I'm also new to TGM and would love some 101 type info while waiting for book to arrive. I browsed the forum for several hours and watched some of the videos but a lot of the terms require more explanation for me. The forums and archives are very extensive, some shortcuts would be welcomed.
Some info was so profound it was immediately etched in my brain i.e. the path-atack path-approach path diagram. One small bucket on the range convinced me that this was the way a golf club is meant to strike a ball.
I took a couple of TGM concepts with me to the course yesterday, FLW, three dimensional impact and lag pressure. I hit the ball with accuracy and authority that I have never felt before. I was in control of the ball for the first time in my golf experience, it was exciting.
The main source of my missed shots (and the shots that cost me most of my lost strokes) were dead shanks, even on some chips and pitch shots. I think its probably due to the outward path after impact that I was focussed on. I play lefthanded to a ~14 hdcp and I tended to hook and quack my missed shots, FLW & lag pressure almost totally erased these shots-"almost" meaning that my misses caught the right side of the green or fairway rough.
Looking forward to the journey,
CW