Ben Hogan's 24 Basic Components

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Messrs. Yoda, 12Bucket and All, here is my take, currently (open for critiques/learning/discussions), of Ben Hogan's 24 Basic Components:

1. Basic Grip-Hand to Hand: 10-1-A. OVERLAPPING - With R little finger hooked (instead of merely overlapped) over the L index finger's middle knuckle/joint. Helps prevents loosening of L index finger during the swing, thus preventing over-uncocking of the L wrist during start down, down stroke, release and impact, and thus prevents artificially adding PA2 and straightening the PA3-angle (towards zeroing out PA3), thus reducing clubhead travel.

2. Grip Type-Hands to Plane: 10-2-C/10-2-G. WEAK QUADRUPLE ACTION - L wrist is vertical and R wrist rolled slightly towards the top making the R wrist just a bit weaker than the L wrist. L thumb is in the direction of the L wrist cocking motion, but PP3 near but not exactly in that direction. This PP3 position prevents over-turn of the L wrist. Due to this orientation or position of PP3, the L wrist also bends or cups slightly when the L wrist is cocked and turned and the R wrist is bent. Hence, quadruple action.

3. Basic Stroke: Major Basic Stroke-Elbow Position 10-3-B. PITCH - Hogan's R elbow is always in front, though less in front as start down progresses to down stroke into release into impact.

Minor Basic Stroke-Arm Motion 10-3-D. PULL - Club is accelerated by the motion of the arms (L arm only IMO, see later)

4. Stroke Type and Variation-Accumulator Combination: 10-4-D. Four Barrel - In this sequence: 4-3-1-2, with the intents just being PA4 and PA3. PA1 and PA2 releases as well but secondarily or unintentionally. Main thought is PA4 and PA3, simultaneously.

5. Plane Line-Guideline: 10-5-C. Square-Closed - Square toes means closed heels to me since Hogan's L foot is always flared out, so Hogan's stance line is closed to the line of flight.

6. Basic Plane Angle-Clubshaft Control: 10-6-E. Hands Plane - Hogan's clubshaft stayed on the hands plane until his hands get to R hip height, afterwhich it shifted to the elbow plane, and to turned shoulder plane for longer swings. I believe his intent is to get back to the hands plane at release.

7. Plane Angle Variations-Customized Plane: 10-7-C. Double Shift - However, Hogan came from hands plane then shifted to elbow plane in backstroke, then shifted back to hands plane during start down/downstroke. He stayed on hands plane during start up until backstroke, afterwhich he shifted to elbow plane.

8. Impact Fix-Address Engineering: 10-8-A. Standard - Hogan made a forward press of both his legs/knees, body and hands. It is clear to me that is his impact fix intent.

9. Address-Address Positionin: 10-9-C. Half and Half - Hogan had mid-body hands at address, but his knees and hips are slightly in K-position already.

10. Hinge Action-Ball Control: 10-10-A. Horizontal Hinge Action - Both Hogan's L shoulder hinge and L wrist hinge are closing like a door. It's just that he does something with his hips at release that changes the shoulder action plane and makes both L shoulder and wrist hinges and hence the clubface look like as if they're angle hinging looking at the camera.

11. Pressure Point Combinations-Thrust: 10-11-D. Four-Point Combination - The thrust combination-sequence is PP1-PP4/PP2/PP3. It's just PP1 from start down when his Primary Lever and Secondary Lever just went down into downstroke, then he simultaneously aggressively applies PP4/PP2/PP3 until follow-through.

12. Body Control-Pivot: 10-12-C. Delayed Pivot - Hogan sort of restricted his backstroke by restraining/restricting his hips during backstroke, and by having a less-long L thumb, open L foot, square R foot, inward R knee and by keeping the angle of his R leg intact. He had a full free follow-thru.

13. Body Control-Shoulder Turn: 10-3-A. Standard - Hogan had a flat R shoulder turn in backstroke and an on-plane or steep R shoulder turn in downstroke.

14. Body Control-Hip Turn: 10-14-D. Reverse - Hogan"s hips slides toward impact fix position during the backstroke.

15. Body Control-Hip Action: 10-15-B. Delayed - Hogan restricts/restrains his hips in backstroke, and it leads in start down thru downstroke all the way into impact.

16. Body Control-Knee Action: 10-16-D. Double Anchor - Hogan straightens his R knee in backstroke and straightens his L knee in downstroke, but I don't think they straighten fully; so, they can't be 10-16-A Standard. The straightening are very slight.

17. Body Control-Foot Action: 10-17-A. Standard - Hogan rolls and lifts his L heel slightly on top.

18. Clubhead Control-L Wrist Action: 10-18-B. Double - Hogan turned and cocked his L wrist into a bent position on top; then rolled and uncocked his L wrist into impact via centrifugal force.

19. Lag Loading: 10-19-C. Drag Loading - Hogan fully cocks the L wrist and then pulls down the club longitudinally like drawing an arrow from a quiver on your back.

20. Trigger Type: 10-20-C. Shoulder Turn Throw and 10-20-E. Wrist Throw - After drag loading at start down while maintaining PP1, right before release, Hogan turns his L shoulder (PP4/PA4) and L wrist hard (PP2/PA3/PP/PA1) simultaneously.

21. Power Package-Assembly Point: 10-21-B. Side - Hogan's PAs are all loaded by the time his L arm reaches parallel.

22. Power Package-Loading Action: 10-22-A. Full Sweep - Hogan immediately loads his PAs as soon as he starts up.

23. Power Package-Delivery Paths: 10-23-D. Top Arc and Angled Line - For full woods swing, Hogan went beyond the top of the line point, and went up and arc and back along that same arc, then he drops down to elbow plane, then gets his hands directly straight to its impact position or the aiming point.

24. Power Package-Release: 10-24-B. Non-Automatic Random Sweep - Hogan definitely did not use a Full Sweep Release as he dropped down his hands and club down to hip height while retaining all PAs. However, I do not believe he delayed the release of the PAs for as long as possible. I believe he just delayed it enough during start down, and then immediately, non-automatically released his power package from thereon onwards up to a high hands finish.

Did I get it right? Am I off?