I am confused by posts about impact fix position. Most posters imply impact fix as a "hands only" position.....bent right wrist and level left wrist.....at address to simulate impact conditions.
Sometimes at start-up I can move my left shoulder forward, or turn my head to the right or kick my right knee and this will put my hands in a impact position without ME THINKING ABOUT MY HANDS.
Does anyone have Homer's exact wording for 10-9-A and 10-9-B? How is this different from 8-2 and 8-3?
Twelve Sections Versus 24 Components (and Their 144 Variations)
Originally Posted by dlam
Does anyone have Homer's exact wording for 10-9-A and 10-9-B? How is this different from 8-2 and 8-3?
First of all, there is a considerable difference in the text of the 6th and 7th editions. The complete version would be a combination of both.
Perhaps someone could put both these up, and we could meld them together for maximum utility.
Regarding Chapter Eight, you should view it as merely differentiating the Twelve Sections of the Stroke and their boundaries. In no way should the Twelve Sections be viewed as a 'recommended' set of specific Component alignments. Pay special attention to the text, especially its description of where each Section begins and ends.
For example, in this case, you are interested in the alignments of the Fix (Section Two) and the Address (Section Three). Chapter Eight tells you the Section in which they are located, but it does not tell you which alignments you will use for a specific Stroke. So, if you are playing, say, a high, soft Lob Shot with a Wedge, your Impact alignments will be different from a typical shot with a Driver. But each of those Impact alignments will constitute Section Two of the Stroke (Impact Fix). Then, as near as humanly possible, the player will duplicate those alignments during Impact (Section Ten).
The same is true of the Address Position. Technically, any position from which the player elects to begin his Stroke is his Address. But, whatever the position chosen, it will always be in Section Three.
Finally, because the Impact Address (10-9-B) is dependent on the alignments of Impact Fix, Component #8 (Fix) is an important consideration. Here, in my opinion, the 7th edition changes in 10-8-B (Special Fix) should be disregarded. Three reasons:
First, there was no corresponding (but necessary) change in 11-8-B. Hence, an obvious conflict.
Second, it eliminates an important and often used alignment; namely, the Open condition of the entire body, not just the Stance. Consider, as an extreme example, Sam Snead's 'side saddle' Putting Stroke.
Third, the Special Fix no longer coordinates, as it should, with the Special Address (10-9-D) and its summary description in 11-9-D (including the specific reference to 11-8-B).
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