Yodas all time best posts
 

Here is one I just found.

http://www.lynnblakegolf.com/forum/s...ead.php?t=5986


There are many. Anybody want to share their faves?

OB

Sequenced Releases
 

My favorite started with his first post, those many years ago, and ended with the one he just posted. They would made a great book :study: .

Drew

Speaking of which, what was his first ever post on the other site? Must have been a bit of a shock for some. Like a close encounter or something.

Is there a link?

OB

I'm sure you've seen this, OB, but all of Yoda's posts have been captured and re-posted on our site. His first three months of posts are here:

http://www.lynnblakegolf.com/forum/f...play.php?f=129

Unfortunately when I worked on importing the word documents, there were no dates associated with each post, so I can't tell which is the first one. Maybe Drew or somebody else who knows could point us there.

Tons of great posts in that first 3 months thread, as well as in the other archive forum. Hard to pick a favorite!

Lynn, correct me if I am wrong, but it started with the old TGM website, which no longer exists and then went quickly to the Chuck Evan's website.

Side note: No one knew who this Yoda charater was at first, but everone was dying to know. He just took the ball and ran with it and hasn't stopped running. A seperate thread on CE webpage was introduced just to find out who he was, because he wasn't telling. He did give us a hint to his "secret" identity when a picture of Mr. Kelley was taken if front of his garage. Yoda explained that he was the one that took the picture. Knowing that Gregg McHatton GSED was also in the picture, I contacted Gregg and asked who this little green person was (although some guy posted Lynn Blakley, to which Yoda responded "nope") . Gregg then let the "cat out of the bag". Although, I was the first to know who Yoda was, other than to let him know I knew, I never told anyone. I didn't want to spoil his fun. He did that on his own sometime later.

BTW, the first post I believe was on Educated Hands, which no one was getting right until Mr. Yoda arrived.

Fly'n Saucers Rock and Roll
 

Thanks Drew

Always wondered about his arrival to this planet. He came here with a message of Educated Hands. Interesting. Did he scare anybody at first, or was he received peacefully. Was the US army there? The FBI?


Bagger Im wondering if I could re name this thread. I dont want everyones all time favourite single thread, that is too hard. Just some threads that people like that once compiled would make for a nice collection of sorts.

So if you guys dont mind. Please post a link as you come across them.

Regards
ob

Drew

Dont know if this is the first encounter or not but it sure is an "oldy but a goldy".

From "the first three months". Here is the link:


http://www.lynnblakegolf.com/forum/s...ead.php?t=6158

Regards
ob

Forum Question
 

Mr. Yoda, moderators, any member : I am new to the forum and unsure where I should post this off topic query. I've been reading the forum ( and the Golfing Machine 7th ed. ) for about three weeks now. My delima is this - I continue to get bumped off the site while reading and need to re-log in, in order to finish what I'm reading. Are there levels of priority based on tenure or other considerations? I don't appear to have this issue with other forums or computer activities. Any suggestions or reccommondations? Thanks and thanks to all for all the insightful information regarding the swing. Larry

It was great times
 

....when this Holenone guy showed up and suddenly showed some of the selfproclaimed world champions of golf instruction that there is other (or at least one) extremely well informed people out there, when it comes to TGM.

I also still remember Yoda taking the Single Axis forum by storm for a short while, before the host got a bit sulky.

Yoda's internet (first) ascendancy has been incredible and i am privileged to have witnessed it.

If you have any on file, please post them here.

Id love to see them. Any of them.

ob

lightsaber
 

my all-time favorite .

http://www.lynnblakegolf.com/forum/s...i ng+Clubhead

A Favorite Lynn Post
 

Lynn on Hitting:

Homer on Bobby Clampett's swing.
 

You fellas may have seen this one but I just unearthed it for the first time.

http://www.lynnblakegolf.com/forum/s...ead.php?t=2680

Bobby Clampetts swing was clearly showing its early 1980's roots (as did mine and most everyone else back then). While Mr Kelley was no doubt asked to analyze a very prominent TGM student he also seems to be gently critiquing a generational swing style. In the era of knee drive and hang back Mr Kelleys ideas must have seemed even more radical then than they do now.

