[innercityteacher]

TGM by the numbers

http://lynnblakegolf.com/forum/showt...ad#p ost25771 # 1

Address. Bobby's address is a three-step routine to set up the inclined plane for clubshaft guidance, the knee and waist bend needed to hold the head still, a palms together grip with the left wrist flat (not bent either way), level (neither cocked or uncocked), and vertical (to the ground, not rotated), and to rehearse all the selected relationships and alignments including a through the ball plane line (base edge of plane), and the waggle to establish clubhead feel against the first joint of the right forefinger. This is not a clubshaft "feel" but the sensing of the longitudinal center of gravity (sweet spot plane of rotation). That pressure point is used like the lens of a flashlight strapped to the right forearm to shine its light along the plane line during takeaway and release. The left hand is not held square to the target line but closes (like a door) for true rhythmic power generation.

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I'm not as limber as Mr.Clampett but I can do quiet feet and an RFT.

Backstroke. After the address routine and a preliminary turn of the right hip, the right forearm takes the hands and clubhead back-up-and-in simultaneously and instantaneously and the shoulder turn is as flat as possible and independent of the takeaway action. The left knee flexes only enough to keep the head still and hold it in a strong solid position. Bobby's right elbow appears unusually high here which may be intentional and for a purpose. It appears to be a shoulder turn takeaway action. That always produces an automatic and unintentional shift from a flat first plane to a steeper plane at the top. That could lock a player into a pivot controlled hands procedure unless carefully realigned during the interval at the top. Then it can again be the Golfing Machine hands controlled pivot procedure.

So the RFT rolls the left knee in enough to form a solid brace of the head, but it is subtle.

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he Top.The clubshaft parallel to the ground must also be parallel to the base line of the plane (plane line). When not parallel it must be pointing at it. All elements of the stroke must be adjusted and aligned during this particular interval in order to move precisely toward the plane line guided by the #3 pressure point (right forefinger clubhead feel). The shoulder turn function here is to place the right shoulder precisely on the inclined plane. Therefore it is mandatory that the steeper the plane the shorter the shoulder turn and foot and knee action must be no more than needed to accomplish those relationships.

Oops, there it is! Shorter shoulder turn and quiet foot and knees in support!