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Thanks Yoda.

Although Homer's concepts evolved, has Homer ever told you or anyone which one of his many "Concepts" came first? Was there a First?

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Originally Posted by Daryl (Post 78157)

Thanks Yoda.

Although Homer's concepts evolved, has Homer ever told you or anyone which one of his many "Concepts" came first? Was there a First?

Homer Kelley and I never discussed a particular order in which the Stroke Components "came to him". That said, I did enjoy him saying (paraphrased):

"You begin by gripping the club [Component #1]. You end by releasing the club [Component #24]."

However, there was a definite 'first' in how he would catalog the tremendous diversity of material he had accumulated and organize it into what would become the Stroke Pattern concept.

He had been searching without success for a solution to the 'problem' of Golf: a complete solution for all time for all players using all strokes. Then, one day as he was walking through his kitchen on the way to his G.O.L.F. Lab, aka his garage, in a blinding flash -- :idea: -- it hit him:

There were only four sources of Power (Stroke Types) and these four could be combined in only fifteen different ways (Variations).

Eureka!

The solution at last!

He would apply that same logic (and technical structure) to each of the 24 Components he ultimately isolated.

Gotta love Homer and . . .

His Incubator!

:golf:

Great story Yoda thanks.

If memory serves Release Triggers were his last discovery. He said he "collected them" by asking good golfers about it. As such he left room for as yet unidentified ones or X classification procedures.

I cant imagine golf without them now, they are such a large part of every procedure, every shot for me. Even if Im having an auto cf kind of day.....its still there conceptually. What a discovery to leave 'till the very end.

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Originally Posted by Yoda (Post 40744)

Well, that would explain things.

However, when you do such a drill and physically 'let go' of the club with the Right Hand -- obviously emphasizing the Pivot, its Transport of the Power Package to Release and the subsequent centrifugally-driven Left Wrist Uncock and Left Hand Roll -- remember that you have also forfeited the Right Hand's Lag Pressure Point. And since Lag Pressure is the basis of the Golf Stroke, it must at some point be recaptured in the mind of both the Student and the Instructor.

In any event, this conversation once again highlights the need for a unified Golfing Terminology. The word 'Release' in TGM has a very specific meaning -- an Out-of-Line Condition seeking its In-Line Condition. And that meaning is far removed from a physical letting go of the club.

If we don't speak the same language, how can we possibly communicate?

Man...we certainly have come a looooong way.