Hitting has long been misunderstood, ignored, and discounted, even in TGM circles. So, I knew that there were concepts that I was missing from previous instruction and that I had a long road ahead. I started looking at the Angle of Approach Delivery Line, because of 6-H-0, #10. Also, Homer spoke at length about AADL in another Master's class. So, I became totally intrigued with 2-J-3.
I wanted to understand the geometry, and I knew that the clubhead had to (visually) move in a straight line. The only way that I could fathom the clubhead moving in a visual straight line and the circular orbit of the clubhead staying intact was for the eyes to be on the Plane of the clubhead orbit. In the beginning, I was troubled as the Plane seemed to be steeper than anything I knew to be acceptable. ("It's steep, now remember. For this reason, you can't point at the line with the clubshaft. To point at the line with the right forearm, it's going to be a steeper plane. This procedure is very upright. Actually, it's a vertical plane for the clubhead, (slight pause), slightly inclined."
Then, I had issues with the Clubshaft. I didn't want to violate any of the 21 commandments in 1-L. But, the geometry left 1-L, #5 & #6 in jeopardy. His quotes verified my beliefs: "You're not concerned with the clubshaft. The clubshaft seems to be immaterial. It represents a clubhead plane rather than a clubshaft plane. Line momentum of the clubhead."
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