[innercityteacher]

Kathy and I just walked in the door after the epic lesson with Lynn. We spent 8 hours on Sunday taking Humpty Dumpty apart and putting him back together again, and we're both very excited to hit the range and the course and put our two new swings to work.

I took copious notes about what we learned in that full day session, and I'd be happy to share, but I'm not sure they'll help anyone but us. Spending all that time with Lynn made me realize that so much of TGM is about context, just as Homer Kelly said, and I paraphrase: "Not everything in this book will be useful to you, but everything will be useful to somebody" or something like that. I have fixed in my head the image of Lynn imitating my lunging, jerky OTT startdown move, and understanding now why I do it and how I correct it.

And I suppose that this next part belongs in the Testimonials Section, but really, the 12 hours we spent with Lynn were unparalleled in my golf experience. I feel first of all as if I made a great friend, and that's a feeling to never be underestimated. Of course, the pure golf instruction was first rate, and I now feel that all of my golf goals are attainable. Never felt that before.

And as far as the Yellow Book goes, I feel as if I was working on a puzzle, or making my way through a tricky level on a video game, and Lynn gave me a critical piece, so now the rest of the puzzle/level can fall into place. That's how I now look at the Yellow Book: I can read through it with real understanding, not guessing about what this part means, how the other part fits into the whole, whether this or another section relates to me. I can, and intend to, read it with a real context. I feel as if my study of the Book WILL yield results, amplified by all of Lynn's great guidance.

Rain washed out our last 4 hour session. I was disappointed, but now I'm happy, knowing that I have an excuse to go back to Cuscowilla in great weather, play a beautiful course, and have 4 more great hours with the gracious and masterful Lynn Blake.

Anytime QS, insight bubbles up feel free to share them as we will all be working on that massive jigsaw puzzle of the swing!


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