[EdZ]

You know that you could bypass the complicated assessments of sequenced releases by becoming a Hitter. We've got it so easy. I'm a simpleton; therefore, I'm a hitter.

Like you, I am a huge fan of 1-L. I think if instructors truly took the time to immerse themselves in the study of the 21 basic concepts, they'd be better teachers. Though, there are some logical limitations in the drawing.

In three-dimensional Euclidean geometry, a sphere is the set of points in R3 which are at distance r from a fixed point of that space, where r is a positive real number called the radius of the sphere. The fixed point is called the center or centre, and is not part of the sphere itself.

Since humans have to hit the ball, we have a center working around a center. The left shoulder and it's distance away from our Stationary Post make the fixed point no longer fixed. Hence, a spherical shape cannot truly exist. But, as Homer said about golf, "demanding that golf instruction be kept simple does not make it simple - only incomplete and ineffective." This applies to three dimensional geometry as well.

We can both agree in the spherical geometry, if we see the left shoulder as the "fixed" center. But, we must also see the center's movement in three dimensional space. With this in mind, we can't even get an oblate spheroid, similar to the Earth's shape, because even this has a fixed center.

I appreciate your drive to understand more about this subject. Even more than that, I appreciate your drawings. They are priceless.

The equations may be complex, but the root of it all is a 'net' center of balance. The 'true' center of the G.O.L.F. motion.

Agreed Ted, hitter's have it easy. I have welcomed the dark side into my game much more than I had before. So much fun to be able to use both hitting and swinging!

Looking forward to your annimation Mathew. I suspect you'll clear up a lot of fog with many who still don't see 2-S.