Interestingly, I do not see these extremes in the unposedAaron Baddeley Driver Stroke Sequence on the title page. Also, his perfectly-centered address position on page 120 (compare to Bennett's address in the 'stack and tilt setup'). Therefore, it is always possible that the article's demonstrations and descriptions are exaggerations intended as a 'means to an end' and not the intended end itself. For example, Bennett's obviously forward-of-middle head position at address, the top and in the start down. Also, Plummer's 'tilt and stretch' Master Moves. Then again, if that were the case, the "New Tour Swing" would not be so "radical" after all.
If teachers want to teach the 'Left tilt, load-up the left foot and push off' model, that's fine by me. And if players want to use it, that's cool, too. However, readers should be advised that it does not reflect the ideal of an Uncompensated Stroke as defined in The Golfing Machine, and any representation to the contrary is inaccurate.
The posed pictures are a joke. I have worked with page designers and editors hell bent on exaggerating pictures to "illustrate" a concept that in my opinion unfairly represents the instruction. The sequence camera captures the real centered motion. The picture were to illustrate the 'feeling.' Don't teach feelings- teach alignments. Feel what you want after the alignments. The graphics editor should not have used such large photographs to illustrate a feel instead of an alignment or even a fixed position.
Just my two and half cents- I have always been a odds with page designers when illustrating my instruction photos.
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