Clubshaft orbit through the impact zone

[Jeff]

Yodas Luke

I agree with you - being exact is important. I appreciate your "corrective" comments. That's what's so nice about LBG-website's different forums - many forum members think deeply about the golf swing in an attempt to understand it "correctly" and understanding it "correctly" requires paying strict attention to all the complex details.

It would have been much better if I used the word "hand" instead of "clubshaft" in my title, because I was really interesting in addressing the issue of movement of the hands post-impact.

Jeff.

[golfguru]

ISG readers just got sick of the "he said you said" where it was not appropriate to the majority of those reading in that forum. So Jeff was asked nicely to take his ball elsewhere. He did not, so now he is indeed barred. Sadly the cheers were loud.

[chbkk]

Jeff, keep on going.....
There are clubshaft, center of mass for the club-COM and sweetspot. Under centrifugal acceleration, from what I gather so far, I think the grip-end of the clubshaft points to the COM and the line linking them lies in a plane. Shouldn't this be the optimal condition ... least swing effort? I also believe now that at impact, the sweetspot on the clubhead lies in front of the COM. Is it on the same orbit as the COM? Should it be in the same orbit in a well-designed golf club?

[YodasLuke]

from what I gather so far, I think the grip-end of the clubshaft points to the COM and the line linking them lies in a plane. Shouldn't this be the optimal condition ... least swing effort?

I added the red, but to be more specific, I would say "the CG runs through the #3 Pressure Point."

[Jeff]

chbkk

It is my understanding that Homer's on-plane concept is a general concept designed to keep the clubshaft on-plane throughout the entire swing and not specifically targeted to keeping the clubshaft (or sweetspot) on-plane in the immmediate vicinity of the impact zone. I think that if a golfer gets his clubshaft on-plane throughout his entire swing, then he has developed an idealised clubhead arc that will in-to-square-to-in and that will enable him to square the clubface at impact.

Here is my idea of an idealised clubshaft on-plane swing - Anthony Kim's swing.

The issue of the clubhead swivelling into impact is a separate issue. I actually think that it happens automatically. Have you watched an Iron Byron machine in action? It has a universal joint that is totally passive. The clubhead swivels automatically to allow the clubface to become square at impact. There is no device in that macahine that actively causes the clubface to become square at impact.

I think that many golfers (swingers) shank the ball because they have stiff wrists which prevents the automatic release swivel action from happening naturally.

Jeff.

[YodasLuke]

It is my understanding that Homer's on-plane concept is a general concept designed to keep the clubshaft on-plane throughout the entire swing and not specifically targeted to keeping the clubshaft (or sweetspot) on-plane in the immmediate vicinity of the impact zone. I think that if a golfer gets his clubshaft on-plane throughout his entire swing, then he has developed an idealised clubhead arc that will in-to-square-to-in and that will enable him to square the clubface at impact.

Did I miss something, or did we not cover this subject? I would suggest that the perect scenario would be to have the CG constantly On Plane and to have the Clubshaft On Plane most of the time.

Here is my idea of an idealised clubshaft on-plane swing - Anthony Kim's swing.

I think I understand Toolish's point earlier in the thread. And, I've always said that I'm not a big fan of Plane conversations with bad camera angles. Kim's a great specimen, but it's still a bad vantage point.

If you're the guy looking on the same plane as the fragments of debris that create the rings of Saturn, you'd insist you were looking at things traveling in straight lines. If your eyes move off of that plane, you'd insist you were looking at circles.

I would spend a lifetime in 2-J-1, 2-J-2, and 2-J-3.

[Jeff]

Yodas Luke


I have a different perspective of an observer's observation conclusions of Saturn's rings - presuming that the observer stands sufficiently far away from Saturn.

Regarding Saturn's debris, if one was on-plane with the moving debris, one wouldn't think that the debris moves in a straight line if one had binocular vision. One would see that the debris was moving in a circular path along the surface of an an imaginary plane that was straight-in-line with the observer's position.

If one was standing off to the side, one would still see debris moving in a circular manner, and one would be able to imagine its circular orbit being along an orbital plane that is angled relative to the observer's position.

When watching someone twirling a stone attached to a string in a circle around his head, I would never perceive the stone to be traveling in a straight line - no matter what the angle of the observation point relative to the orbiting object's orbital plane.

Jeff.

[YodasLuke]

Yodas Luke

I have a different perspective of an observer's observation conclusions of Saturn's rings - presuming that the observer stands sufficiently far away from Saturn.

Regarding Saturn's debris, if one was on-plane with the moving debris, one wouldn't think that the debris moves in a straight line if one had binocular vision. One would see that the debris was moving in a circular path along the surface of an an imaginary plane that was straight-in-line with the observer's position.

And, what if I presume the observer is closer? Is your presumption more valid? Not at all, but you have further validated my point. It's all about perspective. Thus, Homer gave us 2-J-3.

So, a claim of an On Plane motion with a camera that is not On Plane is a guess, no matter how 'educated' the guess. If someone challenged your claim that Kim was On Plane and required proof, you would place the camera On Plane to provide proof.

[mb6606]

chbkk

It is my understanding that Homer's on-plane concept is a general concept designed to keep the clubshaft on-plane throughout the entire swing and not specifically targeted to keeping the clubshaft (or sweetspot) on-plane in the immmediate vicinity of the impact zone.
Jeff.

Mr. Kelley wanted the club on plane period. Precision in precision out particularly at impact.

[O.B.Left]

Luke

Lensing issues aside where is it best to position a camera for a down the line swing? On the base line, opposite the hands or?

Thanks
OB