[ndwolfe81]

I like this thread, as I am a "hacker" who struggles with my game, and have had a bunch of conventional instruction with very little improvement. It's interesting to hear instructors talk about the frustration from their side.

I would gladly do hours of basic motion, but I am never completely sure if I am doing it correctly. how can I be sure that I am?

Secondly, I haven't completely grasped the relationship between basic motion (back two feet, forward two feet) and the other aspects of TGM, that being the up and down (out and forward) of the acquired and total motion. I have watched the LB/JH videos, and that has been somewhat helpful, but I seem to have a pretty thick coconut. How do I build on the lessons of basic motion to improve the full swing?

Thanks.

You are working on the same impact alignments with basic motion as you are total motion. The same compression and you are training yourself and your hands not to throw the club, instead the hands moving make the club head arrive to the ball and past the ball, into the ground. The reward is the sound and the feeling of compression.

Watch Jeff Hull and Lynn in the video section, and you should pick it up.

I just don’t see how a guy can hit a total motion eight iron somewhat decent, but try to get some good quality basic motion out of him and look out, FLIP! SCOOP! FLENCH! SKULL! CHUNK!

It is like forget this let me keep fighting club head throwaway.