Inclined plane discussion
 

When one refers to the inclined plane (and thinks of different planes eg. elbow plane and turned shoulder plane), do you envisage the inclined plane being relevant to the clubshaft's movements in space and/or do you envisage that it refers to the imaginary PP#3-sweetspot axis line's movements in space?

When one talks of tracing a SPL, what is actually tracing the SPL, and why that part? Does one trace a SPL to control the movement of the clubshaft in space, or the clubhead in space, or the clubface sweetspot in space?

Jeff.

It's all about the hands! :) (pp#3)

Trace the footline with the hands. Monitor the hands - wheel track, or wheel rim, in space.

Ed

What do you mean when you state "trace the footline with PP#3"?

I imagined that forum members would only have expressed two choices about PP#3 tracing - tracing the sweetspot plane's baseline or the clubshaft plane's baseline - and not the footline.

Jeff

By 'footline', I mean where you are directing your extensor action (below plane), which for most will be near a line drawn along your toes at address. Note that this is the 'steep' side of a good plane angle, and is basically a swinger's option with arc of approach (hitters would find this too steep IMO).

I thought that extensor action force was exerted by the right palm via PP#1 and not via PP#3 (which is used to trace a SPL and not the footline).

Jeff.

"footline"
 

EdZ

Footline: incubating that, it makes sense.
Also annoyed my dinner guests by getting up from the table and trying to visualize it during a practice swing. But footline is a term I haven't heard before I don't think / a new below plane "reference point" for me.
thank you
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Birdie Chance

As with many things in TGM, there are variations/variables.

The line to trace will generally be somewhere between the footline and the ball/target line (about in the middle between them, where extensor action is directed).

That said, for a swinger (example Payne Stewart) with an upright plane and arc of approach, the 'toe' line is a good reference. You can basically cover it/trace it at the same time with PP#3.