[Yoda]

What is the difference between alignments and positions? Aren't alignments actually positions too?

I may just be missing the perceived image by TGM. Can someone explain the difference?

Positions are a player's means of executing pre-selected, precision alignments. To that end, alignments require positions.

However, a given 'position' can be executed perfectly -- for example, left elbow down, right elbow in, right arm L-position at the top, roll the wrists through the ball, full shoulder turn, etc. -- and yet the player still can miss the ball.