TGM paper and presentation
 

Hello,
I am finishing off my PGA Training in Norway this winter and is writing my final paper on The Golfing Machine and will also present my work to the rest of the students. I am planning to write an general summery of what The Golfing Machine is about and my experience with it. I was lucky to watch Lynn in Sweden this year and have had several lessons with Authorized Instructors in the US. In addition I have lots of good information on this great website.


But my question is: I will not be able to summerize all the good information there is about TGM in 15 pages, so what do you think is the most important topics I should focus on to present the best overall picture of TGM ?

Imperatives, essentials, the flying wedges and 1-L

Be concise. Write 30 pages and render down to 20 then 15. You said it is a General Summery so don't get bogged down with the finer details. You can and should footnote this for anyone that wants to know more. (LBG can be a footnote-fyi.)

You cannot go wrong building a point of view around 1-L. It all fits on that.

I do find it interesting that three of the most important and original ideas or POV that Homer Kelley wrote, the Flying Wedges, extensor action and The Magic of the Right Forearm, are rather brief passages. You could build FW, ExA and MRF onto 1-L easily and have a winner.

just 2 cents off my debit card. 6b

...that TGM is not a method, but an encyclopedia of what works and what does not work in the golf swing.

feedback
 

I believe that 6BMike takes photos or writes for a magazine/newspaper- so I would pay attention to his advice closely- he's a professional in the field.

15 pages is ample, ample room to summarize anything including TGM. Lot's of different ways to organize it- I'd read up or browse some books or internet sites on "writing" techniques and proper structure in summarizing topics.

I would personally start from the broad concepts and work towards the smaller ones.
A few sentences on TGM and a few sentences on the other popular or known books,theories, teachers. Then you could differentiate how/if the Golfing Machine is different than all the other theories, etc.- again briefly and in general - you're just hitting the big topics at the beginning.
Who's the author? Some basic background.
Then maybe an overview of the book
Then maybe some details - a few specific samples to "wet the appetite"- and that tie into your general concepts above.

It seems to me that the entire chapter one is Homer's overview of his system- the rest of the chapters are merely clarification and details outlined in Chapter one. So that's one area to look at and maybe you'll get some ideas there- but you may have better ways in the context of your summary to present it.

Hopefully - your not required to write 15 pages- if 7 does it great- if 18 does it great!

I'd list all your resources.

With any writing project I'd always have more than one editor. Anotherwords, having your material reveiwed by others and getting feedback is not "cheating"- it's being smart. What you do with that feedback is up to you. I'd post some or all of it on the forum for feedback. I'd PM Lynn and see if he would review your rough draft. I'd ask for feedback from other writers. I'd ask for feedback from other golfers.

I'd try to make it something more than just a regurgitation of what you think he's saying or already know. Make it a learning process for you along the way.

Are they still "writing papers" in school? Why not put it on a disk- power point - with some pictures, audio, video. Just a minute or less of audio of Homer speaking- if it's the right audio - will give you and your listeners an understanding of the man's depth and control of his subject matter.

Just a few thoughts- good luck with you paper and your golf career.

1. "Sustain the lag" to "sustain the line of compression".

2. Straight plane line.

3. Clubface orientation at separation dictates ball launching direction.

And stuff in my signature, if you're interested.

Most important concept or principle of TGM IMHO

'Its Your Golf Stroke' (Not harry hackers or paul pro or ian instructor)


Next most important concept or principle of TGM

The Definition Yoda often states

' The Hinge Action (2-G) of an Angular Motion (2-K) on an Inclined Plane(2-F)' [1-L pg 11]

The Third is The Golf Stroke Development -

'Basic Motion Curriculum'

Basic Motion, Acquired Motion, Total Motion

The Last and that is TGM is catalog of the golf components, 24 components and 144 variations.

I agree with that for sure.

That is definitely one of the most important things.....and maybe the first thing you'd ever want to tell anyone about TGM.

"There are only 3 IMPARATIVES....and many ways to accomplish them."

"Whatever works best for YOU."

This is incredibly important...and why so many different swings throughout history have been successful. Think about it....Tiger...Hogan....TREVINO....Nicklaus....K PERRY....Snead....FURYK.....blah blah etc. etc. "Conventional" and "unconventional."

They get the job done. Why? 3 IMPARATIVES. (and the natural tendencies of the player)

They figured out a way that THEY could play. And some figured it out (tweaked it) better than others....but still was THEIR swing.

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I'd also talk about how it was put together...i.e. by the obsessive researching of Homer Kelly over however many years (40 or 50 or w/e it is)....and that he was still going with the research when he died. (also VERY important)

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I'd talk about just the whole essence of the book....what it is....what it is supposed to do for teachers.....etc.

Options options options.

A "parts catalogue" of the golf swing (you pick parts out of the catalogue)....+ what the parts do.

Talk about the 24 components.

Talk about some of the science behind the whole thing. (not too in depth lol)

I think the preface, intro, and first chapter will give you a lot of ideas.....because it's there where Homer is essentially summarizing TGM.

-Paul

The triad
 

My TGM studies are very rudimentary, but in addition to all of the above posts, or in compiance with them, I think the STAR system triad is important. Especially for people unfamiliar with TGM.

Everybody:thanks for lots of good advice. I have got some good points on how to organize all the great GM information into an paper. The biggest challenge, however, will be to translate the concepts and everything else into Norwegian...:eyes: