Martin Hall on "the Golf Channel"
 

Anyone catch this tonight? Don't know if it has been on before.

I have been away from TGM for a long time, but tonight I was flipping channels, and I flip to TGC, and I see this guy with 2 hinges on his wrists. LOL, I knew exactly what he was doing before he spoke a word. Maybe it was fate that I caught that segment. Anyhow, does anyone know who the teacher was? What about that plywood device he was using?

Just thought you guys/gals might want to know.

Martin Hall on TGC
 

I was just channel surfing and happened to hit TGC just at the beginning of a segment featuring Martin Hall, who I know has TGM training (?GSEM). Mr. Hall starts his segment demonstrating the proper motion of the left and right wrists in the golf swing and has a door hinge fastened to the top of his right hand and on the side of the left wrist running up the thumb. Then shows the cocking of the left wrist and bending of the right wrist--I think I've seen this somewhere before! Goes on to mention Homer Kelley and The Golfing Machine book during the presentation as well as several other TGM points. Very well done. A gentleman named Chuck Winstead was with him during some of the presentation. Looks like some TGM info is starting to SLOWLY creep onto The Golf Channel. We need to find some way to get Yoda on there for Academy Live and blow the roof off of that place! I'll bet they would have so many requests for repeat visits that he would be on the show 3-4 times per year.
We can keep dreaming............ Dave

You must have been typing while I was---and beat my post by a few minutes. It was Martin Hall.

Homecoming At the PGA TOUR Academy
 

In April 2004, my return to the G.O.L.F. scene was with Chuck Evans, GSED, at the PGA TOUR Academy in St. Augustine, Florida. It was at this 3-day Workshop, Secrets of The Golfing Machine, that we and Randy Sparks, a.k.a. Golfingrandy, proudly presented the inaugural Homer Kelley Award to our own Matt Sluzinski, a.k.a., Matt.

Both Martin Hall, GSEM and Chuck Winstead were students for the full three days, and their active participation made this 'comeback' Academy particularly rewarding for me.

:)

Watching now
 

Great to see Martin Hall have a regular segment, and teach the flying wedges, et. al. SOMEONE had to have given him the green light to mention Homer. Are the powers that be at The Golf Channel finally realizing the growing acceptance/resurgance of TGM? :)

At TGC, I'm going to 'guess' that someone was Palmer. A great show. As always Hall has creative ways to demonstrate his point that should help a lot of folks. A very solid presentation of TGM basics.

Nice to confirm Lynn's influence, although I could tell from how Hall 'clapped' ;)

Ed, do you really think Arnie takes that active a role in the decision making process there?

That was definitely a classic Academy live. Martin was great and to put it mildly, Enthusiastic!


Rich

Well when a TGM based organisation is spending 5 million a year on advertising on the golf channel would you expect that they have other TGM based info on there?

And given the rapid Spread on TGM worldwide courtesy of sites like this one and the work of other visionaries around the world TGM will only continue to grow and prosper.

Homer was right we as teachers indeed do have a responsibility to spread the word for as LYNN says it's time is NOW.

A little clip
 

He mentioned Homer, Chuck and Ben

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXhNHb1kv_A

KOC- Clip
 

KOC,
Thanks for the clip- nice and convenient viewing.

One thought on Load, Store, Dump.

In regards to Accumulators you might A) Load them, B) Store the energy until the selected time comes that you want to begin to C) release that energy into the ball (dump).

But you need to:

A) understand how to store that energy- constant clubhead lag pressure. And probably understand what the Power Storage Problems can be- a few are listed in 6-D.

Load, Store, Dump- would be more of a mechanical description of the Accumulators (6-B-0)- and could be on a procedural level a terrible thought- because in regards to clubhead feel and lag pressure - from say the A)Top (Load) until B)Release and C)through impact, the procedural key would be A) Top-Load, Release-Maintain the load, through Impact- Maintain the Load. Procedurally you better not be dumping anything.

