[Mathew]

Hi all.
I am new to the golfing machine and new to this forum. I am planning on attending the schools in February for Level 1 and Level 2. I am trying to get prepared for the school and learn as much about the golfing machine as I can. Where should I start??

I have started to read the book but I am finding it difficult to follow

The golfing machine at first can be quite daunting and is certainly not for the myopically minded. The golfing machine really gets you into the correct type of thinking and concepts required to understand the golf stroke and its variations.

To really understand TGM, you must never stop thinking! You must gain the knowledge to really visualise how every part works as a collective in its own intraspective way and their interactions with each other. You must find ways to test yourself and the more that you visualise the clearer and clearer the picture becomes until its crystal clear to where you can just visualise different patterns in your head... this skill is what seperates someone that just quotes and paraphrases the book (often incorrectly) from those that understand it. However that is something that will take a LONG time.

On a side note - if you ever get to that point, it is an unfortunate fact that the more you learn, the more you recieve animosity from others, almost to the point of absurdity which can be really annoying at times but you always have to remind yourself that is because you have something they don't - a clear perception.