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What does it mean to obliterate the plane line?
How is it done?
Why is it important?

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From O.B.Left :


My take on it:

To trace the Plane Line is golf's geometry given the circular like club head orbit and the inclined plane.

To "obliterate" the Plane Line is to add force , physics to the geometry.

But the direction of Thrust and the Line of Flight of the club head are not similarly aligned.

I don't have my book with me right now, but somewhere in the 1-Ls Homer discusses how the thrust is down and out towards the plane line prior to impact, after impact up to and including both arms straight. This is a geometric riddle in a way. The thrust is cross line towards the plane line even though the club head (post low point) is travelling UP and IN.

This cross line thrust is readily apparent to those who employ the Aiming Point Procedure and/or an Active Right Arm Right Throw but it is equally important if less apparent or intuitive for the Swinger who Homer regarded as having a similar thrust a similar right arm throwing motion though a product of CF rather than active right arm muscle. This is why Homer thought all Swingers should experiment with Hitting I believe. To sense this cross line direction of thrust.

So swingers and hitters alike Thrust cross line towards the Plane Line both prior to and after impact. I'm referring here to a square plane line procedure of course. The Hitter's Angle of Approach procedure being a slightly different deal in terms of the direction of the plane line.


So for me anyways to destroy the plane line is the physics of thrusting at the Plane Line. If hitting a cross line throwing motion, swinging a similar but passive right arm extension. See the Aiming Point procedure (the alternate to the Tracing Procedure) as it seems to be related and makes this direction of this thing more intuitive.

I can't remember who said this but I've always liked it. The idiot's guide to TGM : "Keeping swinging out until your divots point at the target. " (although the divots themselves are really slightly curved).

It could be rewritten to be "keep thrusting out until you can see the club heads blur cover the arc of approach and trace the straight line plane line." But only a few would understand that one.

Again I'm writing quickly and have probably made some errors or typos . Let me know if this makes sense.

PS - it'd be interesting to hear what others had to say about this. I'm also wondering what the context was when Homer made this statement. It might shed some light on his thinking.

air I am not sure where obliterate the plane line came from? doesnt sound like a good thing. is that the statement you are referring to? I am not familiar with homer stating anything about obliterating the plane line but of course i maybe am just not remembering it, or are you referring to the downward thrust even when the club is going up and in?