[Yoda]

I didn't initially realize that the definition of a pivot center didn't automatically imply that the pivot stabilising point has to be centralised to efficiently perform its function - stablise the motion. In other words, I think that the phrase "pivot stabilising point" may therefore be a more exactingly correct definition of that "SOME POINT".

Jeff,

You really are trying my patience here, and trust me, I have better things to do with my time.

Thirty years ago, the 5th edition of The Golfing Machine defined 'Pivot Center' as follows:

"PIVOT CENTER -- Some point on the body kept stationary throughout the Stroke to stabilize the motion."

-- Homer Kelley (The Glossary)

Homer presumed a certain intelligence in his readers, an intelligence that would instantly understand that the term "some point" meant any point -- central or otherwise -- chosen by the golfer to stabilize the motion. What could be more clear?

Now, you come along with this 'clarification':

". . . I think that the phrase "pivot stabilising point" may therefore be a more exactingly correct definition of that "SOME POINT".

-- Jeff

Can you not see that your phrase is nothing more than an incomplete definition of the term under discussion (Pivot Center)? A term Homer adequately defined for any reasonable person three decades ago?

And while I'm here . . .

Until you start signing your posts "J" (whereupon I will immediately rename this forum Golf by J), you are specifically prohibited from using the initials "HK" when referring to Mr. Kelley (alternatively, Homer Kelley or simply Homer). You may not respect his "Authority", but at least on this site, you will respect his name.