It's about time to actually start reading TGM. I have exactly 4 months before I show up at Cuscowilla again - hopefully a litte wiser this time.
Here is some different advice on how to read this "monster of a book" :
Just get started!!! (Where ?!?)
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Originally Posted by Daryl View Post
There is a "Way". The Golfing Machine Way. Using Alignments rather than Positions. Using Hinge Action rather than a Swivel. Power Accumulators and Pressure to meter out distance, etc., etc.
You're in a learning phase. Flying Wedges. Power Accumulation, Loading, Storage, Delivery and Release. Hinge Action: So hard to understand, so easy/simple to use. That was a life altering experience for me. It took more than 25 years. I know. I'm not the smartest pencil in the box. But WoW. Now 10-2-B makes total sense. The Bent Right Wrist makes total sense.
I study the Book with a Golf Club in hand. Standing with a Dowel, 2 Dowels, Rackets, Ping Pong paddles, Look, Look, Look. "I don't care what you're doing as long as you know why". Plane Boards, Mirrors.
Turn to 7-19. Try everything your reading. Drive it, drag it, Float Load it.
Magic of the Right Forearm....Why does the Left Wrist Cock without cocking your right wrist when your right arm is raised? Try to figure it out.
I think that 50% of your Practice is like this. The other 50% is done at the practice facility.
With this Website and the Book, you should learn everything you want to know in a few months. (ok, maybe 4). You should be scoring in the mid xxx by next Spring.
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comdpa:
HOW TO STUDY TGM
First of all, TGM is NOT a method. It is merely a catalog of the things that happen in a golf swing and the things that should be in a effective golf swing.
The foundations of the book are the primary concepts per 1-L: "
the Hinge Action (2-G)
of an Angular Motion (2-K) operating
on an Inclined Plane (2-F)"
The golf swing has
24 components (from putt to drive) and they each have a varying number of variations. Chapter 7 and 10
The golf swing passes through
12 sections. Chapter 8
The motion that makes up the golf stroke can be divided into
3 zones. Chapter 9
There are
20 points through which every swing must comply with in order to produce a geometrically correct swing. All these 20 points can be represented by a geometric figure. 1-L-1 to 21
The science of the book is laid out in Chapter 2.
Chapter 3 shows you the correct way to build your golf stroke.
Chapter 4 talks about Wrist Positions
Chapter 5 talks about Monitoring
Chapter 6 talks about the Power Package
Chapter 11 is a summary of the variations and outlines what are and are not compatible.
Chapter 12 contains zero compensation beginner stroke patterns for both hitting and swinging. It also contains a curriculum with which to begin learning G.O.L.F.
Chapter 13 speaks about non-interchangeable components
Chapter 14 talks about the role of the human mind in golf.
Should you study TGM with professional help? In the timeless words of Mr. Kelly: "Preferable with. Advisedly with! Imploredly with!!!"
You need to memorize the book if you really want to understand it.
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http://www.golfingmachinist.com.au/article.php?id=58 :
Step #1
Read Chapter 9 (Page 121) in conjunction with Chapter 7 (Page 93) and Chapter 10 (Page 134) for options or alternatives in the following sequence.
Chapter 9-0 The Three Zones - Read this section - Page 121
Chapter 9-1 The Body Zone - Chapter 7 Sections 12-17 - 6/24 Components - Page 105 to 110
Chapter 9-2 The Arms Zone - Chapter 7 Sections 1-4, 8-11, 18-22 - 13/24 Components - Page 94
Chapter 9-3 The Hands Zone - Chapter 7 Sections 5-7, 23-24 - 5/24 Components - Pages 98 to 99
Chapter 10 Sections (Page 134) parallel the Chapter 7 Sections (Page 93). Chapter 11 (Page 211) is a summary of Chapter 10.
Step #2
Read Chapter 4 (Page 56) - Wrist Motions - Individual
Read Chapter 5 (Page 56) - Wrist Positions - Combinations.
Step #3
Read Chapter 6 - "The Power Package" (Page 66 - 92).
Note particulary Section 6-A-1, "The Triangle Assembly" (Page 66) and subsequent Sections. Read in connection with 2-K (Page 33), "The Flail".
Step #4
Read 5-F-5 - "The Address Routine" (Page 52)
Read 3-F-6 - "Execution" (Page 53)
Read 3-F-7 ""Snares" (Page 54)
Step #5
Read Chapter 8 - "The Twelve Sections of the Swing (Page 116)
Step #6
Read Page 12 - "The Three Imperatives" and "The Three Essentials"
Step #7
Read 1-L "The Machine" (Page 10-11)
Step #8
Read Chapter 2 "The Statement of Principle", Introduction to Mechanics (Page 12)
Step #9
Read Chapter 3 - "Component Translation" (Page 46)
Step #10
Read Chapter 1 - "Introduction", Introduction to the Game - Fundamentals (Page 1)
Step #11
Read Chapter 12 - "Stroke Pattern" (Page 221)
Step #12
Read Chapter 13 - "Non-Interchangeable Components", (Page 23)
Step #13
Read Chapter 14 - "The Computer" (Page 232)
Step #14
Note the Glossary (Page 235) after Chapter 14
Good Reading
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http://richie3jack.proboards.com/ind...d=tgmtranslate
+ left out Chapter 4 from list #2:
http://3jack.blogspot.com/2009/11/3j...m-part-12.html
based on Homer Kelley's two lists mentioned in the preface p.XIV.