[12 piece bucket]

I like your crossline thrust stuff... you had good post on that somewhere which i got saved , thrust is down and out to low point etc...

I been thinking today about it... Hogan has one of the most pronounced "away from target lateral hand moves" between "end" and "top-of-theline" on downswing....

He also has a pronounced lateral hip movement at the same time...

The hogan video with gridlines in the backgound really show up his head and hip moves and show his hands going the other way ( each moves about 1/3rd of a square)...

Still keeps his right shoulder up and shoulders minimal rotation...

He slides (and head returns to centre , and perhaps fraction lower, as address) all the time keeping hands and lag hovering, sustained... only then does his right shoulder go down and rotation occurs...

See the video if you can find it somewhere....

The hips go one way and the hands go the other , whilst lag is increased or sustained....

I guess the pp3 feel is one of hovering above your prey (like a hawk) just waiting for the moment of straight line delivery... he just waits for the slide to left ( during which the hands respond by moving opposite way ...?for balance? helps him remain centred?)... then bang...!

Picked up the new Hogan dvd set this week. It has some amazing footage. One thing that is particularly interesting even during some of his "out to pasture" swings, he took the driver to End but the irons ended at Top. His swing looked "flat" but this was because he just took the hands to the top of the Line Delivery Path with the irons. His driver motion is to End and the hands are higher and deeper.

In my opinion Mr. Hogan loaded the left wrist better than any player in the game. He is the poster child for Instant Hip Acceleration as described by Mr. Kelley. I think that the whole "bottom half going one way while the upper half goes the other" isn't something that people should actually try to do. It is a result of the Pivot Train overcoming the inertia of the club going back. Without question Mr. Hogan used a Lagging Clubhead Takeaway. I also think this made his transition as you have observed more pronounced. The Instant Hip Acceleration throws "your back against the seat of the car." He drags it back with the right arm, overcomes the inertia, and drags it through via the Instant Hip Acceleration. The inertia of the sweet spot gets THROWN against the #2 and #3 pressure points. Watch his left wrist load like hammering.

Anyone wishing to see God given grace should purchase the DVD set. Ironically there is some footage of Mr. Hogan drilling on the backswing with just the right hand on the club. No doubt he instinctively knew the Magic of the Right Forearm. Another observation is that Eldrick is definitely "Hoganizing" his motion.