The Hitting Machine

[Noryang]

TGM seems heavily biased towards a hitting stroke. Even the swinging procedure borders on a 4 barelled approach. . Should be renamed The Hitting Machine. I don't remember anyone reporting back from a Blake lesson and being told they were a swinger.

[Yoda]

TGM seems heavily biased towards a hitting stroke. Even the swinging procedure borders on a 4 barelled approach. . Should be renamed The Hitting Machine. I don't remember anyone reporting back from a Blake lesson and being told they were a swinger.

Hi Noryang,

Thanks for your post. The fact is that most people are naturally disposed to Hit. That is why TGM is heavily oriented toward a Right Arm Controlled Stroke (even when Swinging). It is just a very natural Motion.

Many of the problems encountered in conventional Golf Instruction are due to students being taught to Swing without being purged of their natural inclination to Hit. The result, as we say around here, is an epidemic proportion of Switters.

Nevertheless, Centrifugal Force Swinging is a powerful and accurate way to move a Golf Club. I did it almost exclusively my first twenty years in The Golfing Machine, and I teach it at least as often as I teach Hitting.

For proof positive, talk to Bagger Lance, our Site Administrator!

[6bmike]

The funny thing is that before Lynn, Hitting was the red headed cousin on any TGM forum. Nobody wanted to be a hitter or even talk about it. If you didn’t Swing, you were a freak.
But no one even knew what a Hit stroke was. Hit strokes were for big barrel inflexible golfers that were strong and slow. Everyone thought it looked different and wanted nothing to do with it. Hitting couldn’t look as nice as a long smooth Swing. But Yoda changed all that. It is a beautiful stroke for anyone. And powerful.
That said- I Swing most of the time. I love pulling and letting the forces of nature align my clubface- maybe because I have been reckless most of my life. LOL. But put an eight iron in my hand and POW- I hit. Why? It is what my hands want to do.

[Thom]

TGM seems heavily biased towards a hitting stroke. Even the swinging procedure borders on a 4 barelled approach. . Should be renamed The Hitting Machine. I don't remember anyone reporting back from a Blake lesson and being told they were a swinger.

As far as I know Ben Doyle, the first authorized instructor of TGM predominantly teaches swinging.

[Anonymous]

When swinging with right arm acceleration, the lower body responds to the driving right forearm (per 1-F)....as you become proficient with the right arm swing, the feeling should be "One Smooth Motion" a la Ernie Els and per an non-automatic snap release. If you read 10-3-K, all release motions are available for this motion..."Straightening the Right Elbow (10-20-B) can be manipulated for any Release Type (10-24)", that comment from Homer is one of the major keys. For short shots, things become interesting, the short game is actually more complex than your full swing for all full powered shots, you have a lot more choices, automatic and non-automatic releases can be utilized depending on the shot at hand.

DG

[Yoda]

For short shots, things become interesting, the short game is actually more complex that your full swing for all full powered shots, you have a lot more choices, automatic and non-automatic releases can be utilized depending on the shot at hand.

DG

DG is right on here.

Nobody loved the Short Shots more than Homer Kelley. He converted his small detached garage into an indoor range that served as Command Central for his G.O.L.F. experiments, and over a period of forty years, he hit countless numbers into the carpet fragments that served as his backstop. He hit so many that he literally wore the dimples off the relatively few Balls he kept on hand. You had to see that motley collection of discolored, smooth-as-glass "ten-cent pickups" to believe it!

Actually, I guess the dimple-wearing was the result not only of his incessant Ball-striking, but also the subsequent journey each would make down the wooden return trough that would bring it back to his feet for 'another go at it.'

And "These are my new Clubs!" he would say, proudly displaying a 1950s vintage niblick with a leather grip so slick and hard you could see your reflection in it.

"I love a good Chip Shot," said he.

"It's harder to do than most people think."

[Trig]

The funny thing is that before Lynn, Hitting was the red headed cousin on any TGM forum. Nobody wanted to be a hitter or even talk about it. If you didn’t Swing, you were a freak.
But no one even knew what a Hit stroke was. Hit strokes were for big barrel inflexible golfers that were strong and slow. Everyone thought it looked different and wanted nothing to do with it. Hitting couldn’t look as nice as a long smooth Swing. But Yoda changed all that. It is a beautiful stroke for anyone. And powerful.
That said- I Swing most of the time. I love pulling and letting the forces of nature align my clubface- maybe because I have been reckless most of my life. LOL. But put an eight iron in my hand and POW- I hit. Why? It is what my hands want to do.

A year before I met Yoda I was convinced that my natural tendency to want to HIT was going to cause me to have less power. So I just kept trying to get my hands up, Up, UP.

After watching Yoda and Ted Forte (aka, YodasLuke) HIT the "you know what" out of the ball, I now know that there is no reason to give up any power with a hitting stroke.

Seeing is believing!

[Noryang]

This could be revolutionary in golf instruction. Not a fad, nor a gimmick. Based on sound principles.