I have Eversheds Knowledge video DG and like it a lot. What i was implying is that many TGM certifides and other teach swinging. Doyle, Tommy, Evershed, Schaeffer, Hebron, Johnson, Jacobs etc etc etc. Many have a set theory and teach along these lines. Yoda and Chuck have well and truly opened up the world of hitting as a bonfide pattern if suitable to THAT golfer. Teachers teaching swinging are a dime a dozen so to speak, tho yes, some teach it way better than others. Hitting has come along a LONG way since Yoda and Chuck to a lesser extent have included it in their teachings and given it great credibility of late. Kudo's to them are richly deserved. I have vastly enjoyed the TT DVD, it explains many TGM concepts in excellent ways. Surely tho it is a little rigid. TT dismisses hitting to a large extent and is set in his teachings. Yoda and co have shown that taught and executed properly it is anything but dismissable. I have no doubt TT's teachings will work for many a golfer, and don't mean to demean them. As you continually point out, he has success on the board. I'll also add while i'm going that Lynn is surely one of not many that teaches TGM as Homer wanted it taught. The RF takeaway, the hands controlled pivot, the onplane right forearm etc etc. Evershed makes interesting discussion too, he teaches hands controlled pivot vs Tommy's pivot controlled hands. There's a vast difference right there.
As for swinging vs hitting length, surely it depends on the person and the efficiency of application. That may be why Homer made the distinction of separating the two for different players. Even with perfect application i am sure some would be longer swinging and others hitting.
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