I used to have a backswing like that with the right arm staying straight and it was a recipe for angled or even vertical hinging for me. Mr Kelley deals with it all very politely I think. Sadly much of his insight was edited out. If only the golfing world had a chance to embrace what he was he saying, they could have saved a decade or two of wandering around in woods, literally.

Im still weeding some of these things out of my garden. But now thanks to Lynn's site and Homers book, I can separate the weeds from the flowers quite easily.

Thanks to Yoda for sharing with us this unedited swing analysis by Homer Kelley. Its a rare glimpse of his swing thoughts in a somewhat casual context.

ob

PS Clampett's release, impact and follow through photos look fantastic by any era's standards.

PSS And lag plus! Nice.

Missing Puzzle Piece
 

While looking for a Jeff Hull archived post, I ran across this one of my own. Fond memories here!

See post #56: http://lynnblakegolf.com/forum/showt...?t=5366&page=6.

:salut:

Book em' Danno !
 

Lynn,

You known, you really should consider writing a book:study: . That is, in addition to this website :yoda: .

My Hero
 

Mid-afternoon Wednesday, I walked into the Men's Grill at Atlanta CC. I had a nine-hole round scheduled for 4 p.m. and wanted a snack to tide me over 'til dinner. As I looked around, I saw that someone else had the same idea: Larry Nelson.

Now, this was a rare sighting. Larry lives off the 18th fairway and normally does his eating at home. But, there he was, and hearing me order my half-tuna salad sandwich and cole slaw -- I really am trying! --before even sitting down, he glanced up and motioned me to his table.

:shock:

"Life all comes down to a few moments. This is one of them."

Bud Fox, Wall Street (1987)

So, there we were: he with his potato soup and me with my tuna salad. Mano o mano with one of the great players in history. What do you say? What do you talk about? Like a racing clubhead through impact, it's all a blur. Some things personal. Some things PGA TOUR politics. Some things golf swing.

The Quiet Man talked.

The Green Man listened.

As did, I suspect, more than one or two at the nearby tables!

Anyway, it was great fun, and thirty minutes later we were headed to the Practice Tee. He to get ready for the Champions Tour's upcoming Toshiba Classic in Newport Beach, California, and me to get ready to play with my junior student Katie Skeeles in preparation for her varsity qualifying. Each playing our respective roles in this great game of golf.

:golfcart2:

Oh, I almost forgot. See Post #20 here for one of my favorites:

http://www.lynnblakegolf.com/forum/s...?t=3505&page=2.

:salut:

Two of a Kind
 

Nice story Yoda...living close by ....I may have to go over and check out the Toshiba & watch Mr. Nelson in person.:)

Accidental Passenger
 

Here's another that I enjoyed writing. See post #3 here:

http://www.lynnblakegolf.com/forum/s...ead.php?t=5220

:)

My favorite...
 

Not written by Yoda, but certainly because of him.

http://www.lynnblakegolf.com/forum/s....php?t=2561&#3

Thank you, Lynn :salut:

Nice one Bambam

Did Yoda and Billy Casper get around to talking about the Casper takeaway?

Swinging and Hitting vs the cruelty of ill defined randomness
 

Here is a Yoda post that I read and re read. Especially now that Im hitting after many years of ...........something, not sure what, lets call it a constant state of Flux. With results that matched.

Oh and a short but sweet post by Luke that is thought provoking.


http://www.lynnblakegolf.com/forum/a...d=124040876 2

http://www.lynnblakegolf.com/forum/a...d=124040893 0

If I remember correctly, most of the discussion was around putting. Of course, Lynn was well prepared to strike up the conversation with stories and facts about Casper on the tip of his tongue!

