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3-F-7-A Steering Anti-Steering Therapy: The Inside-Out Cut Shot
Originally Posted by femoore

I would like to hear some ideas on this drill, or "therapy" for steering mentioned in 3-F-7-A.
I have heard it explained several different ways.

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In a geometrically sound Stroke (1-L #4, #6, and #16), the player insures the correct Clubhead Line of Flight (2-N-0) -- the arc inscribed on the face of the Inclined Plane by the orbiting Clubhead through Impact -- by Tracing (with the Lag Loaded [7-19] Right Forefinger #3 Pressure Point) the Straight Plane Line established at Impact Fix. He then insures the correct Clubface alignment through Impact by executing (with the Flat Left Wrist) one of the three Hinge Actions (2-G) so essential for Ball Control.

Unfortunately, players have discovered four magnificent ways to destroy this essential geometry. These Four Snares (3-F-7-A/B/C/D) are Steering, Quitting, Bobbing and Swaying. Each Snare disrupts the true downward-and-outward arc of both the Clubhead and Clubface and is symptomatic of a malfunctioning Golfing Machine. The first two are particularly destructive, and this post will discuss their cause and cure.

Steering (3-F-7-A) is the applied misconception that (1) the Clubhead should move through the Ball along the Target Line; (2) on a level or even upward path; and that (3) the Clubface should stay Square to that Line. Each individual's Golf Stroke tends to reflect his conception of the Basic Motion (Preface), and if the player doesn't know that the Clubhead should be swung down-and-out through Impact and Low Point or that the Clubface will normally be Square to the Target Line only at the Point of Separation of Ball and Clubface, then it is a virtual certainty that the correct Impact Alignments (2-J-1) will not happen.

Quitting (3-F-7-B) is how Steering does its 'dirty work.' In the subconscious attempt to divert the Clubhead from its true down-and-out orbit through Low Point -- and also in the misguided attempt to increase Clubhead Velocity by Flattening the Right Wrist (4-D-1)-- the player slows or even stops altogether his Hands during Release. This unintentional and improperly executed Pause Minor Basic Stroke (10-3-J) forces the Club to be swung up and in (below Plane) from the Wrists. The Upward Clubhead motion leads to Topping the Ball -- an embarrassing problem the player easily solves by hitting more 'under' the Ball -- Scooping! Which sad circumstance seems to be a bit more socially acceptable than Topping. Unless of course, it is perfected into its Art Form: A Mighty (but Powerless) Heave that causes about a foot of sod to simply flop over the still motionless Ball. After that jewel, nobody in the group will even make eye contact! ops:

The above 'Seems As Ifs' (Preface) are the major misconceptions in golf. That is, they are perfectly logical ways that should make the Ball behave as you intend but that are also perfectly wrong and will therefore never work. Interestingly, these misconceptions (individually and collectively) cause the Clubface to Close in relation to the Target Line. To avoid the inevitable Pulled Shot, the player begins to habitually aim well to the right of the intended Target Line. Then, when the Clubface dutifully arrives Closed at Impact, the Ball does not go to the right (as it should because that is where he is aiming) but instead is diverted -- more or less -- toward the Target Line. Not exactly a procedure you want to bet tomorrow's lunch money on.

And that brings us to the Inside-Out Cut Shot. This procedure is Anti-Steering Therapy -- and hence, Anti- 'Seems As If' Therapy -- because it educates the Hands to disregard the Flight Line with respect to both the Clubhead Line-of-Flight and the Clubface Alignment through Impact.

Let's go back to our player who has learned to compensate for his Pulled Shots -- the inevitable consequence of his Closed Clubface and Bent Left Wrist at Impact -- by habitually aiming to the right. He doesn't know he is aiming to the right, of course, and will in fact swear he is aiming straight at the Target! His Computer is playing a major league trick on him: Given a Faulty Procedure that can only send the Ball way left, aiming way right was the only way it could get the Ball flying anywhere close to the Target Line!

