[O.B.Left]

And yet again, pg 83:

"At the top of the Backstroke--even at the End(10-21-C)--mentally construct a line from the #3 Pressure Point to the Aiming Point."

which precludes any waiting and preempts the use of the Aiming Point concept in any DS with a plane shift which requires a vertical hand drop at a point off the Plane Line. Use of a plane shift on the DS takes the player close, but not entirely into the dark shadows of Pivot Controlled Hands.

Re the sections Ive highlighted above in bold type:

Thats Homer for you ... up to his old tricks with words. But "mentally constructing" is not one and the same as actually Thrusting from End . See photo 10-23-C and read the accompanying text. The hands retrace the Top Arc from End to the Top of the straight line delivery path .... a place from which the #3 is then thrusted straight line towards the aiming point . See the dark shadowy arrow Homer mounted to the face of the plane and how it aligns to the straight line delivery path not to where the hands are at End.

Per 12-3. "Aiming Point -Lag" is not mentioned until Downstroke Section 8 (the period of hand/ arm acceleration). No mention of it Section 7 Startdown (the period of right Shoulder Acceleration). Could it be implied in Section 6 Top , Delivery Line Prep? Maybe. Making the "mentally constructing" a form of prep from Top perhaps. Yoda'd know for sure.

Re the latter bit Ive bolded. See 10-23-B where Homer describes the Angled Line associated with a shift back to the elbow plane. See the photo that goes along with it ....it includes the shadowy black arrow representing the Aiming Point. Its faint but its there. Homer obviously thought you could use the Aiming Point Procedure with a Plane Shift.

Further down in the very same paragraph from page 83 which you quoted , Homer describes employing the Aiming Point Procedure even when using Circle Path.

Three procedures are available to compensate for this:

1. move the Aiming Point forward or aft of the established Ball location. This Aiming Point procedure seems more easily acquired if introduced as a Feel. At the top of the Backstroke – even at End (10-21-C) – mental construct a line form the #3 Pressure Point to the Aiming Point. Let a careful Downstroke direct the thrust precisely along this line. Hitting or Swinging, direct the #3 Pressure Point strongly downward per 1-L-9, 1-L-10, 2-J-3 and 6-C-2-A to insure the “Downward” element of Three Dimensional Impact (2-C-0). That is – TRY TO DRIVE THE BALL INTO THE GROUND, NOT INTO THE AIR. If you don’t KNOW that you hit down, assume that you didn’t. The Hands must ALWAYS take one of the Delivery Paths (10-23) but even with the Circle Path, the Thrust is still a straight-line EFFORT toward the Aiming Point. Even “Tracing” (5-0) must not disrupt it.

All analogies come up short but if I may . Imagine a bicycle sitting upside down with its tires in the air , friction free for spinning. To spin the wheel you could place your hand on a spoke at say 1 o'clock and thrust straight line towards 6 o'clock on the dial thereby spinning the wheel. If your hand were to stay attached to the spoke it would not travel the same straight line. In golf it could travel a straightish line though I would venture. There being no spoke to mechanically ensure a circular hand path.

I dunno. Im just a dumb golfer trying to figure out how Yoda hits the ball so nicely for a 600 year old guy. He loves the Aiming Point Procedure , that I know for sure. When I first saw him hitting balls in person I was immediately struck by his Down. I couldn't really see it but I sensed it . Blammo. Aiming Point sure helps in that endeavour.