no time
 

We had too many changes to accomplish in such a short amount of time, I didn't care whether he was hitting or swinging, at first. There are plenty of components in 12-1-0 and 12-2-0 that are the same. His biggest wobbles were stationary head and plane line tracing. He had no right forearm pickup. And he destroyed the flying wedges in start-up. As soon as we focused on the tripod concept, the body was under control. Then, we got to tracing. I told him that I thought it was pretty smart on the part of Homer to call it a start-up instead of a start-around. He agreed. ;)

Yeah, you get paid to get a smile on your face. What's wrong with this picture? You should be paying these students for bring a smile to your face!!:confused: :)

So have you talked to your student since he got back home? Did he stop on the way to practice a bit? :)

I know on my trip back home from visiting Yoda, in the Dallas Airport I was looking for something to use as a dowel or club. Had to settle on a tripod leg, probably looked strange, but hey, when you get a g.o.l.f. stroke or the building blocks, you want to make sure you don't let them get loose.

Well done...

Now who is next???? GA is not too cold this time of year....

he should be home, now
 

Thanks man, I agree. But GA is not too cold. It was 70 degrees here today...burrrrrrrr. ;)

I drink Kool-aid.

He drinks Kool-aid.

Wouldn't you like to drink some Kool-aid, too?

Isn't G.O.L.F. great?

woww!!!!
 

did you change his clubs before the lesson?.. i think that i need more upright than i have to accomodate that set-up...toe deep divots

fitting and balance
 

I do like to check the clubs. But, to be honest, the balance wasn't there. There was no way to get a proper fit.

Ha.....I like that.

I'll have to remember that one.

I was lucky enough to visit the swamp on the morning of the Peach Bowl and spend two hours with Yoda and Yodasluke. It was an awesome experience and seemed to go by so quickly. I finally understand constant, dead weight inertia. This was not only the Hitter's emergency room, but it was an entire Hitter's Medical Center. They did Rx that I get my HG's checked out so I went to see Rob Noel last Friday. My lie angles had changed from 1* up to 1* down. This explains the hooks that I was seeing. I sent my clubs to HG on Saturday for adjustments and they just came back today. What a company! I would encourage anyone to make a trip to the swamp if he or she loves golf.:smile:

You've got to go to the swamp!
 

I am the guy in the pictures.
All I can say is that, as Ted said, and as you can clearly see from the pictures, my trip to the swamp was "priceless".:)

Sorry for the length of this post. So that you can get what you want from it, I will give you the short story first, then some history for perspective.

The short story is: THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR SEEING A COMPETENT A.I. I believe Ted and Yoda are the best, although I have never had a golf lesson in my life before 1/12/06 (that date will be etched into my brain forever!)

When I saw my BEFORE swing on video, I could not believe how much my head and knees were moving, nor could I believe how far inside my clubhead was on the backswing. :eek: I did not FEEL like I was doing that, but the camera does not lie! There is a reason Homer says, "Look, Look, Look". What I realized is that there is a reason Homer made the The Body Lane Zone #1. It is the foundation. I had begun to try to educate my hands, but no matter how educated my hands were, they could not do what they should because they were working on a foundation of quicksand.

What was amazing to me was how quickly Ted was able to take the mess that you see BEFORE and isolate exactly what components were most important to change to fix my swing. We worked on basic and aquired motions to quiet my lower body and develop on on plane right forarm PICK UP. The new swing FEELS very awkward to me. During the lesson, when I began to think about delayed release or follow through swivel, my knees would start flapping around again. It is going to be a slow process to try to unlearn 20 years of wrong body motion, but Ted said that the "computer" is pretty smart. When it sees the good results from the new swing, it will be reprogrammed pretty quickly. So, I have a long way to go, but thanks to Ted Fort, I have a good foundation to work from and I know what I need to work on next.

Some history:
I started playing golf when I was in college (1981). I played an average of 2 9 hole rounds/month at first, averaging between 50-60. I began to play less, tapering to almost no golf by the time I was a senior. I did not play for a few years after graduation. In 1995, I won a free round of golf in a drawing and the bug bit me. I bought new clubs and began to play about 5-6 18 hole rounds/year. I have seven children, so I have limited funds and time for golfing, but I want to play every minute. I began to play more frequently about three years ago, about one round/month. I also began practicing in the back yard with my kids. I expected my scores to improve. They did not and have not. I still average between 100-110.

I am an engineer, I understand that physics governs all actions and reactions in the universe, and the golf swing is no different. I began a quest to figure out how to play this game well. Because of limited funds, I hesitated to purchase books or videos that I did not have confidence in, so my seach was concentrated on the internet and free subscriptions to some golfing magazines that will remain unnamed. After trying "tip of the month" for over a year with no progress, I realized that this was not working. I wanted to take a lesson, but I had read enough to know that I did not want to waste my precious limited funds on a "tip of the month" lesson. After looking in many places and still having no confidence that someone had "the answer", I saw a post by Yoda on the Single Axis forum. I discovered the TGM and Chuck Evans forums in October of 2004, and later, Brian Manzella's forum. I have spent my lunch hour devouring the scientific information on these forums almost every day. I received The Golfing Machine book for Christmas 2004. I have read through the book. I began to understand SOME components and principals governing G.O.L.F., but my scores did not improve. I knew I needed to see an AI, but did not have the money.

>>By the way, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!! to Lynn Blake for providing this forum without a fee. It is obvious that you care more about spreading the message of The Golfing Machine than about making as much money as you can. I cannot thank you enough for that!<<

I ASKED my family to not give me anything but money for Christmas, so that I could get a lesson from Ted. I think I have to say that, other than the original Gift that started the whole idea, this is the best Christmas present I have ever received! You see the results! Thank you, Yoda, and all who generously contribute to this forum, BUT :smile:

>I CANNOT emphasize this enough:
THANK YOU, TED FOR BRINGING ALL THE JUMBLED INFORMATION IN MY BRAIN TOGETHER, FOR IMMEDIATELY KNOWING WHAT TO CHANGE AND EMPHASIZE, FOR YOUR POSITIVE AND ENCOURAGING SPIRIT, FOR HELPING ME TO NOT JUST HAVE A BETTER SWING, BUT TO UNDERSTAND WHY AND WHAT I NEED TO DO NEXT, FOR GIVING ME A RENEWED HOPE THAT MY SCORES WILL IMPROVE. I CANNOT THANK YOU ENOUGH!!!!:smile:

(in case you haven't noticed, I'm smiling)

No, I am naturally a pure swinger, although I had some hitting components. I am using straight 12-2 to build my swing.

This is another amazing thing about Ted. He understands the principles of physics harnessed by Homer in The Golfing Machine. You do not have to "hit like Ted". He can take your natural abilities and tendencies and teach you how to use them to make an effective G.O.L.F. swing.

This reminds me:
Another thing I forgot to mention about Ted is that he will not take any credit for himself, but is constantly saying that he know because Yoda taught him and because of the genious of Homer Kelly and The Golfing Machine. All I can say is that Lynn Blake knows how to pick the right apprentice, and Ted KNOWS the machine and he KNOWS how to teach it. That shoudl be obvious from the photos, but I wanted to say it anyway. :smile:

Yes, I did practice with the dowels when I got home last night. Practice suddenly has a lot more purpose. :smile: