Right you are, Drew. In fact, the MacDonald Exercises (#6 and #7 from the book Golf, Robert MacDonald, 1927) were the basis for Phase II. See http://lynnblakegolf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4435 and click on the images to enlarge.
A modified Mehlhorn drill (from the book Golf Secrets Exposed, Bill Mehlhorn and Bobby Shave, 1984) was the basis of Phase I. Bill Mehlhorn was a premier ball striker and a three-time leading money winner on the PGA Tour in the '30s. [I strongly recommend this book and have arranged with Bobby Shave a 20 percent discount for LBG members. Just drop Bobby a line at info@mehlhorngolf.com, tell him which products you want (I recommend the videos, too) and that you're a friend of Lynn Blake Golf. That will do it.]
The bottom line is that the basics of what I teach stretch back at least a century (to Harry Vardon). But the precision that I teach goes back only to 1969, the date Homer Kelley published the first edition of The Golfing Machine. Finally, the application of what I teach is unique to each student and is often 'made up' on the fly. I see the motion as it is and then, as it could be. My communication skills and the player's dedicated effort bridge the gap.
It is what I do.
Whew . . . I'm glad to hear Silver Surfer is still around . . . he's been AWOL . . .I was worried that Mikey took a vacation way up NAWTH. . . he's probably got his tongue stuck to a lamp post up there some where.
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