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Answer: 5-0, Focus on directing the hands (which tell you what the clubshaft,face, and head are doing) via the #3 pressure point towards the plane line or getting them to the impact hand location- both require monitoring an on plane motion with the hands.

The reason I said I agreed with Lynn 100% - is that I took his post and it's heading to specifically differentiate when looking at the lower body movement - it was the hips moving the knees and not the knees moving the hips- anotherwords his post had a isolated context in regards to his answer. But the down plane shoulder moves the hips and they all move in response to the on-plane motion of the hands.

Per 2-0, that's the principle- but it's application isn't easy or simple until your not doing all those things that "get in the way". For instance, ideally you have lag throughout the body- but we're just using or isolating #3 as the point of monitoring- if you focus on #3 and don't have lag throughout the body- then your toast, because it's like dominoes, what's you lose it from the feet it starts throwing it away through the body until it reaches your hands, hopefully you made it past impact before that happens! If your off plane your toast, if you don't load the club properly your toast, etc, etc. ....

Don't forget the big picture- your basic motion- that is, the on plane motion of the hands (geometry) with their corresponding clubhead lag (physics)- everything else happens as a result of that- or hinders that motion and action.

Mike O.

Edit#1: I said I agreed with Lynn, but it's not my place to put words in Lynn's mouth, so certainly if he doesn't agree or I've misinterpreted his response- He'll clarify his stance on this.

Personally, if I think about my hands FIRST on the downstroke I will likely come over the top. If I initiate with my hips, then my hands drop into the slot and I can go at the ball as hard as I want while focusing my throw-out karate chop motion (swinging).