[drewitgolf]

Homer Kelley disagreed, in fact Yoda said in 2006,

Homer Kelley told me:

"You can 'clown' the Backstroke," i.e., take it back however you want (and from whatever position you want), but at the end of the day, per 1-L #20:

"For any given Line of Compression, every Machine must produce identical Impact Alignments."

I think Homer was much less concerned with the backswing than people here today, and much more concerned with getting to the Top/End with enough physics potential to deliver those Impact Alignments with as much clubhead speed as possible.

You can indeed "clown the backswing" if you can re-Align yourself at Station 2, the Top (12-3-0), but why make it more difficult than it needs to be. The problem is that a poorly executed Backstroke can indeed affect the Top and Start Down Alignments. Clowning around is only for the golfers that understand how to rediscover their Hands at the Top. Hogan knew how to do it. He started with a shoulder turn takeaway, but re-aligned himself. For us mere mortal, the longer we can keep the club on Plane the better.