LynnBlakeGolf Forums - View Single Post - The Most Important Illustration in the History of Golf Thread: The Most Important Illustration in the History of Golf View Single Post #92 01-22-2011, 11:46 PM wedgy Guest Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 26 Originally Posted by Yoda Hogan's 'plane of glass' Plane illustration is arguably the most famous illustration in golf. It is also among the most erroneous. Especially when combined with the three accompanying illustrations showing the 'baseline' shift to the right during the Downstroke. My benchmark of "important" demands that the illustration also be correct. Next? If the benchmark is that the illustration also be correct wouldn't that disqualify your pic. also as it doesn't include a real event of impact as no clubshaft will be in that position in a real swing at impact. They actually deflect the exact opposite way at that moment as the clubhead goes to a lead position from a lag position. sasho mackenzie says: "The final phase of shaft deflection was the most important since it explained clubhead orientation at impact. Over the final few hundredths of a second of the downswing, the clubhead rapidly moved from its maximum lagging position into its maximum leading position at impact. The lead deflections at impact for the normal optimized simulation were approximately 6.25 cm in magnitude. The complete removal of radial force during the downswing only reduced lead deflection to 4.72 cm (Fig. 8; Table 1). Therefore, when acting in isolation, the tangential forces that occur during the late phase (after 0.15 s) of the downswing were a major contributor to the lead deflection at impact. The complete isolation of radial force demonstrated that, while acting alone, radial force only resulted in 1.22 cm of lead deflection at impact (Fig. 9; Table 1)." the full paper can be found at his website. UofS Theses: Understanding the role of shaft stiffness in the golf swing Last edited by wedgy : 01-23-2011 at 12:40 AM. wedgy View Public Profile Find all posts by wedgy