[Daryl]

How then can true Vertical hinging...be HINGING then? The club can be thrownaway with pure layback motion...

It's Hinging because while the Clubhead is traveling in an Circle, the Clubface is simultaneously remaining perpendicular to the Vertical Plane and all of this is occurring in "Rhythm". If the Clubhead is traveling in an Circle, and the Clubface is simultaneously remaining perpendicular to the Vertical Plane but it's not traveling in Rhythm, then it's "Throwaway".


You can Throwaway the Clubhead and produce "Layback only" without a Hinge Action. I was only saying that by using Throwaway, you prevent Hinge Action. I don't mean to imply that Throwaway isn't effective or that it can't produce the same results as Hinge Action (Close enough results).

Are "Close enough results" really close enough? The Answer is No.... Hinging has enormous advantages over Throwaway. With Hinging, you can vary the distance you want to hit the shot and you only need to control the amount of Thrust. The Ball will always respond the same except for distance because direction control remains constant. With Throwaway, you also change the Thrust to change distance but any given Throwaway Alignment has only one direction. So if you want to hit the ball farther, then you must adjust the Amount of, or Alignment of, or the Timing of the Throwaway. Otherwise it's going off in some other direction.

With Hinging, direction control is stable and there's no reason why a 25 foot chip should be more than two feet on either side of the hole. It's as stable as putting. With Throwaway, it's a big struggle and endless practice to maintain the Hand/eye coordination skill set.