I thought a quick look at Percy Boomer’s principals of the golf swing would be interesting.
Here are his six essentials- let see how they translate into TGM. Please add and/or correct what I have written. I’m learning more with every log on, too.
Boomer listed his six essentials of the swing:
1. It is essential to turn the body round to the right and then back and round to the left, without moving either way. In other words, this turning movement must be from a fixed pivot.
Lynn stresses to build an A frame at address. This turning movement is 2-0-A-2 that allows you apply 2-0-B-3.
2. It is essential to keep the arms at full stretch throughout the swing-through the backswing, the downswing, and the follow-through.
By golly gee- 6-B-1-D.
3. It is essential to allow the wrists to break fully back at the top of the swing.
At the end of the top swing we should have a bent right wrist- 5-A-1, 5-A-2.
Lag loading 6-C-0, 7-19. Flying Wedges- 6-B-3-0-1.
4. It is essential to delay the actual hitting of the ball until as late in the swing as possible.
Aiming Point Concept- 6-E, 7-19. Snap release- 10-24-E. 9-2-9.
5. It is essential not to tighten any muscle concerned in the reactive part of the swing (movement above the waist).
Percy Boomer believed in an elliptic swing path of the clubhead that was released by centrifugal force to impact. Sounds like a Swinger with a Automatic release. 10-24-0.
6. It is essential to feel and control the swing as a whole and not to concentrate upon any part of it.
Educated Hands. 1-L, 1-J.
Another point of his:
"We are frequently and wrongly told to keep our left arm straight, when we should be told to aim for the feeling of it being pushed down. If we look for that, our arm will be practically straight even at the top of our swing, because we are stretching it to obtain the down feeling.
"This is the reliable way of reaching this end, because it is conditioned and controlled by feel, not thought. Incidentally, this explains why you can be a top-class golfer even if your left arm is not straight at the top of your swing -- not the straightness but the downness is the vital factor.”
Practice mechanics- play with feel and apply 6-B-1-D.
Percy Boomer- On Learning Golf is a good book but not as complete as Homer Kelley's book. The book is not perfect- it has parts to disagree with but his swing path was groundbreaking.
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