[innercityteacher]

I'm missing it.

Plane great golf! I have played two rounds using Daryl's Right Forearm Angle of Approach insights after putting my clubs away for the season, and shot a 44/42 and a 44/41 even with terrible chipping. There were so many easy going bogies on my cards I knew my technique had improved. Daryl's next tip, changing my Low Point by putting the ball 6" in front of my left foot and feet almost together had me flushing every club through greens and chipping from new places I had not seen on a course I have been playing for 20 years.

And today, I figured out how to get to The Turned Shoulder Plane by Swinging less not more. My heel lift/short shoulder turn put my right shoulder back on plane time and again resulting in consistently powerful Acquired Motions that I could translate in a 70 something round.

Having understood the Right Forearm Angle of Approach, and the Adjustable Low Point with Daryl's bucket drill (keeping a weighted bucket in the fingers of the right hand (Impact Fix) and Pivoting back and through without spilling out golf balls), the question arises as to which Plane to use, and as usual, Lynn has a great series of descriptions.

http://www.lynnblakegolf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=56283&highlight=turned+shoulder+p lane#post56283

tgmgolfer2k2 wrote:

Almost every Tour player has:

- Hands higher at impact than they were at address
- Clubshaft on a steeper plane that at address

Therefore, there's really nothing wrong with this. I'm sure others here can tell you why for certain, and also tell you why it happens.

I'm not sure, so I'll let them handle the explaining.



I hear you, Robot Buddy R2D2!

Due to the Shoulder Turn Axis Tilt, i.e., the tilt of the Spine producedby the Hip Turn Component (7-14), the Left Shoulder is higher at Impact (per7-8 ) than at Adjusted Address (8-3). This raising of the Left Shoulder alsoresults in the higher Hands you have observed. Both the higher Shoulder and thehigher Hands are almost always subconscious reactions that have never beensubject to any conscious Geometric Programming. However, astute students ofG.O.L.F. can avoid this compensated circumstance by positioning properlyfor the correct Shoulder-to-Ball distance at Impact Fix (8-2 and 7-8 ) per theprecision address routine of 2-J-1.

The steeper Plane phenomenon occurs because, while the Clubshaft must start itsjourney on its own Angle of Inclination -- the Elbow Plane (10-6-A) -- it isnot unusual for a player to use a totally different Inclined Plane during theDownstroke (and probably the Backstroke as well).

For example, the player may choose to begin the Stroke on the Elbow Plane andthen use the Single Shift (10-7-B) to locate the Turned Shoulder Plane (10-6-B)at the Top (8-6). The player could then use the Double Shift (10-7-C) to returnto the original Elbow Plane for Impact or alternatively, remain on the TurnedShoulder Plane. The first option would result in the same Plane at Impact as atAddress. The second would be the steeper Plane you have observed.

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My issue now is what plane to adopt as part of a consistent pattern for golfing success. The bucket drill seems to leave me on on the Elbow Plane but the lack of compensations from the Turned Shoulder Plane make it very interesting. I have shot a 76, 77, 78, two 79's and many 80's this summer not knowing this stuff when my putting and chipping was hot. Sadly, I have had a dozen 87's or worse as well. The goal is to regularly have a chance at par and sub-par!

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