In the Sergio case, the hands, as shown in the video, move down a steeper plane than the sweetspot. I think it's safe to say the hands, in general move down a steeper plane than the sweetspot for all good swings--there's an angle between the hands and the clubshaft and the sweetspot is way away from the hands. Why are you asking relative to the target line?
re: Why are you asking relative to the target line?
because i am confused by the comments, below:
o You'd be surprised at how your hand path and shaft will look if you send your hands wide and away from the target line behind you. The camera is the key to misperception. What you see from down the line misleads the viewer.
o When you make this wide, away from the target line transition and downswing, it will not look any different than a more vertical hand path, but the path of the clubhead is unbelievably different."
o 6. The hands and clubhead move out away from the golfer in the early downswing.
o 9. The hands do not move down the same plane as the clubhead.
specifically, i am confused as to whether the hands go downward (near vertically) and the clubhead is "carried" or flipped outward toward the target line or whether the hands go downward (near vertically) and the clubhead "lags" behind the hands.
so, if i understand you correctly, then: at the start of the downswing, the hands move AWAY from the TARGET (get wide) and relative to the target line, the hands (and coupling point) also move TOWARD the TARGET LINE while the clubhead/sweetspot lags behind the hands (and coupling point) - and is therefore deeper than the hands/coupling point relative to the TARGET LINE (from the DTL perspective) until the hands reach their lowpoint in both, i.e. the hogan/sergio and nicklaus/toms/gahms, optimized models.
is that correct? thanks.
