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Can someone clarify the following point that was in Chuck's e-zine this month:
"The clubshaft, actually the sweetspot of the club, may
travel to any other plane angle during the swing as long as it
DOES NOT cross the base of the plane."

My interpretation: The base of the plane would be the target line (perpendicular to shaft plane). So, "does not cross" means an over the top move coming down or excessively under the plane as well?
For the backswing does that mean an outside takeaway (Couples, Furyk, Trevino?) as well as a laid off club at the top (pointing either too far left or right.)
Is this what he meant? Thanks.
 
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You can make an 'over the top' move, but still be 'inside'. Many pros actually do this to a degree. The backswing motion can be basically anything that allows you to have a proper downswing motion (I believe Homer has a quote about this, he doesn't care how you get back). You could, in theory, be quite under plane and still not cross the line with the sweetspot, but you would have a very 'sharp turn in the arc' and really couldn't hit a ball at the extremes of this because you would be way too shallow.

It is the same basic principle of Hogan's "don't break the glass" in more specific terms.
 
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