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
I think i see what you are saying. But 1-F still says (7th edition) that "you will save yourself much anguish by using the right hand just for sensing and controlling acceleration and the left hand just for sensing alignment".
10-3-K Bat ,if i remember correctly from 6th edition was all about right elbow replacing left shoulder as centre of swing - which is echoed in 1-f 7th - "it is always a left arm stroke unless the right elbow replaces the left shoulder as the centre of the clubhead arc (10-3-K)"
It would be interesting to see what Peter Croker has to say on the matter - he was heavily infulenced from what i have seen / read by Tommy when he visited Oz...
Tom believed that the left arm is the arm that is SWINGING, "BUT IT IS BEING SWUNG BY THE RIGHT ARM." He did not teach "the Bat." He believed the left shoulder is the center of the stroke.
He taught HITTING USING THE 10-2-D Grip, and SWINGING with the Strong Single Action.
He kept in contact with Mr. Kelley and had many phone conversations recorded between them. He was constantly learning, and did occasionally change the emphasis of what he taught.
He really believed in "the magic of the right forearm."
Tom believed that the left arm is the arm that is SWINGING, "BUT IT IS BEING SWUNG BY THE RIGHT ARM." He did not teach "the Bat." He believed the left shoulder is the center of the stroke.
He taught HITTING USING THE 10-2-D Grip, and SWINGING with the Strong Single Action.
He kept in contact with Mr. Kelley and had many phone conversations recorded between them. He was constantly learning, and did occasionally change the emphasis of what he taught.
He really believed in "the magic of the right forearm."
Lagster,
Any reference I make to 10-3-K is from 7-19. I don't think Tomasello was trying to teach the bat either...I believe it's really a reference to right arm acceleration. However, I do believe Tommy was trying to teach Full Power swinging. Optimal distance and accuracy combined with the ability to integrated the hitting procedure easily to the game of golf effectively.
DG
Last edited by Delaware Golf : 08-04-2006 at 09:41 PM.
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