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 ?
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.
__________________ Yani Tseng, Go! Go! Go! Yani Tseng Did It Again! YOU load and sustain the "LAG", during which the "LAW" releases it, ideally beyond impact.
"Sustain (Yang/陽) the lag (Yin/陰)" is "the unification of Ying and Yang" (陰陽合一).
The "LAW" creates the "effect", which is the "motion" or "feel", with the "cause", which is the "intent" or "command".
"Lag" is the secret of golf, passion is the secret of life.
Think as a golfer, execute like a robot.
Rotate, twist, spin, turn. Bend the shaft.
'Its Your Golf Stroke' (Not harry hackers or paul pro or ian instructor)
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
Last edited by birdie_man : 10-14-2006 at 12:47 PM.
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.
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"Golf is not a subject but a motor skill which can only be learned and not taught." - Michael Hebron
"The Body, Arms and Hands have specific assignments during the Golf Stroke, and they must be coordinated into one efficient motion." - Lynn Blake
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...
Hybrid Mode
