[Daryl]

3-A TRANSLATION OF INSTRUCTION There is another type of Translation to consider also – the Translation of the instructor’s instructions. Including those in this book. Only the correct Translation can lead to the correct application. A procedure must make sense – geometrically and technically. Else the Translation is faulty. If properly Translated and it still fails, then there is faulty execution. Never move anything unnecessarily, nor farther than necessary but allow for psychological needs and preferences too. Variations of the Variations are unavoidable, but should fit in with the Basic function in Chapter 7.

This book presents the “uncompensated” Stroke as a goal, guide and progress report, not as the minimum entrance test. Compensation for physical limitation, personal preference or special purpose are actually specialized techniques. For ball behavior resulting from faulty execution, there is only one recommendable compensation – correction. Simply resist going out on the course until you know enough, regardless of where the Ball goes, to prefer trying to do it right rather than incur lifelong penalties for bad “compensation” habits.

This is one of my favorites. Golfers introduce compensations to correct faulty execution; the "slippery slope". Yet that's exactly what non-TGM golf instruction attempts to do.

12-2-0 spells it out. 24 components - no need for compensations. The price you'll pay is having to understand and execute the 24 components correctly.

The Hogan Book. Remove page 42.

Lifting your left shoulder occurs because your Left Hip is out of alignment. Your left Hip is out of alignment because your left knee is out of alignment. Your Left Knee is out of alignment (or not bent enough) because your left foot is flared out toward (out of alignment) the target (Five lessons, page 42). Flaring the Left Foot disrupts bending the left knee which causes the left Hip to move too close to the base line of the inclined plane. Then, during the Downswing, it will cause you to stand up out of posture.

The Hands move the arms, the arms turns the shoulders, which turn the Hips, which bends the knee, which rolls the foot, raises (pulls) the heel. Something like that.