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Cross-line and On-plane?

7-23 has me in a total fog! I think that the delivery path is a line drawn on the face of the inclined plane, which the hands trace from end(or top) down to release. But I don't get how a "cross-line" thrust will stay on the inclined plane? Does cross-line mean across the line on the ground made by the inclined plane? or something altogether different?

Crossline is angled toward right field, and it is a straight line as a wheel would roll, not unlike rolling a bowling ball. Hope that helps. :)

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Originally Posted by rwh

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Originally Posted by rchang72

7-23 has me in a total fog! I think that the delivery path is a line drawn on the face of the inclined plane, which the hands trace from end(or top) down to release. But I don't get how a "cross-line" thrust will stay on the inclined plane? Does cross-line mean across the line on the ground made by the inclined plane? or something altogether different?

Because we are swinging on an inclined plane while standing "inside" of the Plane Line, the thrust has the appearance to our eyes of being "across" the Plane LIne. In actual fact, it is an "On-Plane" thrust and the club stays On-Plane.

To visualize this, imagine a golfer frozen at the Top of the backswing and you are on a ladder sighting straight down his Hands to the Ball. From your On-Plane vantage point, the line from Hands to Ball would not appear to extend across the Plane Line -- it would run directly into the Plane Line.

Great explanation, Bob! And a good visualization, too. Thanks!

Thanks for the feedback. So the delivery line is still intended to smash the ball into the ground with the cross-line approach.

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Originally Posted by rchang72

So the delivery line is still intended to smash the ball into the ground with the cross-line approach.

Yes. The Player uses the Delivery Line -- the Baseline of the Inclined Plane -- to guide (deliver) the Clubhead through Impact. This Baseline is termed the true Geometric Plane Line (2-J-3) and is designated The Guide Line (10-5). [Advanced TGM Note: The Hitter using the Angle of Approach procedure would have a different Delivery Line and, therefore, a different Guide Line.]

The Player uses his Right Forearm and #3 Pressure Point to Trace this Straight Line Baseline during the Downstroke, thereby producing the proper Three-Dimensional Impact -- Downwarad, Outward and Forward.