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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.

Gotta be somewhat careful here . . . there's learning the book to learn the book . . . and then there's APPLYING THE BOOK . . . you can get on some snipe hunts in the book. The alignment golf video would be a GREAT place to start as far as getting the concepts correct for sure. But some of the concepts are fundamental others are certainly great but may not be applicable to YOUR machine . . . so be careful that you pick the right pieces. I actually got immersed in "learning the book" and it didn't necessarily translate into better scores. I think ultimately it has and will and I wouldn't trade what I know for anything . . . . however . . . probably wasn't the quickest way to go about getting better. You sound like a dude that wants to learn "it" . . but you gotta figure out what "it" is first.

You should find someone competent in your area or put a swing up here or send one to someone on the site in private if you'd like.

You need to get really up to snuff on a few concepts . . . and then start applying them . . .

1. Face and path relationships are a number uno important . . . line of compression
2. Rhythm . . . hinging . . . clubface control
3. Wedges
4. Low point control . . . down out and forward impact
5. Plane line control . . . Plane angle control
6. Centered pivot

Number 1 here to me IS NUMBER ONE . . . the rest will take their respective order of importance based on what's lacking in your motion. So get a video and send it to somebody/put it up or go see somebody that is well versed in person.