Note this well: In this 'Aim to the right' Alignment of the entire Machine, we are not talking about the Square Plane Line-Closed Stance Line combination of 10-5-C. Instead, it is the Closed Plane Line-Square Stance Line combination of 10-5-E. In other words, the player has unintentionally established a Clubhead Line of Flight (2-N-0) that will actually cross the Target Line in a true In-to-Out Stroke. This is not simply the normal Inside-Out Impact (from Impact Point to Low Point) of the normal Down Plane orbit produced by the Square Plane Line of 10-5-A.

What to do?

Enter the Instructor-Therapist and the Anti-Steering Therapy of the Inside-Out Cut Shot. Seeking to repair --- or more accurately, rebuild -- this malfunctioning Golfing Machine, the Therapist insists that the player hit Chip Shots to the right of where he thinks he is aiming. He also insists that the player keep his Left Wrist Flat and his Right Wrist Bent as he hits those Shots to the right.

Under the vigilant eye of the Therapist, the player is trained to Trace the Closed Plane Line (with his Right Forefinger #3 Pressure Point) that he has inadvertently erected during his Address Procedure (8-1/2/3). No fair Steering the Clubhead back to the Target Line! No fair Quitting with the Hands so that the Clubhead can be cowtailed into Impact ahead of a Bending Left Wrist and a Flattening Right Wrist! No sirree. The player has accidentally incorporated this Closed Plane Line into his procedure and, by golly, he now has to Trace it!

Furthermore, the Therapist -- better yet, The Exorcist -- insists that the Clubface not align itself in any way with the Target Line. To accomplish this, he demands that the Flat Left Wrist execute the 'Reverse Roll' Feel (7-10) of a proper Dual Vertical Hinge Motion (10-10-E). This keeps the Clubface Square to the Baseline of the Closed 10-5-E Plane (and nowhere near Square to the Target Line).

Despite the apparent simplicity of the instruction -- "Hit this Chip Shot to the right of where you think you are aiming." -- the player's overwhelming preoccupation with the Target Line at first causes his Shots to continue to be Pulled back toward it. This is because his Ignorant Hands (5-0) and faulty Computer Programming (Chapter 14) continue to exercise their Habits.

Undaunted, the Therapist continues to insist that the player totally disregard the Target Line and instead Trace the Closed Plane Line -- all the while keeping the Clubface Square to its Baseline through Impact. Gradually, the player's Hands become educated enough to do this. The Target Line is still there, of course, but he no longer attempts to keep the Clubhead on it or the Clubface Square to it. He finally has become totally (and correctly) preoccupied with his Plane Line and not his Target Line (3-F-7-A). Let's listen in…

Player: "Okay, I've learned to ignore the Target Line during my Stroke. I don't attempt to keep my Clubhead on it or my Clubface Square to it. Instead, I focus on the Plane Line. I feel like we've made some progress here, but if I keep doing this Inside-Out Cut Shot stuff, the Ball will keep going to the Right of the Target."

Therapist: "Correct. And when the Ball no longer goes to the left and when you have grown tired of seeing it go to the right, you are permitted to reposition your entire Machine to the left . Then you may begin Tracing the Square Plane Line of 10-5-A. Remember, though, you must keep your Flat Left Wrist and Right Wrist Bent through Impact just as you did while Tracing the Closed Plane Line (10-5-E). If you do this, you will find your Shots flying Straight toward the Target and your Pulled Shots will merely be a memory. If you don't do this, then the Ball will fly to the left, and your Computer will once again react by making you aim to the right. And that will bring about Plane Line confusion and the silent sabotage of the correct Impact Alignments."

Player: "Been there, done that. Let's see now…Left Wrist Flat, Right Wrist Bent. Move smoothly through the Ball -- no Quitting and hacking at the Ball -- while Tracing the Square and Straight Plane Line with my #3 Pressure Point…Hey! It went straight at the hole!"

Therapist: "Imagine that."

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