July 29, 2009

Yoda upon his return from the Open has on this day referenced a truly great post from long ago.

http://lynnblakegolf.com/forum/showt...t=memorization

One More Time Down Memory Lane
 

See #3 here: http://www.lynnblakegolf.com/forum/s...?p=615#post615.

:)

TGM Drills
 

See Compda's Post #1 and my follow-up #6. http://www.lynnblakegolf.com/forum/thread6364.html

:)

Please Release Me
 

See Post #14 here:http://www.lynnblakegolf.com/forum/s...e+bou ndaries.

Hitter's Epiphany
 

For Hitters using the Angle of Approach procedure, this is a great thread: http://www.lynnblakegolf.com/forum/s...ch+ procedure. All my posts here bear on the thread-initiating questions and are worthy of study, but post #11 turned the tide.

:)

Quiet Please!
 

Here's one I wrote in November 2005 in response to rchang's post regarding noise during a clip from the Alignment Golf video V.J. Trolio and I filmed at Old Waverly GC that October. The thread and video can be found under TGM Basic / V.J. and Yoda Talk Short Shots http://www.lynnblakegolf.com/forum/s...ead.php?t=1840. Believe me, every word in this Post #9 is true!

:laughing9

It ain't bad luck, Rchang, it's normal! Until I started filming videos around the country, I had no idea how much noise there is on the so-called 'tranquil' golf courses of the land.

My first attempt in Orlando, Florida, early this year met with more maintenance carts and mowers than you can imagine. After several aborted attempts, we moved to the far side of the course -- far enough away, I thought, to avoid all that activity.

I was wrong.

In fact, on this outer border of the course, in addition to the everpresent maintenance men...

"All the lonely people
Where do they all come from ?
All the lonely people
Where do they all belong?"

-- The Beatles, Eleanor Rigby

...we were also constantly interrupted by everything from barking dogs to screaming avian wildlife. The last straw came when a heliocopter -- a heliocopter for cryin' out loud! -- approached and then stopped directly above us. With its occupants apparently checking out the adjacent property, and with the entire blue sky available for parking, it then proceeded to hover in that exact spot a full ten minutes! I kid you not.

Last June, things were going quite nicely during the filming of a practice tee interview with Henning Lundstrom, GSEM, in Destin, Florida. Suddenly, the range-meister cranks up the ball-picker and begins to rattle around in front of the tee. When he gets through, he fires up his gasoline-powered ball buggy, pulls up within ten feet of our location and kills the engine. He then proceeds to dump range balls, first into the basket at Henning's feet, and then into the baskets in the adjacent stations. That job done, he cranks up again and motors away. Between him -- he made several more passes -- and what must have been the entire Florida Air National Guard conducting maneuvers in the area, Henning and I didn't stand a chance.

Then, in September, after running into similar obstacles during our first run at Woodmont C.C. in Canton, Georgia, V.J. and I declared war: We decided to film our next go-round at his quiet West Point, Mississippi, learning center. Situated at the far end of the Old Waverly Golf Club's practice range and well away from the clubhouse and golf course, it seemed to offer the perfect solution. Alas, within thirty seconds of our opening lines, a train whistle blew...and blew...and blew. I could only shake my head at V.J.:

"A train, V.J?", I said in disbelief. "You have a train around here?"

"It's three miles away," said he.

Well, maybe so, but it might as well have been next door. :(

Undaunted, we were out early the next morning on the scenic back side filming our Putting video. We had a two hour window until the first golfers would come through and had to make the most of it. We set up our cameras and got things rolling.

Then came Blowerman.

We're talkin' about a guy on a major league tractor pulling a giant leaves blower. Between the two machines, it sounded like Saturday at the Indy 500. And for some unknown reason, Blowerman decides to make the adjacent rough his career project. He simply would not go away! Even the normally cool-as-a-cucumber V.J. finally lost it and invoked an expletive or three. :mad:

When Blowerman finally ran out of gas, we moved to take advantage of the renewed peace and quiet. But we no sooner get started again when the guy who lives just off that green cranks up his riding mower and proceeds to mow his backyard. I am not making this up!

