Here we go.....
Let me preface this by saying it is total waste of time talking about terminology, when trust me, I can teach without using one word of any golf "terminology." In fact, I do that a lot.
Mac O'Grady, bless his heart, was smart enough to re-name everything for his system, so he didn't waste anytime like I am about to do.
I am going to do the same thing, really soon.
Let me also say that what I am going to say is 100% correct, and was the subject of a one hour presentation by Joe Daniels, president of TGM, LLC at the 2007 TGM Summit. I checked all of what I am about to say, not only with Joe, but it was agreed to be correct by all 25+ AI's in attendance.
"Where the right elbow touches the waist ....Your yellow line is 10-12 inches above the waist."
What is meant in this explanation in the book is simple. It is where the right elbow would touch the waist if you set up with the shaft on the elbow plane at address, if the elbow was bent enough to allow the right forearm to be on the same plane.
It has nothing to do with elbow location at impact—especially nothing to do with elbow location at impact relative to any other body part, including the waist, which might be God knows where at this point.
Your blue line may also be too high since Tiger has not reached the top of his swing. In 10-6-b #1 Dianne has the plane line under her armpit.
Ah...nope.
And I quote from the book:
10-6-B. TURNED SHOULDER This reference point is primarily the
point reached by the Right Shoulder after a Flat Backstroke Shoulder
Turn. But any other controlled Shoulder Turn can also provide an ac-
ceptable reference point.
The POINT reached.
It says NOTHING about Dianne's arm pit.
Why would it?
In the 10-6-E #I. Address picture, Dianne's clubshaft is pointing through her crotch.
That ALSO has absolutely ZERO to do with what constitutes a "Hands Only" plane.
That's why he didn't use an arrow on the "Hands Only" address position.
I made the insides of the arrows red so you could find them easier.
1. Elbow Plane - The
arrow is on the address position because, like I said previously, the "Elbow Plane" is where the Elbow (would) touch the waist at
Address.
2. Turned Shoulder Plane - The
arrow is on the top-of-the-backswing position, because the reference point is at the top of the swing, for crying out loud. The fact that the plane runs under Dianne's armpit means absolutely nothing, because, mainly, different set-up waist bends would have the darn plane going every which way through here torso.
3. Squared Shoulder Plane - The
arrow is in both pictures because the plane angle is set at address, and maintained on the backswing.
4. Turning Shoulder Plane - The
arrow is in all three pictures because where ever the right shoulder is at the time, there is the moving plane angle.
5. Hands Only Plane - The
arrow is on the backswing picture only, because the only thing on plane with the shaft—or sweetspot plane—in this plane angle is the
hands, and even just an impact location of those are acceptable reference point.
Tiger has a drop/squat in his swing.
Hopefully, so does everyone else with a high head at address.
That had NOTHING to do with any plane angle except the TURNING shoulder plane.
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So what?
So, I just wasted an hour putting this thread together, which will be marketed against by folks who think the book is the gospel according to Luke.
That is why, this is my last post of this kind ever.
(I'm working on new terms tonight
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