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I'm new to TGM and enjoying every minute of this forum. I'm hoping to get some help to get over a rough spot so I don't get bogged down and frustrated too early in the process.

The book is organized in such a way that concepts are revisited multiple times. Often times, these "revisits" don't always seem consistent, or at least I don't leave with the same interpretation each time. One in particular - the inclined plane - I just can't seem to get my head around. Here is a sampling of what I read, and what I perceive as mixed messages:

2-F The full length of the clubshaft remains unwaveringly on the face of this inclined plane - waggle to follow-through

7-6 clubshaft must start its journey on the plane of its address. It may or may not move to other planes as it travels

7-7 ...it is not always possible or advisable to adhere to a single inclined plane classification throughout the entire stroke

10-6b any plane angle shift is very hazardous
immediately followed by 10-7a thru h which documents plane angle shift variations (i guess they can't be that hazardous after all!)

So in these snippets, I get mixed messages - sometimes I read stick on one inclined plane....any shift is hazardous. Other reference rationalize (and even recommend) plane angle shifts. Evidently, I am not reading these in the proper context (after all, TGM has withstood alot greater scrutiny than mine) Would someone care to offer where I have gone wrong on my interpretation?

Thanks

Hi,

It is imperative to understand that there is an ideal and there is a practical aspect to the golf swing.

Ideally...We should all swing with a zero shift, on plane swing.

Practically...Not all of us had the privilege of learning the golf swing the TGM way, so many habits are ingrained which when corrected may do more harm than good. How so?

Try to make Jim Furyk change his grip and his plane shifts. I promise you, he won't be holding onto his world ranking for long.