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Old 08-22-2010, 04:56 PM
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Differentiating the Plane of the RFFW and the Plane of the Orbiting Sweetspot
Originally Posted by gmbtempe View Post

If you were going to build the most mechanically sound stroke would you advocate getting the right forearm and shaft on the plane of the right forearm as soon as possible then just be able to rotate through the shot, I guess like Lee Trevino does?

Here is an impact photo for Duval and Trevino

By definition, the Right Forearm Flying Wedge ("RFFW") always exhibits the Horizontal in-line condition of the Right Elbow, Forearm and Clubshaft (6-B-3-0-1). However, that does not mean that the RFFW always lies in the Inclined Plane of Motion of the orbiting Sweetspot. In other words, the elements of the RFFW -- Elbow, Forearm and Clubshaft -- lie in its own Plane, and this alignment may or may not be coincident with the Inclined Plane of the Golf Stroke.

Indeed, the RFFW leaves the Inclined Plane (even the Elbow Plane / 10-6-A) after Start Up and returns to that Plane only at Release (8-9; 12-3/Section 9 #35). Any attempt to return the Forearm sooner would result in a very "ungolf-like" Motion.

Which, of course, is always improper Execution (3-F-6).

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