Likewise in that regard- storing isn't just stopping the BB ball from going to the other end of the shaft- storage includes the load- so if you just retain the angle and lost the load- you haven't stored the power.

Nothing against Martin- On the Golf Channel you've got a limited amount of time and the pressure of the lights- and Ben may elaborate the concept more in person, but the real issue in my mind is - "Did you catch it?- Meaning did you see how something might be mis-interpreted and did you share it with your other forum members so they might gain something"- and I'm not just referring to this clip but as an on-going policy."

Finally, And unrelated to Martin Hall's discussion as I didn't see the segment - my advice if someone were to discuss TGM on the Golf Channel or anywhere for that matter- would be to limit your area of discussion to a very specific item- and then elaborate on that item in great detail and relating that specific item to all the different areas and issues that it involves. Much more powerful, thought provoking than skimming over alot of different concepts. Such as "here's the importance of a flat left wrist"- First let's define it and what it is not, why is it important, when can it not be flat?, how do you keep it flat?, etc, etc.

Taking the Dump
 

Mikey . . . This is a FANTASTIC post! You have nailed it my demented mongoloidian friend.

You are one smart cookie even if the choclate nuggets are actually x-lax.

Dumping (no pun intended) would certainly give the impression of losing the loaded pressure point pressure. Very nice post for a wackjob.

do you think that sustaining the load contributes to the ability to maintain a flat left wrist as well?

I do 12P, to me the longer you can store the easier it is to have a flat left wrist at impact as well as the finish swivel. JMO, of course.

Release Accumulator Lag (Not Clubhead Lag)
 

Mike O is right on here. The Power Package Loading Action (Component #22) and the Power Package Release ("Unloading Action" / Component #24) specifically deal with the Loading and Unloading of Accumulator Lag.

In contrast, the Clubhead Lag and its resultant Pressure Point Pressure is never "Released" or "Unloaded" (6-B-0). That is because such Action would result in a Power Loss, not a Power Gain (6-B-0).

Ball Position
 

As I understand this... the description of BALL POSITION given on the clip as related to Hooking and Slicing, would mainly be true for TRUE SWINGERS. THERE IS ONE POINT FOR THEM WHERE THE CLUB IS SQUARE. They move the ball UP to Draw, and BACK to Fade.

Many people, however, are HANDS MANIPULATED SWINGERS,which is not a bad thing. They usually move the ball BACK a little to DRAW.

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

My pleasure
 

I got more than i gave!

I still have that kind of video, how about Chuck Cook, GSED talking about right shoulder on TGC?

Flat Left Wrist
 

I've deleted all positive comments from your post- quite frankly it scares me and makes me nervous! However, to your question- I'm assuming you know the answer- absolutely you can't lose lag pressure and have a flat left wrist in a full swing.

true swinging
 

That's right lagster- true swingers move the ball around without taking their hands off of the grip - to manuever the ball. Manipulated swingers would move the ball back for drawing, set the clubface say still facing the initial ball flight direction, then take their grip flv- essentially having a stronger grip-(that's why it's called "rotate the grip") then it's up to the golfer if they want to retain the square stance/body or adjust it to be closed so that their "powerpackage" has the same feel in relation to the body that they have for a straight shot.

Links
 

For those of you who have not seen this segment it is on youtube:

Part 1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44fev4wqC6U

Part 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nE_2-...elated&search=

Morgan Pressel
 

Morgan Pressel might not know the book. But Martin knows, Yoda knows and i know too.:laughing9

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRTqx4tW3mQ

wow!!!! finally the truth is out there on the GC great stuff!

Not much
 

The truth did not came out much....i have another clip with Martin painting "clubhead" on hands. But the whole show and even Morgan show did not mention TGM, except the one I posted before.


The truth is behind The secret of PGA 3-days class...

please elaborate on the 3day class......no mention of TGM will agreed....they will come, im sure.