[joe curtis]

I am coming to a fork in the road and I will take it. Being up here in Robert Frost Country. If I was down in Joel Chandler Harris country I would say , Throw me in that briar patch Mr. fox.
The explanation is likely simple but I don't know why.
TGM says:
I paraphrase......... Develop in accord to Chapter #9. That means Zone #1 FIRST, then Zone #2, Then zone #3 Doesn’t It?
Homer states in the Preface a recommended approach to the book. Nowhere does it get to 12-5. Why do we start there? Shouldn’t we have the recommended understanding developed first?
I would like to spend more time on the complete motion. I find it harder to add more components and longer stroke than to shorten the longer stroke and practice the "more basic" .
Why does the teaching I see not follow Homers instructions?

The Bear

mr bear, i am with you. i have seen tgm instructors for years teach basic and aquired. most students can get those motions rather well. then the studint moves to the full swing and all hell breaks loose they never master the full swing. ok, you can say they never mastered the basic or aqulired. then i say, that learning the basic and aquired as taought now by most tgm people is not working for the masses. so, how do we change the teaching process? i do not know how the book says to teach the progression. but you may have the answer in your question.