[Mike O]

Thanks Mike O and OB. I think I have a much better grasp on the Aiming Point Concept.
One more part. 7-23 Third paragraph, Reads, "The straight line path is a simpler procedure than the Angled Line Path....The former" (straight line path ) " can have a steeper-than-normal Elbow Plane COMPENSATED" (my emphasis) "with a reaching-out ".. and a grip shift. Is this a recognition by HK of the "problems" that Mike O started the thread on?
HB

No, He's just saying that the low hands address location and making plane angle shifts - rising above that low plane on the backswing and then dropping back down to it on the downswing - creating the angled line path - is more complicated.

For the straight line path - which requires a single plane downswing -you can't start with a true elbow plane - too flat - so you need to have the shaft raised up when you take your grip- to coincide with the proper downswing (let's say backswing also to keep this simple). Since you are according to the Golfing Machine always taking your grip with a level left wrist - that tends to put the club more in the palm of the hand.

Probably a poor word choice in regards to "Compensated" - as it's not a item offsetting another negative item - but just the required change if you are moving from a shifting pattern to a non-shifting pattern.