Astute students of the Golfing Machine know that the Geometric foundations ofthe Golf Stroke are found in the Geometry of the Circle. That basic geometryrequires a Circle (Clubhead orbit); a Radius (Left Arm and Club); a Chord(Impact Point Plane Line, i.e., on the Ground); and a Tangent (the LowPoint Plane Line, in the Ground for all Clubs except driver and putter).

Interestingly, the only item in the above Geometry of the Circle that is nota straight line is the two-dimensional circumference of the Circle itself!In G.O.L.F., the Circle we are concerned with is the Clubhead Orbit, andthat means that the crucial relationships and alignments of the Golf Strokecan all be defined by Straight Lines. And that is great news!

About the only time you need be concerned with the Orbiting Clubhead iitself iswhen utilizing the Visual Equivalent (of the straight line Delivery Lineper 2-J-3), i.e., the Clubhead Blur. Here, Monitoring the Blurthrough the Ball is useful, especially during the Waggle and PracticeStroke (Procedures #1 and #2 of your Three-Step Pre-Shot Routine per 3-F-5) andalso during Impact (8-10) itself.

Through Impact, the backward leaning In-Line Radius (Left Arm with Flat LeftWrist and Club) cuts across the face of the Plane through the Ball (located onthe chord, or Impact Point Plane Line) and to the Low Point of the Stroke(which touches the tangent, or the Low Point Plane Line). If the Flat LeftWrist Bends (4-A-2) then the Right Wrist will Flatten (4-A-1) -- or vice versa,if you will -- and the straightline Radius of the Circle will have beendisrupted and the precision of the Circular Clubhead Orbit destroyed.

Per 1-L #8, no portion of the Lever Assembly -- the Left Arm and Club thatconstitutes the Circle's Radius -- can swing forward independently.And that is exactly what happens when the player Flattens his Right Wrist in amisguided attempt to add velocity. After the Left Arm 'Blast-Off' from the Top(2-M-4), velocity is actually the function of the sequenced Uncocking of theFlat Left Wrist and the Roll of the #3 Power Accumulator per 4-D-0 (plus theadditional Right Arm Power of the #1 Accumulator for Hitters).

So, when the Right Wrist Flattens, it automatically causes the Left Wrist tocorrespondingly Bend. And when that occurs, one portion of the Assembly --namely the Club! -- will swing forward independently (of the Left Arm). Thisgeometric disaster instantly programs the Ball's computer (Chapter 14) for anunintended Flight Plan! Recall one of Homer's favorite sayings:

"The Ball does not go into the lake because it is mad at you. It goes intothe lake because it has to!"

So, any deviation from the Impact Fix alignments (2-J-1 and 7-8 ) of either theFlat Left Wrist or the Bent Right Wrist will compromise the precision of theCircle's geometry and will result in a proportional deviation in intended BallResponse.

Also, for G.O.L.F.ers, the instruction to "fully uncock both hands"through Impact is particularly rueful , since we know that in the Stroke, only theLeft Wrist is cocked. The Right Wrist is never cocked (4-b-2).Instead, It is Bent (4-A-2) at Impact Fix and that Bend is its precisionalignment in the Right Forearm Flying Wedge (6-B-3-0-1), an alignment thatis maintained throughout the Stroke. It is impossible to uncock the RightWrist if it was never cocked -- only correctly Bent.

Bottom Line: The advice to Flatten the Right Wrist is the worstinstruction that could be given. In fact, that is what the player isalready doing, and why he has sought help in the first place!