Teaching from the 7th Edition

[Delaware Golf]

Sorry if this analysis bugs anyone, I'm just trying to understand why Tomasello's teaching was different...why he took the teaching/playing path he took...in the 1991 interview, Tommy seems pretty committed to the idea of using the right arm for swinging and I'm not talking about leading with the hips and using the right arm for thrust at release...

I believe one of the reasons Tomasello's teaching approach is different from the other AI's is....it appears that Tommy had been teaching from the 7th edition (notes) since Homer's passing. The other AI's were working from editions 1 through 6 or just the 6th (just a theory based the information I have). I'm under the impression that Tom had a copy of Homer's final notes then (1983) and was going to put together the 7th edition. To make the Tomasello connection, read the 7th edition's 10-3-K and 10-3-D...then read the paragraph at the top of 12-5-3...then watch Tomasello's "Chapter 5 on Power" from the Australia chapter series. If I'm wrong, then what does Homer mean in 12-5-3 in the last sentence where he says..."This stage is for the perfection of execution prior to Full Power". Prior to Full Power...what component change and/or addition takes place that takes one to FULL POWER. I believe Tomasello explains it in the Power video (from less than full power to FULL POWER) and the addition is in 10-3-K and 10-3-D...Tomasello taught it that way...I believe it is the true Blue Print for TGM and the 7th edition. It appears that Homer's book comes full circle as it was originally presented...a right arm approach to the game.

12-1-0 and 12-2-0 are less than full power patterns, a sort entrance way into TGM.

Then read the July 1991 Tomasello Golf Illustrated interview...

How could Tomasello be a GSED and come up with the comments like...."All that stuff about leading with downswing with a lateral move of the lower body, driving the hips and legs toward the target to retain power---it's all terribly wrong! It seems to be what's happening in the most efficient, centrifugal-force swing."

Then Tomasello goes on to say..."The only agility needed by the player is to be able to turn the hips--to pivot around a fixed point--and to lever and un-lever the right forearm. The faster you can make these two movements, the greater the centrifugal force you'll build up and the farther you'll hit the ball".

I believe in the July interview Tomasello went beyond 12-2-0/12-5-3 combination and presented the Full Power version!!! It wouldn't surprise me that Tomasello was working with Homer on the idea of Full Power up until Homer's passing.

DG