Originally Posted by hg
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Yoda
It appears that the head is centered relative to your stance and that the hips are a little in front of center with your right knee in a slightly kicked in forward position. Your hips appear slightly forward of center and the shoulders which is creating a bit of spine tilt. The hands appear to be slightly forward of center placing the shaft more in line with the left arm. Is this an accurate assessment of your setup alignments? 
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A very good assessment,
hg. Thanks!
With regards to the Right Knee, note that there has been no deliberate effort to 'kick' it in with independent Knee Action. The Knee simply has been
pulled into this alignment by the slight Hip Slide:
"Weight Shift is strictly a HIP MOTION. Substituting a Head Motion and/or a Knee Motion will make Swaying inevitable."
-- Homer Kelley (7-14)
Also, as you have correctly noted, the slight Axis (spine) tilt is the result of the Hip Slide
forward -- the base of the spine moves toward the Target while the Head (and the top of the spine) remains Centered and fixed -- and
not the Head (and with it, the top of the spine) being dropped
backward! This is an important point that is missed by so many, and while the 'Head back' location can (and must) be compensated, that positioning affects the Left Shoulder Location and thus disrupts the basic geometry of the entire Stroke.
That same Hip Slide is also responsible for the slightly forward Hand Location (note that they remain 'mid-Body'). The appearance is somewhat exaggerated by a centered Ball Location (I am hitting a 7-Iron and emphasizing the Downward strike).
By the way, I call this 'Standard Address
with an attitude!' --
-- because of the 'set' left and the slight Forward Lean of the Clubshaft (instead of the classic right angled to the Line). Actually, this Address is probably closer to the Half-and-Half (10-9-C), i.e., Body in Impact Position and Hands in Address Condition (Bent Left Wrist). Compare the postions at Address (Frame 1) and Impact (Frames 12-14), and you be the judge!
But, please be gentle. Remember:
"Few . . . components will exactly fit any of the Catalog Variations but they can and should be adjusted to the nearest orthodox Variation most compatible with the rest of the proposed Basic Pattern."
-- Homer Kelley (12-0)
