[hcw]

DDL,
You have correctly observed that the Target Line lies just outside the Plane Line of the Clubshaft (as depicted in 10-5-A/B/C). However, unless otherwise noted, all TGM Plane references -- including the Plane Line -- are to the Sweet Spot Plane, not the Clubshaft Plane (2-F). And that Plane Line lies directly on the Target Line.

For many years, Homer Kelley thought in terms of the Clubshaft Plane and not the Sweet Spot Plane. But over time, he came to realize that the Sweet Spot Plane was Boss. Here's why:

1. It is the Sweet Spot that sends the messages (through the #3 Pressure Point) that enables the Player to sense and control the Clubhead Lag through Impact. This Sweet Spot is sensed only when it is in Motion (because only then does Centrifugal Force exert its Pull). Otherwise, the Player senses the dead weight of the Clubhead -- and not the pinpoint that is the Sweet Spot -- through the Shaft.

2. The Clubshaft itself does not remain on a constant Plane, nor does it maintain a constant Straight Line Baseline. Instead, it rotates around the Sweet Spot and thereby alternates between its own original Plane and the Plane of the Sweetspot.

So, embrace the Sweet Spot Plane and disregard the Clubshaft Plane. During the Downstroke, you do indeed Uncock and Roll while Tracing its Straight Line Baseline with your Right Forearm and Right Forefinger #3 Pressure Point (12-3 Sections 6 and 9/10/11).

This is the correct application of the Third Imperative (2-0)...a link in the chain of destiny leading you to your best golf.

yikes!...the fog is rolling back in...i am just starting chptr 2, but i jumped to 2-F where it says:

"All the action of the Golf Club takes place on a flat, inflexible, Inclined Plane which extends well beyond the circumfrence of the stroke-in every direction. The full length of the Club shaft remains unwaveringly on the face of this Inclined Plane--Waggle to Follow-through."


i have no clue how to reconcile that to what yoda said...i thought i was doing ok, but i am not having a good time wrapping my mind around this one...another problem i have been having is that my 9th grade geometry keeps popping in and reminding me that a plane is defined by three non colinear points...i usually can define one, but am unclear on the other two, so have a hard time visualizing the planes (like in 10-6-A-D)...one last thing, does the Sweet Spot=Target Line Plane thing only work if your stance is square-square?...t-i-a!

-hcw