[Daryl]

Okie, thank you for your support. Don't listen to O.B. I've never won a Golf Tournament and he won Two this year alone. He's just rubbing it in.

I didn't realize that everyone thinks of my very short experience on Johns website as a meltdown. I'm surprised.

I was there. Not many were, so it would be difficult to reconstruct the conversation for everyone's review. Simply put, John is very upset that I criticized his knowlege of TGM on an LBG forum. He didn't expect such an examination. But, his swing and 4 barrel hitting pattern claim was posted by another member and I responded as I always do. Anyone can review the thread. I complimented john on his swing but I disagreed that it was a Hitting Pattern in strict accordance with TGM.

I tried explaining to him that Radial Acceleration alone doesn't define a Hitter from a Swinger but he didn't want to hear any part of it. I also explained that I wasn't visiting his Forum to discuss TGM but rather to discuss his swing method and partake in a discussion of Yodas Swing Pattern using Johns approach.

I probably should have dismissed myself at that point but I didn't know that what was to follow was a barrage of insults to TGM. The insults were not pointed at me directly, but I did respond because I was asked the questions.

John is bitter about TGM. He feels it failed him and he's seeking another way. However, he doesn't pass any opportunity to misquote and misrepresent TGM for his own agenda. Jim Waldron feels that TGM people are elitists because we view every swing through TGM Glasses. I admitted the Truth in that but it only made him more angry. Jim Waldron claims to be a Psychologist (Degree? Licensed?) and Philosopher in addition to being a Golf Instructor. He claims that Homer and his followers suffer from "Asperger's Syndrome", a mild form of Autism. His diagnosis was performed from information he learned while reading the new "Golfing Machine" Biography.

SO, on the one hand I've got a guy who blames TGM for his early retirement and another who can diagnose Autism from a Biography. Then, to top it off, GPStyles claims that I'm the one having the Meltdown.

The pivotal point came when John asked for a definition of the "Stationary Head". I quoted the Book but he refused to accept the Answer. I explained that it came from the Glossary of the sixth edition and he responded that he only has a copy of the Fifth edition and doesn't have the Glossary.

It became obvious that after two dozen posts that this thread had nothing to do with an analysis of Lynns' swing from the perspective of Johns method. It had degraded into a "Pity Party" for John and striking out with anger against TGM became their focus and I was to be the scapegoat.

It was time to leave. If hindsight were forethought, I should have never visited the website. I always thought that golfers shared a common interest and in pursuit of that interest, they put aside self-interest for the betterment of understanding Golf Swing. Whoa. I'm very naive. For some, it's a cut-throat business and "win at any cost", which includes lying and spreading falsehoods.

I figure that if you don't fully understand TGM then more than likely you will be misrepresenting the concepts if you try to simplify them.

I can defend the concepts of TGM when asked a question. But I can't fight lies and misrepresentation and I can't argue with someone who refuses to accept a TGM definition for a TGM Term. I told John that I would leave if he continued the destructive path. It did, so I quit posting.

Given my experience at Johns Website and some others, I'm not surprised that they consider my leaving a victory. But it's a shallow victory when more is lost than gained.