Very good topic. I am guilty of jumping around like most golfers. But now I have TGM. Now it's a matter of working on my selected components. Master one, move on.
I like the post Mike O. regarding pivot controlled hands. There is some good stuff in here about why people continually try to change things, and a lot of it has to do with the concept of "feel". Feel is elusive and ever-changing. I'm sure this has a lot to do with why people keep searching for new methods and philosophy's.
At what point do you make a decision as to what golf philosphy, instruction, method, style you are going to adopt as your mainstay?
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Whatever, not until I can hit one type of (whatever) shot ten in a row.
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bts,
1. Start with a dead-straight, 12-inch Putt.
2. Make a complete Three-Station Motion (Address, Top and Finish).
3. Stay On Plane during that Basic Motion (Up, Back and In and Down, Out and Forward) by Tracing (Clubshaft Control) the Plane Line / Target Line with your Right Forearm and Forefinger (which senses the inertia of the Lagging Sweetspot and thus also serves as Clubhead Control).
4. Keep your Left Wrist Flat (Clubface Control) as you proceed through Impact until Both Arms are straight. In other words, Follow-Through.
5. Pick the Ball out of the Hole and repeat nine more times.
At this point, your search has ended. Ten times in a row you have used your Flat Left Wrist, Clubhead Lag Pressure Point and Straight Plane Line to demonstrate total control of the Clubface, Head and Shaft from Address to The Top to The Finish. You may now embrace The Golfing Machine for what it is:
Excellent questions Martee. I first played golf 23 years ago in my middle 30s. I became 100% skeptical of all golf instruction very quickly. I figured out on my own that the hands had to come through before the clubhead, but believed both wrists had to cock-- years of mediocre play. Quit for a couple years a couple times. Could never figure out what was wrong, why I could never be consistent. Actually heard of TGM many years ago, but assumed it was just another scam. When Brian Manzella said straight left wrist bent right wrist on a post at FGI a couple years ago, I just slapped my forehead and said Eureka! I had many lessons over the years--- why was I never told this before? I bought Ben Doyle's Video and Hebron's Secrets & Lies book, and have made lots of improvement-- to the point where I need a couple lessons... but now I know who I can trust.
I still forget most of what I read about golf instruction, even here!
But the topics that are on point with what I'm working on are ALWAYS helpful.
2-dimensional videos and written instructions are dangerous! Even when it's accurate and precise-- if it isn't something I'm ready for, I will ignore it.
Thank you Yoda for this wonderful site! And thanks for the good question Martee!
Thank you Yoda for this wonderful site! And thanks for the good question Martee!
And thank you, Redan, for your insightful first post. Keep'em coming: We teach what we want to learn, and the two very quickly get delightfully mixed up around here!
We cannot see beyond a choice we do not understand. Often the gold at the end of the rainbow is ill-defined or treated as if it's not a need-to-know by the instructor or methodologist. That's why we move from method to method. I have often felt that students and instructors are co-conspirators in the never ending search. There is a limited supply of answers, because there is a limited demand for them.
There may seem like there are an infinite number of questions in TGM, but for each question there is an answer. A reason. It is not a dogmatic embrace of an opinion or anecdotal experience. The pot of gold is precisely striking the ball with an economy of effort and a wealth of result.
I like TGM because you can see the end, when you begin. The path is set before you. It's a choice you can see beyond.
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