Would the Flight Paths be congruent if the Hitter (or manipulated hands swinger) were to adjust his Plane Line to compensate for the open or closed clubface?

Wouldnt balls played back of low point have a lower trajectory due to shaft lean and a longer flight? How bout balls played forward of low point?

How can you show the Machine Adjustments , Plane Line, Face angle, Ball Position?

Sorry , I know Im making you work here but this is history you are drawing Daryl. Dont let Golf Digest see this prior to copywriting it. Lets just keep this amongst ourselves and the several million people on this site.


PS They cant be congruent can they? The ball played forward will have less shaft lean, the open face will have more effective loft. How do they differ in terms of flight?

Besides the Pull and Push which have not been thus far illustrated; the Slice, Push Slice, Pull Hook and Hook are the ONLY Ball Flights available to a Hitter in which the "Line of Compression" be sustained for a controlled and repeatable procedure. Any other manipulation may and will produce a wide variety of Flight Paths and Trajectories which make distance control a "guesswork" procedure. So, Clubface and ball location changes don't result in more leakage of compression, but as soon as you add a Target Line adjustment, then adjusting Ball Flight is a matter of adding or reducing leakage. It's not the way to lower scores.


All balls are played before Low Point. To Hook the Ball only requires the ball to be played back an inch or so. More for more hook. A slice needs only an inch or so forward of your normal position.

HITTERS are probably much better off playing Push Slices and Pulled Hooks. With very minor plane and clubface re-aligning, the Flight and Trajectories look very much like a Swingers Draws and Fades.

Its easy. by tonight.



Ball location changes of as little as 1 inch can produce significant flight path curves. Clubface alignment changes are equally as sensitive.

Hitters most useful Ball Flight Paths.

Example: Hit a Slice

Note: this is not the Slice commonly known to hackers. This procedure sustains the line of compression and is a very well controlled procedure with fine adjusts and becomes highly reliable.

1. Move the Ball Forward
2. Reposition the Clubhead behind the Ball and it becomes Slightly Closed
3. Open the Clubface until it is Square to the Plane Line

Is this an overhead view or golfers point of view?

Wouldnt the ball positioned forward of the straight away ball position be further out since the clubhead prior to low point is traveling down, out and forward?

Why does the ball slice from the forward position if the face is square to the target line and the clubhead is traveling out to low point?

This is getting harder than I anticipated.

Do you see the Shoes? Step into the Shoes.





Only if you sink into the ground too. It's on the Plane Line but "Down-Plane" a little more. Moving the Ball to your right, is Up-Plane. Moving the Ball to the Left, is Down-Plane. Your Clubhead is moving Down, out, and forward. Read on.

The Face is Square at Normal Address. But remember, when you first positioned the Clubface behind the Ball at it's new Forward Location, your Hands and Clubface became slightly Rolled. You then squared the Clubface by rotating the Shaft Clockwise but your Hands stayed Rolled. SO, when the Clubhead returns to the Ball at Impact, Your hands will be Aligned to Plane as normal, but the Clubface will be open. The Clubface will be Closing through the Impact Interval, but at Separation, the Clubface will still be Open to the Plane Line. Also, keep in mind that the Ball was moved forward one inch, your hands will be one inch more forward at Impact also.

The purpose of "going through the Motions" and using this set-up and re-alignment procedure is because this can be a very precisely Controlled Slice. You need to see how even a fraction of an inch can affect Ball Path. I'm sure, that once you learn a 5 yard, 10 and even 15 yard Slice, that the Set-up and Alignments will become intuitive.

If I just said to open the clubface and play the ball 1" forward, what would you learn? This way, you can teach yourself to play any amount of Slice and remain under Control so the Ball lands at the desired Target.


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It's temporary. Put your Brain through the stress of leaning this. Once the Alignments are learned, you'll never forget and it will be easier to apply the alignments for other areas of the Stroke.

This is the easy stuff. Thank goodness that you're not a Swinger. I can't imagine what you would think if I said "now, Rotate the Target Line, then relocate your Plane line until the new target line converges onto the old target line." :crybaby:

So birds eye, plan view.




What are the curved arrows? Club paths? Where is the Arc or Angle of Approach?




I thought we gripped it at fix. Why grip it at Normal Address and then do the rolling to square the face only to come back with the hands as per normal and the face open? Why not just grip it at Fix, roll the face open in the hands and call it a day?