[golfbulldog]

OK Dawg . . . This ain't as difficult as it seems at first pass.

All the Angle of Approach is is a line that connects the Point of Impact and the Low Point. All the Arc of Approach is is an ARC that connects the same two points.

Now both of these (the curved line and the straight line) are ON THE PLANE. The Angle of Approach (the Line) extends out to right field. However the Arc of Approach curves back IN after reaching Low Point . . . as a result the procedures are different. The Arc of Approach ain't for the Hitter.

You can actually approximate the Angle of Approach a couple of ways.

1. Go to Fix and get your Right Forearm On-Plane. Imagine a line on the ground running parallel to your on-plane right forearm. There is the approximation of the Angle of Approach Delivery Line.

2. Low Point is opposite your left shoulder. You can determine your impact point at Fix. Now just imagine a line connecting the dots.

HOWEVER . . . Homer Kelley said that the Hitter utilizing the Angle of Approach procedure didn't have to be precise. He found in his experiments and observation that you could have different amounts of "out to right field" and achieve the same result. So you pick how much out to right field works best for YOU and that is YOUR angle of approach.

From the player's vantage point I think Homer Kelley would say that to the player the clubhead will ALWAYS appear to pass out side the Line of Flight (or target line). The flight of the ball is in a VERTICAL plane and the golf club operates on an Inclined Plane . . . so anything positioned back of low point means that the inclined plane will be OUTSIDE of the flight of the ball.

Lay a plate on the table and take a look for yourself . . .

Thanks for clearing it up.... I made a typo when i said "arc of approach purely for hitter"... meant "angle". Depressed at moment... Australia kicking English butt on first day of Ashes...imagine a "world series" that truly involved intercontinental rivalry and you get close to the significance of the current cricket match between England and Australia...

What I was trying to say is that you achieve an "arc of approach" curved clubhead path by straight plane line tracing and vica versa...

Can one use either in hitting or swinging...? this is the bit i am unsure of...? I thought that someone somewhere said that Yoda's hitting looks so similar to his swinging ( and hence different to Teds hitting) because he hits with tracing a straight plane line...? and a square- square set up 10-5-A...

But Ted uses 10-5-E set up and "angle of approach" is purely hitting and ,as you say, precision is less important ...


"Right field" cricket equivalent = "mid off" I think...