The delivery truck and weather sirens you talked about, Rchang? I never heard them.

I swear to goodness, I never heard them.

:cool:

The one great thing about the off season is that Yoda has the time to post more often. The drills link above could be a good DVD or instruction book in itself.

The King and I
 

http://lynnblakegolf.com/forum/thread6481.html

:salut:

Thats a beautiful story Lynn, thank you.


"To the King!"


.http://www.lynnblakegolf.com/forum/a...d=129220428 9http://www.lynnblakegolf.com/forum/a...d=129220462 7

Quiet Please!
 

Gotta love #9 here:

http://www.lynnblakegolf.com/forum/s...ead.php?t=1840

&B

Exit Mania
 

O.B.,

The Plane of the 'exiting' of the golf club from the Follow-Through into the Finish is now all the rage. Is Turned Shoulder right? Is Squared Shoulder wrong?

Much of what is being written or said today concerns using the Body (Pivot / Zone #1) to control the Arms (Power / Zone #2) and Hands (Direction / Zone #3). From the hopelessly over-Plane practice stroke 'chop' I first saw years ago with Corey Pavin to the graceful On Plane exit of Sam Snead, it is an environment where Pivot-Controlled-Hands and Hands-Controlled-Pivot collide. Until this conflict is resolved -- consciously or subconsciously -- Bent Plane Lines and Compensated Strokes are inevitable.

Why not start a new thread for the discussion of same? Contact Bambam if you have any trouble moving any of this stuff over.

:salut:

Memorizing -- and Using Moments To Do It
 

See #11 here. http://www.lynnblakegolf.com/forum/thread3491-2.html

And, for context, #16 and #18. Then #19, #20 and #24.

Ah, heck -- before and aft -- read'em all. It's a great thread!

:salut:

Growing Pains
 

Post #50. http://www.lynnblakegolf.com/forum/thread3491-5.html

Pick A Topic and Go
 

Have we listed #1 here?

http://www.lynnblakegolf.com/forum/thread3491.html

Or, anything here: http://www.lynnblakegolf.com/forum/thread3491-2.html.

Ah, shoot, I've spent an hour hanging around an old thread to which I contributed a substantial number of hours. And still ardently believe every word I wrote!

This 'Best of Yoda' Forum in its present form is potent, but anemic.

There are thousands of worthwhile posts in my archives to be organized and presented to our interested readers.

The task is enormous.

I need an intern who will work under my personal direction and edit.

I will find that person soon.

Meanwhile, from our own . . .

Any takers?

A PM works.

:smile:

Hitting Aficiendado
 

Another great find. Thanks, ICT!

That was not Homer Kelley's conclusion. Enjoy the exact words of The Master:

"I think Hitting is going to become far, far more popular than Swinging
with the real blood-thirsty golfers, the money-hungry golfers. They're going
to go to Hitting because it is...they have total control; much better finesse;
more positive control of Power; and less total body involvement."

"It is far more difficult to learn, but far easier to execute
when you get it. Oh, it's so simple. Nothing ever happens. Nothing ever gets
out of line. You just take it up and come down. And you can slam it as hard
as you want to if you stayed with this Right Forearm alignment.

"And you'll find all of a sudden you don't have to 'throw' the
club. Just come down any speed you want and it just comes right through.

And not having to 'Rotate the Plane Lines' [Ed: to curve the Ball.] -- gee,
that's a tremendous advantage. But, it is harder to learn, but lots
easier to execute once you've learned it. Much more individual. You feel like
you're controlling every little ingredient."

"I think it's great."

And there you have it.

:golfcart2:

Can you explain why the hitter does not have to rotate the plane lines to curve the ball?

Horizontal Reasoning
 

My belief is that the Hitter is using a naturally laid back piston-like thrust with the right elbow. To prevent that loss of compression and maintain the integrity of the "Sweet spot Plane" as it contacts the inside Aft of the ball, the Hitter employs the Horizontal Hinge which maintains a constant closing of the club face automatically.

ICT