I Had an Amazing Practice today!!!! But I still have a quesetion.

[Yoda]

Your welcome Yoda, I apologize for the mix-up.

Matt,

Again I thank you for your contribution. At a very young age, your initiative has led you to the principles and procedures of the great Champions of our time...and of all time.

I only wish I had been so fortunate (or so innovative) when I was your age. Back in my own 20s and 30s, the rage was to 'drive the Legs' from the Top. And to keep the Head way back 'behind the ball' through Impact. And to end up in a big 'Reverse C' at the Finish.

Well, it didn't work. At least not for me. And not for many others, either. Look at the photographs from that time. Most of the guys either left the Game hurt or else radically changed their procedure (view Tom Kite as the Poster Boy here). Many had a lot of very personal stuff replaced as they struggled to compete in their 40s. And those without a superior short game never had much of a chance anyway, because the procedure I've described rarely results in a superior GIR stat.

It was all so sad...and so very unnecessary.

By my early-30s, not only was a worse player than in my early-20s...

I was a virtual cripple on Mondays.

I can't tell you how much business I conducted from the floor of my office on Monday through Thursday because of my golfing activities on Friday through Sunday.

And now, as I approach my 60th birthday next month, there is no pain. It's all gone. Not only do I hit balls as long as I like...and teach as long as I like...and shop (as long as my wife likes )...I do so without pain.

I cannot tell everybody enough just how important it is to know exactly WHAT drives WHAT in the Golf Stroke. And how important it is to know just what are the true relationships among the various Components. You simply cannot rely on FEEL as articulated by the great players. You MUST know the precise Mechanic involved and then be able to reproduce it with your own Feel.

I write all this so that you don't spend precious years -- as I did -- chasing the wil-'o-the-wisp of conventional golf instruction (though it's much better now) -- and forego, in that selfsame moment, The Truth.

Life is short...

Play hard.

But also play smart.

The information is there.

Don't run from it.

Embrace it.

[mrodock]

And with access to such great knowledge comes great responsibility! Just 5 years ago, shortly after high school graduation I set out to transform my 4 handicap game into something I might be able to take on the road. Turns out I didn't have a back that could handle the strain and I lacked the proper information. Now I have access to the information I need, I merely have to develop a pattern with it. And what a fine journey it will turn out to be afterall. Because a blind struggle just isn't fun.

Matt