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Greg:

It's all about Impact. Most clubfitters fit lie angle dynamically (tape on the sole as you hit off of a board) and adjust the lie angle accordingly. Most clubfitters will also tell you that a player's clubshaft angle at Impact is steeper than the Address angle. This means the player employed a Plane Shift during the swing (knowingly or otherwise).

If you fall into the above description, I'm not sure that having your Right Forearm on the "Address Plane" is particularly useful.

Yoda's stroke pattern uses the Turned Shoulder Basic Plane Angle (Component #6) with Zero Shift (Component #7) and, as you noted, his clubshaft and Right Forearm are "On Plane" at Address and Impact.

Maybe this quote from 7-6 will assist in your study:

"Clubs cannot be designed to be perfectly Soled (2-J-1) and still align the Clubshaft with more than one Plane Angle Reference Point. So those aligned between the Elbow and Shoulder Planes have become the most widely accepted, because actually the Toe or Heel can be lifted enough to safely accommodate either the flatter or steeper Plane and therefore any listed Plane Angle reference Point also (2-D-0). Even on hardpan, the Ball, normally, is gone before the ground is touched. Then too, there is always the true Clubshaft Angle with 8-6 and/or 10-6-E. The ideal solution is a slightly rounded Toe and Heel for all Clubs."

Hope that helps you.

RWH,

Good post. This got me thinking. Since clubfitters fit dynamically based on your 7-6 reference, would you advise a different "fitting procedure" for a player that has the right forearm on-plane at address? Or should you just have rounded heels and toes?

Is there such a thing as TGM endorsed club fitting?

Thanks man!

Richard