Regarding references in the book, they locate information that is essential -- not merely incidental -- to the subject at hand and which must be considered as replacing those numbers at those locations as though written in those locations (see 3-F-2).
One of the most common complaints when one studies the book is the amount of references littered throughout. I believe life becomes much easier if the reader has a
brief idea of what the references are about without turning to them everytime. So how do you remember references and its content? Do you just have to sit down and learn them? Certainly not (unless you really want to)! You can go quite far with a few pieces basic information:
- There are 24 Components in the Golf Stroke. Their general theme is discussed are Chapter 7, and their Variations are discussed in Chapter 10. Hence both these chapters have 24 sub-chapters, with each sub-chapter denoting the relevant component. So if I want to learn about Plane Angles, I know it's going to be in the same subchapter both chapters 7 and 10, e.g. 7-6 and 10-6.
- A lot of things follow a general order.
For example, when talking about the Power Accumulators in chapter 6-B. We should know there are only 4 Power Accumulators. Then all you need to know is that the Accumulator #1 is discussed in 6-B-1, then you will also immediately know without any learning that Accumulator #2 is in 6-B-2 and Accumulator #3 is in 6-B-3, and Accumulator #4 is in ... yes, you guessed it, 6-B-4!
After further inspection, we can see there is obvious correlation between the sub-sections of 6-B-1/2/3/4. Maximum Power is always discussed in sub-section A, Zero Accumulation is always discussed in sub-section B, and Max Trigger Delay in subsection C.
So if I wanted to know how to achieve Maximum Power with Accumulator #1. I think:
Hmmm....what chapter are Accumulators in? Chapter 6 (The Power Package) of course because it's part of the Power Package.
Hmmm...which bit of chapter 6? 6-B because subsection B is where all the four Accumulators are discussed. Well it's the first Accumulator we want, so it's going to be in 6-B-1.
Hmmm...so which bit of 6-B-1? Max Power is always discussed in sub-section A for all the Accumulators
So there we go: 6-B-1-A.
Obviously, this process can also be reversed. You see 6-B-1-A being referenced in one of Yoda's posts. Now instead of skipping it and thinking what a geek he is, you can go through the logical steps above.
I have many more other examples, but gotta go now.
Stick with it!