Golf Stroke or Golf Swing?
 

It occured to me just recently that some golf terms are just not compatible with good learning habits.

Using one word to convey different meaning based on when and how they are used at a minimum adds to complexity in learning golf, at least that what my brain tells me. Keep it simple, Keep it consistent.....

What I am talking about is something I finally or I think I finally grasp that Homer did for the most part in TGM.

Is it a Golf Stroke or a Golf Swing? Can a hitter have a golf swing? Can a swinger have a golf swing?

Back Stroke vs Back Swing

Down Stroke vs Down Swing

And then there is Start Up vs Take Away, though Homer seem to not keep this as clean in his use.

I am assuming this was by design, though I would have liked to challenge a few terms/phrases he has kind of gone back and forth on.

Could this concept explained pre-TGM help others grasp TGM quicker?


Comments...

In logical terms: "Stroke" is the class, "hit" and "swing" are members of this class.

Compared to the other golf literature I posess (about 3 feet), TGM has a precise and strict terminology. Understanding this terminology is a major key to understand TGM.



BerntR

The Master's Stroke
 

Interestingly, in his film series, Bobby Jones himself continually refers to The Stroke. And if anyone ever could have commanded the word Golf Swing -- as opposed to Golf Stroke -- it was The Master himself.

I use the word stroke so not to confuse when I use the word "Swing" or "Hit."

I try to do also.... I try to get rid of all my bad practices (including not watching/reading the seems as ifs of the "pro's") from before I found The Machine.... I find myself slipping up sometimes though replacing my terminology but its starting to feel more like me saying the words everyday....

Stroke - no matter hit or swing.....