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Good question, probably something all of us have tangled with and yes this is very important. In fact this touches on perhaps Mr Kelley's greatest gift to golfers or G.O.L.F. ers. Check out Chapter 12.

Id say you need to start at the beginning in Basic and then work your way up to Acquired and then gradually all the way to Total Motion. Its hard to jump in mid stream and see the subtleties in the evolution in Lag Pressure, Length of Stroke, Hinge Action, Power etc. Fortunately the Corriculum for learning TGM leaves you with one heck of a short game.

I cant remember if Colin Neeman started in Basic on the tapes or not. Normally Lynn does this greenside so maybe it didnt make it on the video. Not sure.

Start with Basic, One Accumulator, 2' back 2' through. Address, Top, Finish the Three Stations which amongst other things means no provision what so ever for Impact. Do this first without a ball to avoid throwaway and then with a ball. I start with only my right arm swinging the club. Do it beside a green so you arent tempted to put some extra Lag Pressure into it. Its a very short shot. Feel the Lag Pressure in your #3 Pressure Point. You'll notice a correlation between you good shots (with no provision for impact) and the maintenance of Lag Pressure in the #3 Pressure Point. "Hitting at the Ball, (throwaway) produces only Hackers". Within the 2' back 2' through length of Basic is a range of different Lag Pressures that gives the ball more send. Like a putt the Lag Pressure is applied smoothly, evenly. The stroke is the same length on both sides of ball, no extra acceleration needed. Tick, Tock like a metronome. Get to both arms straight. Use different Hinge Actions and Lag Pressures, ball positions to vary the shot's distance flight, spin, run etc.

Acquired. As in you "acquire" more power, another Accumulator ,a Pivot etc. Move to the range now or longer pitching area. Right forearm level to the ground to Clubshaft approx 45 degrees with both arms straight. Having succeeded in Basic, cutting things short at 45 degrees should be easier for you. Same drill here. Address, Top , Finish. Know where they are, dont go past them. Look at the face angle at Finish to check compliance with the Hinge Action. Play around with different Lag Pressures, Ball Position for different shot distances , flights. You'll find you can hit it pretty far in acquired....this training comes in handy if your punching a 5 iron under some trees from the rough, say.

From there you work you're way up gradually adding more length to the stroke while varying the Lag Pressure, Hinge Actions etc. Both Arms Straight and horizontal to the ground, Both Arms above horizontal but no finish swivel, add the Finish Swivel for a 3/4 shot, Total Motion.

I probably have some of this wrong, which reveals the work I have before me in my course of study. The end result is Ball Control. Total control and one heck of a short game. Hitting a normal seven iron is easy after going through all of this. You can scoot through the rest of the bag if your in a rush to the tee, no problem. If your just practicing and hit a rough spot , go back one club. Cant get Acquired right? Go back to Basic. Having trouble in Basic go to one hand or no ball. Having trouble with no ball....go home. Mr Kelleys revelation came when he realized he never "hacked" at daisys, I believe.

I start off as above and then do it the other way around hitting say 75 yard shots in every manner available to me. Normally working my way down from a Total Motion with lightish Lag Pressure to Acquired with lots/tons of Lag Pressure. Then 60 yards ,then 50 yards, then 40, then 30 then 10. When you can get to a 10 to 20 yard shot with Total Motion you're getting good, real good. Lynn throws this at me in our lessons. Ive been working on it, hope I dont choke when next he tries it. In the past its been a nightmare for the ball pickers to find my efforts in those trees and pastures.

The Total Motion, super light Lag Pressure reveals a lot of hidden wobbles, wrinkles. Like an aging actress in a bright side light. I can get rid of my swing wrinkles though, hopefully. Thanks to Mr Kelley and Lynn I now have a procedure for accomplishing this. No surgery necessary either.

Sorry for the ramble. Its almost Golf Season here and I'm dying to hit some balls on real turf. Dying.

PS Basic isnt as easy as it sounds. Dont leave Basic till your hitting them really well. You can do more good for your driver in Basic than just pounding balls with your driver as a warm up. The ball responds to the Geometry. I personally find I can sort of patch things over in Acquired while Basic reveals everything with brutish honesty. It was in Basic that I first got to know Three Dimensional Impact and Both Arms Straight. Id been playing at a fairly high level for years and had never experienced a little chip so powerful and sweet. Really weird but it left me to wonder what would happen with the rest of my bag if I could accomplish it there too. And so it goes.