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That's as bad an idea as Hogan's sidearm/underhand basketball pass. It's called steering. Chips or full shots, you should drive PP#3 down-plane towards the ball with the right shoulder, if Swinging, or with the right tricep, if Hitting. You should never make a hand effort toward the target! If you're going to throw a golf ball in order to get the correct swing feel, it should be toward the one on the ground.

Yes agreed the direction of thrust is different when throwing a ball but cut me some slack I never suggested the direction of thrust when chipping should be towards the hole. In fact I made specific mention of the aiming point procedure.


Don't discount what Homer himself described as "an underhand pitch motion" . See Geometry of the Circle 2-N-0 page 40 in the 7th. To my mind he is referring to what could also be described as a side armed throwing motion given any right elbow fanning and bending... or a leading elbow even.

CHAPTER 2 STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLE continued

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GEOMETRY OF THE CIRCLE

STRAIGHT LINE RELATIONSHIP TO A STRAIGHT LINE – POINTING AT A STRAIGHT LINE. The orbiting Clubhead must maintain its visual relationship wit the selected Delivery Line per 2-F and 2-J-3 during all Twelve Sections (Chapter while Turning, Cocking, Uncocking, Rolling and Swivelling of the Wrists. See 2-P, 7-23 and 8-0.

Proper Clubhead control is dependent on coordinating the Downstroke Hip Turn with the selected Right Elbow Postion (10-3), Motion (6-B-1) and Path (7-3), to avoid collisions as well as for Balance and Axis Tilt. See 7-15. There must be an Underhand Pitch motion and Feel. If there isn’t you are “Roundhousing” – lifting the Hands (Flat Shoulder Turn) and/or the Clubhead (Steering) “Off Line” during the Start Down. This includes the Butt of the Club also. And see 10-6-0. Take time at The Top (8-6) to “draw” and “monitor” that line per 6-E-2. It is one of the Three Basic Imperatives (2-0). And the position of the Club at The Finish (Station 3 12-3) is the precision destination of the Downstroke “blast off” from the Top. It is not just Impact “fall out”. Impact must be kept incidental to The Stations. Study 3-B and 8-6 regarding The Top and The Start Down.