[ronaaronson]

Pardon, but there will be a few embedded questions (underlined) throughout. Some may require too lengthy a response so it's OK to consider those rhetorical:

The "switter" comment is something to think about. I am not consciously trying to use my right hand, but, as you suggest. it well may be that it is interfering with the action. In TGM, Homer says if you are strong and flexible you can use either hitting swinging or both. If he meant "both" concurrently, it makes me wonder what the correct procedure is, especially considering the "switter" comment (?).

Per a previous suggestion, I have been trying to make sure my right wrist is level and my forearm "on plane" at address (i.e. lower than it has been, in fact, it seems lower than my left forearm). As far as getting my right shoulder down plane on the downswing, it is hard for me to tell whether I am doing that significantly better. The first couple of times I tried "to skip the rock on the tilted lake", I buried the club in the turf behind the ball. Despite feeling very powerful, this procedure resulted in very poor power transfer, as you might imagine. Perhaps this right-shoulder down thrust now must be coordinated with a more than usual active hip rotation to bring the club more forward (?). Anyway, I hit the ball fairly well on the golf range and on the first tee, but somehow as the actual round of golf proceeded, I reverted to Standard Operating Procedure (for me).

I did have a couple of other questions (well maybe more like a 100) concerning TGM. There are several references to "right forearm takeaway", but like so many terms and phrases in the book, you have to deduce Homer's usage from its surrounding context and reading the book a dozen times or more. Is he suggesting that the right forearm starts the takeaway and by extensor action starts the left arm and shoulder moving? Also, what Homer calls the "standard" hip action is one where the hips pull the shoulder in both directions, although the "delayed" hip action is what I had always thought was the more usual procedure advocated by everybody. In fact, Homer himself has listed the delayed hip action as the one to use for both swinging and hitting patterns. This gives new meaning to the word "standard". Can the right hip be cleared too much? Many teachers advocate as minimal a hip turn as possible to increase the coiling tension between shoulder and hip. In my case, doing this resulted in my right elbow getting to far behind my hip, which presented problems on my downswing. This does not seem to bother Tiger Woods too much though. Anyway, I tried starting my back swing with a turn of the hips and a pulling of the left arm with my right hand and it seems that this could be very workable. So if somebody could tell me if these procedures are reasonable, I would appreciate it.

And I am still having a difficult time with the flying wedges description (any illustrations or elucidations out there?). BTW, I have a degree in Physics (albeit form the distant past), which does not seem to be all that helpful. If I am having difficulties understanding the book, I can imagine others are too. There is a fortune to be made in "The Golfing Machine Demystified", but I am not expecting to see such a title real soon now.

Thanks in advance.