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It is my impression that MA's ball position is behind the low point and that he is swinging down to the low point. His hands are ahead of the ball position at impact.

C'mon, Jeff. . .

Mr. Austin clearly is 'hitting up' in this sequence. That means -- by definition -- that the Club is ASCENDING from its lowest point in its orbit (opposite the Left Shoulder).

Since that dynamic is so obvious, I must assume that you mean the normal low point -- the left shoulder, as aligned inline by God and unadjusted by an abnormal backwards tilt -- in front of a normal Ball location. Otherwise, your observation makes no sense at all. Clearly, Mr. Austin's Left Shoulder is behind the Impact Ball Positon, thereby mandating his Upward Swing.

Given this abnormal, backwards-adjusted Low Point, Mr. Austin indeed is swinging Down Plane through Low Point -- but up through the Ball -- as required. And, as you correctly have observed, with the requisite "hands are ahead" Impact Alignments (2-J-1). Nevertheless, his 'adjusted' Geometry has produced an Upstroke Clubhead Path (1-L #15).

There's a problem here? Why do I feel like I'm talking to a learning R2D2?

Listening . . .