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I'm trying to understand the statement in 6-D-2 as compared with this sentence in 6-C-2-A: "If the Pressure Point pressure that produced the initial Clubshaft flex is maintained it will maintain the flex also. So the pressure will be a steady smooth Thrust from the entire Power Package Assembly, and will produce a constant rate of acceleration for the Primary Lever Assembly.

6-D-3, however, says "Secondly, suprisingly low, sustained acceleration of the Lever Assemblies produces excessive Hand Speed which irresistably throws the Clubhead into its Release Orbit prematurely".

It seems like we want low, sustained acceleration of the Power Package Assembly. Is Homer trying to make a distinction between the acceleration of the Lever Assemblies separate from the acceleration of the Power Package Assembly as a whole?

His phrasing of 6-D-3 has me a little confused.

Pards . . . This is where Mr. Kelley was really really good. I think there is a misconception about the term Pressure Points. One of the most expert Machinists Eddie Cox once told me something that was fabulous . . . he said that Mr. Kelley should have called the Pressure Points . . . SENSITIVITY POINTS.

The Pressure Points in your hands SHOULD be sending you very soft subtle messages . . . like classical music . . . not like some RUNDMC or ACDC.

Mr. Kelley said you only need a pound of Lag Pressure . . . not 20 pounds. You don't want to OVERLOAD. That is precisely what he is conveying in the quote for 6-D-3. Suprisingly low, sustained acceleration of the Lever Assemblies produces excessive Hand Speed which irresistably throws the Clubhead into its Release Orbit prematurely. So you are sensing the sweet spot and its inertia via your pressure points. So if you put too much pressure via a strong acceleration that you can't SUSTAIN . . . the only thing you can do is THROW IT AWAY.

There are very popular phrases that COULD lead you to believe that you need copious amounts of pressure in your hands . . . like STRONG DELIBERATE AND HEAVY and DRAG THE WET MOP. These are of course great . . . BUT as Drewitgolf says . . . You have to learn to listen to your hands. They ain't gonna be screaming at you. Just kind of wispering softly in your ear. You don't want them hollerin' "GO FIX ME A TURKEY POT PIE!!!!"

Get sensitive. Here's an all time great post from Drewitgolf . . .

Your hands will communicate all that is going on. The problem is most golfers are not listening. When Mr. Kelley wrote the current Chapter 5 (first appeared in the 4th edition I believe) it summarized the book in "a nut-shell" . SWING THE HANDS, MONITOR THE HANDS, Mr. Kelley wrote in capital letter. Nine times out of ten, your swing falls apart because you are not monitoring your hands, you are monitoring the Clubface. What they are telling you falls on deaf ears.

You are Over-loading (we'll save this one for another time), Round-housing, off Plane...The hands will communicate all of this if you will only pay attention. They, pressure points 1,2,3 located in the hands, are always trying to communicate, along with their distant cousin, the #4 Pressure Point. That is where your precision is if you use them; recognizing and reconcilling minor differences. The first step is to listen even if you don't speak the language yet.