My only agenda is to learn more, and to help others learn more, about playing
great golf. If TGM can do that, I'm all for it, 100%. I have nothing to hide,
nobody to discredit. This left shoulder flail bit makes no sense to me,
and I'm respectfully seeking your wisedom on the matter.
So if 'redefine' in your book means asking about something in TGM that
makes no sense to me, then yes, I am redefining. Whatever you want to
call it, I seek to understand, and this seems a very critical point to
understand. The flail is the core of the entire swing. I have no argument at
all with the basic science presented by Homer. In fact, the science supports
my view.
So in the spirit of learning, convince me why Homer had it right and the
shoulder line isn't considered part of the flail, only the left shoulder?
It makes no sense unless you have a left arm only stroke with zero pivot or
shoulder turn and only right arm thrust. Efficient rotational motion must
have a stable center.
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My mission on this site is to teach the Principles and Procedures of The
Golfing Machine, not to convince others that their own concepts are
invalid (though that is often the unavoidable by-product of the
mission). And 'rededfining' is not "asking about something in TGM that
makes no sense to me." Instead, it is conciously rejecting a straightforward
tenet of TGM and replacing it with one's own.
This is what you have done with The Golfer's Flail, and as I've said, I have
no problem with that. But let's tell it like it is and be upfront about it
before asking someone -- namely me -- to invest time answering a question you
knew full well in advance would not -- indeed, could not -- be
answered according to your own undisclosed definition.
That said, I will address your question as to why Homer did not include the
shoulder line as part of the Flail.
The Golfer's Flail -- the Left Arm and Club -- is the Primary Lever Assembly
(6-A-2) that ultimately applies Force to the Ball. It is attached to the Body
at the Left Shoulder. Pivot Lag -- Body Power for Swingers and
Launching Pad for Hitters -- is the 'gear train' that uses multiple Centers
(Shoulders, Hips and Knees) to extend the Swing Radius of the Flail to any
point from the Shoulder Turn to the Feet (6-C-0). However, this 'gear train
extension' is not the Flail itself. It is the mechanism by which
the Flail is accelerated.
Now, if the above explanation of The Golfer's Flail "makes no
sense" to you, well...it makes no sense (to you). I've
done my job, i.e., I've 'informed and explained' to the best of my ability,
and you have chosen to reject the concept. Fine. As I've said, if you want to
consider the Flail as an ethereal 'line of force' in three-dimensional space
from the mid-point of the shoulders to the Hands, then that is your decision.
Just know that it is not the TGM concept, and the burden of proof, therefore,
is on you, not me
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