New to TGM. Need help
 

I just recently purchased TGM after becoming frustrated with my golf game over the last year. I have had a handicap between 7 and 10 for a couple of years and felt like I was stuck in one spot as far as golfing goes. Last year I suddenly lost the ability to compress the ball and consequently lost yardage and accuracy. Ultimately this is what led me to TGM. I started working on the basic motion this week and have found it tougher than I thought it would be, don't understand what I am doing, making it more complicated than it needs to be, or just over thinking it... maybe all of the above. I attempted acquired motion tonight at the range and mostly just kept sticking the club in the ground and hitting the ball fat. I have watched all the videos in the gallery and have been reading TGM manual and believe it is starting to make sense to me but I am getting extremely frustrated. I am almost starting to think there is so much information in the yellow book that I am over thinking everything. I am tempted to go back to just swinging the club without thinking about it or taking a break from the game altogether. Any encouragement would be wonderful.

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I felt a lot like you until I bought and watched Alignment Golf from Yoda available in the Pro Shop right here at LBG. Mr. Blake and Mr. Trolio do a FANTASTIC job of explaining the fundamentals of TGM. It's hard work, but worth every minute of study.

Please read everything you can both here and at iSeek, once it starts becoming clear, the sky is the limit!

Kevin

Take It Easy and enjoy TGM stick with it
 

I would suggest you take advantage of the massive amount of information Mr. Blake has provided for no cost on this wonderful site to supplement your close reading of TGM. Not to mention all the free videos. Do searches for the topics you are struggling with. It really is amazing how much information is here thanks to Yoda. I would also highly recommend you buy Alignment Golf DVD! It's amazing. Also everyone goes at their own pace understanding TGM, so even if you think you don't understand something today it will come to you in time, incubate those chicks they will hatch in time believe me. Of course finding an AI in your area is ideal as well.

we're on the same journey - bon voyage!

Birdie Chance
Bronx, NY

I would suggest seeing an Authorized Instructor of TGM. When I met Ted I probably understood about 50% of TGM and in particular the basics of TGM. Ted and I then worked on a lot of things that are not exactly what most golfers who get in TGM focus upon. We changed my grip, where my weight was in my feet at address, footwork, getting the club square on the backswing (it was incredibly shut at the top of the swing), etc. Some of that stuff may be tripping you up as well or perhaps you're trying to fix things in an order that doesn't work best for you.

I still highly recommend reading this site and watching the videos. I've only furthered my understanding of TGM and improved my swing by learning from the great posts and videos here. There's been some times where I've caught myself applying the methods incorrectly and didn't realize it until I read a post or watched a video. And I plan on purchasing the 'Alignment Golf' DVD very soon for the very same reason, to learn more and to improve.




3JACK

Oh man. You opened a can of worms by buying that book. You break it you fix it. :confused1 If you live within 6 hours of one of the contributing Pro's on this site, better get a motel reservation and gas up the car.

Did you buy the Cliff Notes or did ya just go cheap and buy the yellow book? You ain't gettin anyhow without them cliff notes. :naughty:

Advice? sure. 1 four hour lesson from one of these guys is worth 1 year of reading that book. :salut:

WOW! Doesn't sound very good for me. I didn't have any intention of going "cheap", I just found out about TGM on another sites forum and thought I would buy the book and read as much about it on this website and others. Sounds like TGM might be too complicated by that response. I might just need to get out the old "Five Lessons" and re-focus on that. Thanks for the input guys.

Go back to basic motion and stay there for a while. The club head moves two feet back and two feet through. No pivot, flat left wrist, steady head and you will start to get it. Go slow, even if you only hit the ball 10 yards it doesn't matter, just get the club moving back, up and in - down, out and forward with that flat left wrist, no scooping! Results will come, this is a journey and not a sprint.

"getting the club square on the backswing (it was incredibly shut at the top of the swing)"

Does the hitter suppose to have a shut clubface at the top due to impact address, less fanning (swifle than the swinger)?

At the top they look very similar. It is more how they get into that look that is different between hitter and swinger.

You will get to SEE this soon:)

I think that I scared that guy away. :confused1 I don't know. Was it something I said? :confused1 Whoa, Sorry about that. :oops: