[Mathew]

Matthew,

While the Right Shoulder can not get down to to either the Hands Plane or the Elbow Plane, could you please explain why the Right Shoulder motion can not be "On Plane"?

Ok lets look at it from this perspective.

Now earlier, I stated that the right shoulder cannot be on the inclined plane but also it cannot be on a singular plane towards the plane line. I think instead of going into why this is so, I will just explain what happens - much more instructive I think....

The right shoulder should always move with a parallel relationship to the inclined plane.

There is one exception, when the right shoulder is on the inclined plane that parallel will actually be on the inclined plane, however to maintain the right shoulder on the shoulder plane for impact is absolutely 'physically' impossible and totally ludicrous if you try to draw it...anyways im not going into that just now.

Also the club cannot be swung during total motion on a singular plane angle (another common misconception (which im also not going into just now)), therefore it is advantageous for the plane angle to be set to the turned shoulder plane at the top of the backstroke so the initial motion can be made onplane. As the plane shifts to the angle desired for release as the clubs design mandates (and actually must be that way for mechanical reasons also - another factor I am not going into just now). The right shoulder must move identically with the inclined plane and as the plane angle adjusts will seperate and stay above the inclined plane moving with a parallel relationship so that the shoulder motion induces an onplane motion of the club.