I just wanted to say how excited I am to finally start applying some TGM basics to my golf swing. I cant tell you how this has impacted my understanding of how the golf swing is supposed to work. As a 5 HC my ball striking was good but after applying some TGM techniques it has improved dramatically. Im happy to find websites like this that are dedicated to this way of teaching. I wish the teaching world would incorporate more TGM in there teachings. Then finally, the average golfers HC would go down.
I just wanted to say how excited I am to finally start applying some TGM basics to my golf swing. I cant tell you how this has impacted my understanding of how the golf swing is supposed to work. As a 5 HC my ball striking was good but after applying some TGM techniques it has improved dramatically. Im happy to find websites like this that are dedicated to this way of teaching. I wish the teaching world would incorporate more TGM in there teachings. Then finally, the average golfers HC would go down.
I started last March with a 21 hcp. and now am down to an 11.5. If I had it to do over again, I would have gone through the basic motion progressions, acquired motion and total motion with an exaggerated # 3 PP, and slowly increased the speed with which I sustained the feeling of the lag.
Every bit of information you gather here is in service to that one concept:sustain the lag. Being on this website is a little like having a bunch of uncles tell you how cool it is to "kiss a girl," (I'm using a metaphor for doing something else with a girl out of respect for the man that owns and operates this place) when you are a complete virgin (I'm not ripping Daryl here because some things are just over the top). Anyway...you don't understand love until you have experienced it, just like sustaining the lag until you have directed it through the ball and down to Australia or China.
YBGF
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I started last March with a 21 hcp. and now am down to an 11.5. If I had it to do over again, I would have gone through the basic motion progressions, acquired motion and total motion with an exaggerated # 3 PP, and slowly increased the speed with which I sustained the feeling of the lag.
Every bit of information you gather here is in service to that one concept:sustain the lag. Being on this website is a little like having a bunch of uncles tell you how cool it is to "kiss a girl," (I'm using a metaphor for doing something else with a girl out of respect for the man that owns and operates this place) when you are a complete virgin (I'm not ripping Daryl here because some things are just over the top). Anyway...you don't understand love until you have experienced it, just like sustaining the lag until you have directed it through the ball and down to Australia or China.
YBGF
I'm brand new here and still trying to grasp any concepts , so, with that in mind - When you say exaggerated #3 PP what do you mean exactly?
I'm glad to hear that you started with Basic and Acquired motions. Thats where I am starting so I now know I'm on the right track!
I'm brand new here and still trying to grasp any concepts , so, with that in mind - When you say exaggerated #3 PP what do you mean exactly?
I'm glad to hear that you started with Basic and Acquired motions. Thats where I am starting so I now know I'm on the right track!
Thanks!
Hi Jesse V!
If you are right handed, here is how you get your left hand bottom 3 fingers (# 2 PP), your right hand heel over your left thumb (# 1 PP), and your right index/trigger finger all aft of the club shaft at Standard Address (do you have a yellow book?).
Please find the videos Lynn posted on my thread and elsewhere. Make sure your grip is correct and you can see 2.5 knuckles looking down at your FLW. At Mid-Body Hands, you should be able to "drink water by bending both thumbs up as if they were the rims of cups.
All 3 PP's will be ready at Standard address and # 4 PP, left arm against left side will be loaded as you Right heel back lifting up on your left toes and then reverse. You should feel the LAG going back and in reverse.
When you are clear on all this let us know.
ICT
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HP, grant me the serenity to accept what I cannot change, the courage to change what I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. Progress and not perfection is the goal every day!
Last edited by innercityteacher : 04-25-2011 at 12:03 PM.
If you are right handed, here is how you get your left hand bottom 3 fingers (# 2 PP), your right hand heel over your left thumb (# 1 PP), and your right index/trigger finger all aft of the club shaft at Standard Address (do you have a yellow book?).
Please find the videos Lynn posted on my thread and elsewhere. Make sure your grip is correct and you can see 2.5 knuckles looking down at your FLW. At Mid-Body Hands, you should be able to "drink water by bending both thumbs up as if they were the rims of cups.
All 3 PP's will be ready at Standard address and # 4 PP, left arm against left side will be loaded as you Right heel back lifting up on your left toes and then reverse. You should feel the LAG going back and in reverse.
When you are clear on all this let us know.
ICT
Yep, I'm right handed, don't have a yellow book yet, will order one pay day. LOL Durn economy!!!!!!
I understand a little about Power Points(?) Accumulators(?)I understand FLW, Flat Left Wrist, understand mid-body hands, understand the drink water. Learned that from yours and Cathy's vids.
I surmise right heel back is the start of back swing and pivot to right, so I should feel weight transfer back to right heel on start of back swing? Lifting on left toes, is a lifting of the left heel off the ground. Lifting the left heel on to my toes is Greek to me, I've never felt comfortable lifting my left heel off the ground. Is lifting left heel a must move? How much should I lift it?
I've tried it and think it would help me with weight transfer and start of down swing. Like I said I just never felt comfortable doing it, however, with bad back and lack of hip/shoulder rotation it may be something I should start doing.... What do you think?
Yep, I'm right handed, don't have a yellow book yet, will order one pay day. LOL Durn economy!!!!!!
I understand a little about Power Points(?) Accumulators(?)I understand FLW, Flat Left Wrist, understand mid-body hands, understand the drink water. Learned that from yours and Cathy's vids.
