[Jimmy]

Ben places a lot of emphasis on the big muscles moving the club, not the hands. So much so that it smells like the dreaded Pivot Controlled Hands (Position golf vs. Alignment, Physics vs. Geometry – see 5-0) golf, stroke he is teaching. A possible defence to this is that Ben is teaching Zone #1 (Pivot) first. When his student has mastered the Pivot, emphases will be more on Zone #3 (Hands). See 9-0. And oh, before you guys tell me, let me pre-empt your reponse: "Pivot Powered Hands Controlled Pivot"...

I'll let someone with more knowledge answer your other questions since I, in no way, profess to know a great deal about TGM. However, I did ask Ben about this. If you notice, in the video, he also stresses that the hands are always aiming. My interpretation of the video, and also of what he told me when I asked, is that the pivot is providing the motion, but the hands are controlling the pivot because they are constantly aiming. The hands are saying, "Okay, pivot. Take me there".

"Adding", as Ben puts it, was the one thing that I have struggled with the most when trying to learn the stroke that Ben teaches. It looks so easy when he does it. I'm almost happy to see someone else (in the video) struggle with it. At least I know it isn't just me!