[O.B.Left]

OB,

Are you using the Hogan pic to demonstrate that although well past impact Hogan still has a 'lil right arm to go? No hitting up on it here, folks! Kev, you should add the upswing driver to your bag of tricks. Especially if you "need" a few extra yards and are playing to a 100 yard wide fairway. Personally I think hitting everything on the down is like taking out insurance. Cannot be overinsured (or at least that is what Bucket told me)

Okie, yes for sure. Insure everything, especially your goat herd if Bucket is your agent. Id say Hogan in that photo was almost done, but still in the process of Thrusting his Right Arm Down and Out a little, despite the fact he is past low point. Not saying he is actively Thrusting or anything, before some of you guys get your shorts in a knot. Thrusting is present in all good swings I'd say, be it Active or Passive, Swinging or Hitting, in that the Right Arm does straighten eventually.

My only objection is to the words "cut it" of "cut it left". Assuming the Hands travel the Inclined Plane, they will come Up and In post low point on their own. In being Left. Anyone who manipulates a pulling of their Hands to the left is courting bending the plane line to the left and at the same time misdirecting the down and out Thrust. Just keep the Hands On Plane and you're good. Hogan's hands to my mind are on plane and have therefore moved Up and In (left if you will), but his Thrust is towards the plane line. Look at how his right arm and clubshaft point at the plane line. Similarly, in a vertical plane, if in an attempt to "hit up on it" you actually changed the orbit of your hands and clubhead to actually hit up more or earlier or something , that would disrupt the circular orbit as well. Now you could adjust the plane all together to accomplish more Up or Left ..........the swinging left guys love the elbow plane for instance. Thats Plane compliant, with implications, such as the #3 Accumulator and the Roll power, less Down more OUt etc.

So Id say if you want to hit up on the ball for ballistic reasons or whatever, change the ball position and Thrust down and out as per usual. Simply put, "put a good swing on it", the clubhead will come up and in on its own and make contact.

Didnt want to get into the Swinging Left thing really. Why do I get my self in these messes? My main point is that in regard to Right Arm Thrust as per the original question.......there is just way more Down and Out than most people realize there is to be had! So fill your boots with it! Passively or Actively.

PS For all you book literate types out there:

1-L-10 "The Lever Assembly must be driven through Impact by an On Plane force (moving toward the Plane Line)." Brackets by Homer, bold by me.

1-L-15 "The Club starts up-and-in after "Low Point" but the thrust continues Down Plane during the Follow-Through."

1-F RIGHT ARM OR LEFT "The "mystery" of the Mechanics of Golf fades away when Right Arm participation is understood (6-B-1). Whether its participation is active or passive is difficult to detect visually because in either case the Left Arm is ALWAYS SWINGING and the Right Forearm is ALWAYS DRIVING. ......"