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so is the aft of the shaft as outlined in the grip descriotion the back of the shaft or 3 oclock if your looking at the cap of the grip 12 being the side where the clubhead is

the key is 'on plane'

If you were swinging on a horizontal plane like a baseball bat, then 3 o'clock would be 'aft'

but you are swinging on an angled plane, so 'aft' is basically 45 degrees to the horizontal

the flatter the plane angle, the closer to 3 o'clock, the steeper the plane angle, the closer to noon

try the drill bucket mentioned - put the clubface up against a door/impact bag, and focus on supporting down plane towards a spot in front of the ball

This is the reason typical golf instruction talks about the 'v' pointing to the left shoulder - that is the 45 degree 'support' position for the angled plane

If you were going to smack the left hand against something on the horizontal plane (think frisbee throw), you would hit the 'wall' with the back of the hand

If you were going to smack the left hand against something on a vertcal plane (think karate chop in a vertical plane), you would hit the 'table' with the pinky side of the hand

So in a golf motion, you are basically between these two motions, at 45 degrees - and the v's end up to the left shoulder

somewhere deep in the video collection of lynn/ted there is a clip of me showing this at the OCN gathering from 2004

Take a look at Lynn's avatar/grip - that is the ideal IMO