I surmise right heel back is the start of back swing and pivot to right, so I should feel weight transfer back to right heel on start of back swing? Lifting on left toes, is a lifting of the left heel off the ground. Lifting the left heel on to my toes is Greek to me, I've never felt comfortable lifting my left heel off the ground. Is lifting left heel a must move? How much should I lift it?
I've tried it and think it would help me with weight transfer and start of down swing. Like I said I just never felt comfortable doing it, however, with bad back and lack of hip/shoulder rotation it may be something I should start doing.... What do you think?
Do I have everything correct so far?
As far as lifting the left heel, I've always thought of it in the sense that it is lifted, not that you lift it. Allowing the left heel to be taken off the ground naturally by the Pivot, instead of lifting it intentionally, will leave you better off in your Motion IMHO. Personally, my heel doesn't lift, but I attribute that to flexibility instead of an effort to keep it grounded. If the Pivot wants to lift the heel, then let it be lifted. It works for me, but what do I know?
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Yep, I'm right handed, don't have a yellow book yet, will order one pay day. LOL Durn economy!!!!!!
I understand a little about Power Points(?) Accumulators(?)I understand FLW, Flat Left Wrist, understand mid-body hands, understand the drink water. Learned that from yours and Cathy's vids.
I surmise right heel back is the start of back swing and pivot to right, so I should feel weight transfer back to right heel on start of back swing? Lifting on left toes, is a lifting of the left heel off the ground. Lifting the left heel on to my toes is Greek to me, I've never felt comfortable lifting my left heel off the ground. Is lifting left heel a must move? How much should I lift it?
I've tried it and think it would help me with weight transfer and start of down swing. Like I said I just never felt comfortable doing it, however, with bad back and lack of hip/shoulder rotation it may be something I should start doing.... What do you think?
Do I have everything correct so far?
SO LET'S BE CLEAR WITH EACH OTHER. THE BEST THING TO DO IS TO SEE LYNN AND PAY THE MAN FOR MORE GOLF INSIGHT THAN YOU CAN USE IN A LIFETIME!
I STUDIED WITH LYNN 2 HOURS A DAY FOR 4 DAYS WITH SOME PRACTICE IN BETWEEN. I NEEDED TO THINK CAREFULLY ABOUT ALL THAT LYNN SAID.
LYNN THROWS AWAY RICH CONCEPTS THAT A PRO COULD USE TO MAKE MILLIONS-I DID NOT WANT TO MISS THE MAIN IDEAS. I NEED TO PHYSICALLY UNDERSTAND NEW CONCEPTS.
Ok, so you need some short term help, let's try this. Go to the Search function and type in your first intellectual "wobble" or uncertainty. Start looking for all the films that use that term and match the film with the printed instructions and the book, TGM.
My films are about the fundamentals of Posture, Stance, Balance, and Grip. Look those terms up in the Search function. When you have a specific question about your concept, then ask a specific question. Start with your grip. Is it solidly under the heel pad with a Bent Left Wrist and Flat Right Wrist?
You are studying G.O.L.F. for real!
ICT
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I just wanted to add my encouragement to guys like jkpassage and JessieV. I found this site a year ago last January. I had gone through a pretty big health scare and decided that life was too short to spend doing something I enjoy so much so poorly. So I began to explore the web and before long I found myself here. I was a lurker for some time trying to become familiar with lingo and concepts of TGM. But with reading the forum posts and watching the videos here and ordering the Alignment Golf DVD I began to understand the message. I had fought my way down to a 15 HDCP before I got started here and by the end of last season by doing my best to apply what I had learned here am now an 8. Over the winter, and it was a tough one here in New England, I had plenty of time to practice basic motion, keeping a flat left wrist and feeling lag. I cannot believe how very different it feels when I strike the ball now as compared to only a year ago when I started this. So be persistent and ask questions, it will come together for you too I know it.
I just wanted to add my encouragement to guys like jkpassage and JessieV. I found this site a year ago last January. I had gone through a pretty big health scare and decided that life was too short to spend doing something I enjoy so much so poorly. So I began to explore the web and before long I found myself here. I was a lurker for some time trying to become familiar with lingo and concepts of TGM. But with reading the forum posts and watching the videos here and ordering the Alignment Golf DVD I began to understand the message. I had fought my way down to a 15 HDCP before I got started here and by the end of last season by doing my best to apply what I had learned here am now an 8. Over the winter, and it was a tough one here in New England, I had plenty of time to practice basic motion, keeping a flat left wrist and feeling lag. I cannot believe how very different it feels when I strike the ball now as compared to only a year ago when I started this. So be persistent and ask questions, it will come together for you too I know it.
That young man is sort of close to you and has been recognized by your whole region as having "mad skills!" Short of seeing Lynn, I would PM (private message) him ASAP!
ICT
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HP, grant me the serenity to accept what I cannot change, the courage to change what I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. Progress and not perfection is the goal every day!
I was a lurker for some time trying to become familiar with lingo and concepts of TGM. But with reading the forum posts and watching the videos here and ordering the Alignment Golf DVD I began to understand the message. I had fought my way down to a 15 HDCP before I got started here and by the end of last season by doing my best to apply what I had learned here am now an 8.
That's great news, paspilot, and a wonderful accomplishment. Thanks for posting!
, so, with that in mind - When you say exaggerated #3 PP what do you mean exactly?
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