[O.B.Left]

Here is my two cents (Canadian, 1.6 cents US)

Startdown is "the cross roads of the swing". It is of critical importance to power and direction, physics and geometry. You dont want to take the wrong road here. Fortunately Homer left us some road signs to follow.

A key point for me is that Release and Top are not at the same point in the swing for full powered shots.

So if you're power is fully Accumulated at top say you need to Store it while you Deliver it to the Release point. There are different ways to release , different places where it begins (sweep vs snap etc) but you dont want to fire them off at top for a variety of reasons.

I think that a lot of golfers Release from Top due to a misconception that you have to get back to an (adjusted) address position at impact. I did once anyways. Its like you create these angles going back and then have to get them all back to where they started by the time you hit the ball. This is one of Golfs popular misconceptions, of which there are quite a few. Homer deals with all of them.

Address and Impact are not the same. That is to say that much of these angles, this power that has been Accumulated must be saved for the ball during the impact interval. Only at Both Arms Straight are they fully fired. They start to fire at Release but are not fully fired until Follow Through, Both Arms Straight.

The boxer hits the heavy bag with a bent right elbow and then straightens it versus hitting the bag with a fully extended right arm. Save some thrust for the ball, hitting or swinging. Dont Release from Top.

So Homer had to identify the best ways to Deliver this Stored power from Top to Release without it spilling out or becoming misaligned. This is TGM's Startdown, Homers road sings at the crossroads. You have options.

This is where Im at anyways, guys.

ob