Homer Kelley never used the term "Chip-Pitch" in any of his three recorded Master Classes. He never used it personally with me, and I doubt he ever used it with Ben.
My guess is that Ben came up with this term on his own to describe a Chip Shot with a bit of Wristcock (for a modest amount of additional Power). He uses it to bridge the gap between his "Chip" (a short Stroke with Zero Wristcock) and his full-fledged "Pitch" (a longer Stroke with Wristcock that is clearly out of the 'Chip' category). His "Punch" adds a strong Right Arm Thrust to the Stroke.
Ben controls the length of those Strokes by varying the amount of Pivot ("1/3 swivel, 2/3 swivel, full swivel"). Here things can get a bit confusing for students of The Golfing Machine. His term "swivel" refers to the amount of Body Turn one would experience if sitting on a "swivel" chair. It does not relate to the term as defined in the book, i.e., the independent "Roll" of the Wrists from Release to Impact and also, from the end of the Follow-Through into the Finish (2-G).
In other words, the Swivel Action described in TGM is a true rotation of the Hands (not the Body) into and out of the Impact Interval. It is thus differentiated from the Hinge Action that occurs during the Impact Interval (wherein the Flat Left Wrist simply remains perpendicular to one of the Three Basic Planes of Motion, i.e., Horizontal, Angled or Vertical). Swivel Action is made possible by the Swivel 'joint' in the Left Forearm (Sketch 2-K #4).
Thanks for your advice, Yoda. I see where the precision of Homer's work may have become confused. As Ben was the first authorised instructor , how much control did Homer want to exert over Ben's interpretation of the text? I guess we will never know... except that Homer was keen on precision!
I can see what Bagger means about the term "swivel" too...
As Ben was the first authorised instructor , how much control did Homer want to exert over Ben's interpretation of the text? I guess we will never know... except that Homer was keen on precision!
Homer Kelley always admired the creativity of Authorized Instructors. That was one of the reasons he put so few drills in the book. Said he:
"I want you guys to have a 'free hand.'"
However, when it came to the terminology, he was adamant:
"Interpret it and expand on it all you want. But don't replace it."
The problem, as he saw it, was that AIs would begin to substitute their own terms -- this is NOT the same thing as interpreting, expanding, demonstrating, using analogies, etc. -- for the ones he so carefully defined in TGM. For example, they would substitute the word "'this'" for the applicable TGM term. And then another AI would say, "'Well, 'this' means 'that,' so I'll just use my own term, 'that,' instead."' And it's downhill from there. Quoting Homer: "Pretty soon you've got the Tower of Babel again."
He held that view to the end. From the revisions to the 7th edition (1-H):
"...this book provides a complete, unified golfing terminology. Even if a term offends, use it as indicated, anyway. It has ample justification, and probably much more than the term you've been applying."
Hybrid Mode
