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Originally Posted by PChandler
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I wish I would/could have understood sooner..."it is absolutely MANDATORY that, Hitting or Swinging, it is the Right Forearm--not just the Right Hand and/or Clubshaft--that must be thrown, or driven, into Impact per 7-2-3." Specifically I am referring to "thrown, or driven".
Are there any other (all capital letter'd and absolute) MANDATORY gems in the book?
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Yes,
PChandler, there are other 'MANDATORY gems.' As you suggest, they are almost always capitalized. And when
Homer Kelley really wanted to shout "THIS IS
IMPORTANT!!," he also italicized the capitalization.
Take a look at the
Mechanical Checklist For All Strokesin 12-3. These 45 mission-critical alignments are those most likely to 'go bump in the night' during your
Three Station Total Motion (Address, Top and Finish). In this Checklist of 'Golfer's Musts' only
two alignments are capitalized. Both relate to the
Roll of the #3 Accumulator (Left Arm and Clubshaft Angle) through the Release Interval (from Release through Impact to Both Arms Straight):
1. At
The Top (Section Six), Item #22: DELIVERY LINE
ROLL PREP.
2. The
Release Interval ('Through the Ball' Sections 9, 10 and 11), Item #39: ON LINE HINGE ACTION.
In other words, you must
prepare to correctly
Roll the Hands through Impact, and then you must
do it. With his capitaliztion, Homer is highlighting the problem of executing the
Clubhead Overtaking of the Hands, a.k.a., the
#3 Accumulator Roll (Swiveling and Hinging), while maintaining -- here come more 'caps' -- A STRAIGHT LINE RELATIONSHIP TO A STRAIGHT LINE -- POINTING AT A STRAIGHT LINE (2-N-0). In other words, the
straight line Clubshaft (the visible proxy for the Line of Pull of the Sweet Spot) must continue to point at the
straight line Baseline of the Inclined Plane. And four very good ways to disrupt this On Plane relationship are STEERING, QUITTING, BOBBING and SWAYING (3-F-7-A/B/C/D). Look
look LOOK (3-B, 3-F-5 and 9-2) to rid yourself of these
Four Snares.
All this is moving the Club WITH ITS PROPER RHYTHM (3-0), and it can only be achieved by driving the Hands --
NOT THE CLUB -- toward the
BALL (6-G-0).
DRIVE THE BALL INTO THE GROUND, NOT INTO THE AIR (6-E-2-1). To help assure the CORRECT IMPACT ALIGNMENTS (7-8 ), pre-program this Rhythm during the Address Routine (Practice Swing and Waggle) by visualizing the PATH OF THE CLUBHEAD THROUGH
AND BEYOND IMPACT (8-0). When Playing, focus your attention ALL THE WAY DOWN on the 'Hands-Clubhead-Ball Relationship and become TARGET CONSCIOUS (3-B).
From the Top, this Delivery Line
ROLL PREPARATION is dependent on coordinating the independent Hip and Shoulder Turns (7-14). Use the Start Down Waggle to assure that the Right Hip is cleared during the Start Down, thus avoiding 'Roundhousing' (Flat Downstroke Shoulder Turn) and its inevitable Clubhead Throwaway. The correct
Lag Loading uses the
Pivot to overcome the initial Clubhead inertia at the Top
without Pulling the Hands out of their On Line relationship with the Plane Line. This combines with the correct
Release Motions (On Line Uncocking and Rolling per 4-D-0) to set up a steady
driving pressure -- not a 'convulsive, impatient THROWING pressure (7-19) -- and leads to Impact prior to FULL EXTENSION of the Primary Lever Assembly (Left Arm and Club per 2-P). The MEANS (6-E-1) to maintaining this essential Geometry is
Educated Hands: the player must learn to SWING THE HANDS, MONITOR THE HANDS (5-0).
Finally, it is the On Plane Right Forearm that ALWAYS establishes and maintains the correct Clubshaft-Left Arm angle (the #3 Accumulator) through Release and Impact (6-B-3-0). This MAGIC OF THE RIGHT FOREARM (7-3) assures the
mandatory relationships of the
Flying Wedges: The Left Arm Wedge ALWAYS against the plane of the Left Wristcock motion and the Right Foream Wedge AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE LEFT ARM PLANE.
In summary, Homer's capitalization is there for a purpose. Seen as a whole, he leads us patiently down the twin paths of Principle and Procedure to the crux of
The Golfing Machine:
Deliver the
RHYTHMIC (2-G and 6-P-0) Clubface DOWNward
AND OUTward
AND FORward through Impact (2-C-0) and, by all means...
SUSTAIN THE LAG (3-F-7-B)!
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