away Ball Flight can be produced if the Ball is moved back on Orbit but not Forward of Low Point. When the Ball is moved back on the Orbit of the Clubhead, it rises above the ground. Then we Tilt the Plane (from the Plane Angle reference point) until the Ball returns to the Ground. Adjust the Hookface for Squareness at separation. The Steeper Plane Angle adjusts the Closing Ratio of the Right Forearm Angle of Approach which will "Sustain the Line of Compression" on the Plane of the "Basic Plane" of the chosen Hinge Action (Horizontal, Angled, Vertical). In "Laymans" terms, as the ball is moved back in your stance, it must also be moved "IN". This is all in the "Book", Chapter Two.

One must understand the "Right Forearm Angle of Approach". My up-coming Video's, hopefully available this Spring, will make TGM very easy to understand.

Daryl, I am going to try moving the ball back and in. I wonder if you remember he Nicklaus and Player comic books that taught golf instruction in the 60's and 70's. I'm sure there were others. I think you have the skills to pull another one off online with website links and videos or even something in a simple "graphic novel" format. Very enjoyable/informative stuff.

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