[KevCarter]

Scott,

You are a fast learner. There is nothing like TGM. You will quickly learn that there are 3 Imperatives, 3 things I focus on in EVERY lesson, 3 Essentials, almost as important as the Imperatives but not 100% mandatory. After that its wide open. No right, wrong or best. Whatever makes you enjoy golf is what you should do...

A great instructor of TGM will help guide you through the process, not try to mold you into an ideal.

Lynn Blake and ALL teachers have their ideas of what might be the Holy Grail, based upon what they have learned from Homer Kelley, and they pass those ideas to those lucky enough to have found them. We all find our own Holy Grail but at the same time are careful not to put our favorite pieces into the wrong puzzle.

My ideal is Lynn's swing. Very simple and very easy to repeat. Plus we have a great resource for learning it. I was lucky enough to watch the Master teach for a day, he was happy to share his ideals with me as he could see they fit, but every other lesson he gave consisted of something totally different, no two the same. Swinging, Hitting, Pivot, Educated Hands, it depended upon the student.

Learning TGM takes time and patience, but like Richie said, it can be done, and you will be glad you did. We all read your post about ordering Alignment Golf, and we sit back and nod our heads knowingly. You are now on the fast track to getting it and that makes us all happy.

Kevin

Let me just say that the concept of teaching mechanics so you can find your own "feels" is a brand spanking new approach for me. I agree overall that most of the time, trying to teach a feel is very subjective. I am not saying that it won't work for some, but it hasn't worked so great for me.
There are a few things that I have learned over the years, and 3jack you pointed out one of them. The golf swing is not simple. It is a complex and dynamic action. There are no magic moves to make you "get it" instantly. One man's magic swing thought is another man's disaster.
If I may use baseball as an analogy, I always heard how Joe Dimaggio would glide around the cavernous centerfield in Yankee Stadium and gracefully get to the ball with an effortless approach. However, I am pretty sure it certainly was not as effortless as it looked and I'm sure Joe D was busting his butt. It just didn't look like he was. The man was a gifted athlete. When Fred Couples or Ernie Els hit the driver, in what looks like slow motion, the ball goes 300 yards effortlessly. Physics tells us there must be some effort and power to hit the ball that far, but these guys are so graceful and athletic that it doesn't seem like it.
Well, I am not Joe D, Freddie or Ernie. I have average athletic ability and would like to make the most out of it. The mechanical and analytical approach seems up my alley. I am more of a thinker and someone who wants to know the "whys" which I believe will help me figure out the "hows". I think most golf teaching pros can't really tell you what they are doing mechanically because they don't really know. They too, are gifted athletes and can only teach you what they feel they are doing. At least that has been my experience with teaching pros. From what I have seen and heard, I believe the TGM approach is unique and goes against what I have seen in the past. At least I hope it is. From what I have read, Homer Kelley was a scientist and a great thinker and problem solver. I don't know that he was a gifted athlete, but I do know that he was very intelligent and very analytical.
From what I have read and seen on video of Yoda, I am extremely excited to receive my Alignment Golf DVD and learn from a man who seems to "get" what Homer Kelley wrote about.