[innercityteacher]

Since the golf swing is a skill, then perhaps the first question we would need to ask is how do we define practice.

www.freedictionary.com defines practice as "To do or perform (something) repeatedly in order to acquire or polish a skill."

If that is the case, then perhaps what we typically regard as practice must be wrong since most of our swings are inconsistent, even haphazard. One moment, we bottom the club out in front of the ball, the next we do it 3.78 inches behind the ball.

Therefore for practice to be practice, we need to be doing the same thing. What do you think the results would be if we spent half the amount of time we did hitting balls, practising in front of the mirror?

Hi Comdpa. My trips to the range are mostly attempts to "flesh-out" TGM descriptions and discover the hows and whys of TGM presentation. I thought I understood many things until I tried to manipulate the club as described by the yellow book.

The amazing thing about TGM is that HK's observations are often so sublime, that I can only apprehend the essence of something after stripping it down to its elemental structure through repeated trips. Later, however, with Lynn's help and the sharing of the neat people on this forum, the elements become re-assembled and I have a myriad of connected "aha" moments.

I worked with a TGM AI here in Philly. I did not realize until a few minutes ago after reading something Lynn wrote, as to why my AI used to brag about having studied under Ben Doyle and why we hardly ever talked about RFT or EA.

I find RFT and EA amazing. Anyway, practice is oftentimes stepping deeper into Lake Michigan for me, and that is a pretty damn deep lake!



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