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
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•The Force to be applied for the movement of the Lever Assemblies is exerted against the Club through Pressure Points and that will directly or indirectly drive the Club through Impact.
•The "On Plane" Pressure Point Thrust of the Power Accumulators translates their Potential Energy into Clubhead "On Plane" Kinetic Energy always at Right Angles to the Clubshaft.
•However Clubhead Lag (Pressure Points 1, 2 and/or 3) deals exclusively with the Sweet Spot Plane (Not the clubshaft) and is always driven directly into Impact at a Point, normally, on the inside aft quadrant of the Ball.
So we have
1.Kinetic Energy always at right angles to the clubshaft (7-11) and
2.Clubhead Lag always driven directly into Impact on the Sweet Spot Plane.(7-11)
Can you tell me please:
Are Kinetic Energy and Clubhead Lag always in alignment?
How do these two interact when the Clubshaft rotates around the Sweet Spot?
Are the Pressure Points always constant to the Sweet Spot plane?