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Old 11-07-2010, 11:35 AM
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A Two-Handed Game
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I've heard or read in one of Yoda's earlier posts that one of Homers initial Concepts was that the Right Hand controlled both the Clubhead and Clubface.

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Actually, what he had hoped to discover was an efficient way to put control of both the Clubface and Clubhead into the same hand. He didn't care which hand -- left or right -- just the same hand.

Over time, he concluded that it could not be done, at least not as well as dividing the responsibilities between the two hands. Hence, his dictum:

"Left Hand Clubface. Right Hand Clubhead."

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Old 11-07-2010, 12:08 PM
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Thanks Yoda.

Although Homer's concepts evolved, has Homer ever told you or anyone which one of his many "Concepts" came first? Was there a First?
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Old 11-07-2010, 02:17 PM
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Thanks Yoda.

Although Homer's concepts evolved, has Homer ever told you or anyone which one of his many "Concepts" came first? Was there a First?
Homer Kelley and I never discussed a particular order in which the Stroke Components "came to him". That said, I did enjoy him saying (paraphrased):

"You begin by gripping the club [Component #1]. You end by releasing the club [Component #24]."

However, there was a definite 'first' in how he would catalog the tremendous diversity of material he had accumulated and organize it into what would become the Stroke Pattern concept.

He had been searching without success for a solution to the 'problem' of Golf: a complete solution for all time for all players using all strokes. Then, one day as he was walking through his kitchen on the way to his G.O.L.F. Lab, aka his garage, in a blinding flash -- -- it hit him:

There were only four sources of Power (Stroke Types) and these four could be combined in only fifteen different ways (Variations).

Eureka!

The solution at last!

He would apply that same logic (and technical structure) to each of the 24 Components he ultimately isolated.

Gotta love Homer and . . .

His Incubator!

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Great story Yoda thanks.

If memory serves Release Triggers were his last discovery. He said he "collected them" by asking good golfers about it. As such he left room for as yet unidentified ones or X classification procedures.

I cant imagine golf without them now, they are such a large part of every procedure, every shot for me. Even if Im having an auto cf kind of day.....its still there conceptually. What a discovery to leave 'till the very end.
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