You are right, M.J.!

Now, to complete the job, we need to fully integrate the Right ForearmFlying Wedge into your Basic Stroke Pattern -- Hitting (12-1-0) or Swinging(12-2-0). Our method (1-J and 3-0/A/B) must include both the G.O.L.F.Engineering System and the G.O.L.F. Feel System. I see this coming at you --and the rest of the Forum if they'd like to join us -- in Five Steps. Let'scall it Five Steps To A Magical Right Forearm Flying Wedge.

Move over Hogan's Five Lessons! Make room for Yoda's FiveSteps! Following this Yellow Brick Road will do more for your Game thanyou can possibly imagine at this time.

Here are the first two steps.

Five Steps To A Magical Right Forearm Flying Wedge

STEP I

Go to the nearest hardware store and ask where the wooden dowels are. When youfind them, you will see that they are all about the same length, slightlylonger than a driver, maybe 50 inches or so. However, there are many differentthicknesses. Pick out one with about the thickness of a Golfshaft. Not toothin. Not too thick. But err toward the thick side, if you must err at all.

Buy it. You must do this first step. Do not proceed in this traininguntil you get your dowel. Okay?

Well, you went on anyway, didn't you? I knew you would! But seriously, get your dowel tomorrow! It really is a'must-have.'

When you get home, take your new Stroke Trainer to the kitchen or diningroom table and sit down. If family members or others are present, you may wantto schedule a more private moment for this exercise. On the other hand, if theyare already aware of your 'problem,' you can continue.

Put your Right Forearm full-length on the table top. Note that it is on thesame plane as the table top. Now, while looking directly at your Forearm,slowly repeat the following sentence. Let your Computer (Chapter 14) absorb theprogram as you say it.

"My Right Forearm is On-Plane."

Slowly repeat the sentence four more times, and as you speak, Monitor yourOn-Plane Right Forearm and Hand. Focus intently on the Feel from the Elbow tothe Fingertips -- the Elbow, the entire Forearm, the Wrist, the Heel and Sideof your Hand, and the entire length of your Little Finger -- each piece in turnall lying on and sensing the horizontal plane of the table top. If your wife isnow dialing '911,' don't say you weren't warned!

Now, leaving your Forearm On-Plane, Bend your Right Wrist. Study thatposition for a minute or so. Note that your Right Wrist is Bent (4-A-2),not Flat (4-A-1) or Arched (4-A-3).

Repeat the following sentence five times slowly as your look intently at yourRight Forearm and Wrist:

"My Right Forearm is On Plane and my Right Wrist is Bent."

Notice that your Right Wrist, in addition to being Bent, is also Level (4-B-1),neither Cocked (4-B-2) or Uncocked (4-A-3).

Repeat the following sentence five times slowly while you Monitor each criticalalignment of your Right Forearm and the Bent and Level Right Wrist:

"My Right Forearm is On Plane and my Right Wrist is Bent andLevel."

Now note that your Right Wrist is also Vertical (4-C-1) to the table top,neither Turned (4-C-2) nor Rolled (4-C-3). Then, while Monitoring intently yourOn-Plane Right Forearm and your Bent, Level and Vertical Right Wrist, repeatthe following sentence slowly five times:

"My Right Forearm is On-Plane and my Right Wrist is Bent, Level andVertical."

Leaving your On-Plane Right Forearm and your Bent, Level and Vertical RightWrist on the table top in front of you, place the dowel in the cup ofyour Right Hand about a foot down from the near end of the dowel. This'foot down' business is important, so get it right. Do not grip near theend of the dowel. Take a precision Right Hand Grip (10-2-B) by encircling thedowel with your fingers, pressing the dowel into the Right Hand Cup and alsoagainst the first joint of your 'trigger finger' -- the No. 3 Pressure Point(6-C-1 #3).

With the dowel now inserted in the cup of the Right Hand and parallel to the tabletop, verify that it is On-Plane with top-to-bottom centerline of your RightForearm, i.e., the line drawn from the Right Hand cup up the Forearm. In thisposition, the dowel appears to be an angled extension of your On-Plane RightForearm. Now, Monitoring each alignment of this assembly intensely, repeatthe following sentence slowly five times:

"This is my Right Forearm Flying Wedge. It is one of the most importantalignments in Golf."

And then five more times...

"My Right Forearm Flying Wedge consists of my On-Plane Right Forearm,my Bent, Level and Vertical Right Wrist, my No. 3 Pressure Point and myOn-Plane Clubshaft."

As you recite each sentence, carefully Monitor each individual alignment tomake sure that it is being properly programmed.

When you have finished, position your Right Forearm Flying Wedge on the tabletop to your right. Monitor the On Plane 'Feel' of the entire assembly. Thenposition it to your left -- still on the table top -- and do the same thing.Finally, return your Right Forearm Flying Wedge once again to its positiondirectly in front of you.


STEP II

Maintaining the 'Feel' of your fully-assembled On-Plane Right Forearm FlyingWedge, become very aware of the point of your Right Elbow. When you have fullyfocused on the Elbow -- and without the Elbow leaving the table and with nodisruption of the precision alignments of your Right Forearm Flying Wedge -- Bendthe Right Elbow, and lift the entire unit six to ten inches off the tabletop.

Monitor your position. Did you Bend the Right Elbow only? No othermotion is required or permitted! Did this action take the entire assembly --your On-Plane Right Forearm with its Bent, Level and Vertical Right Wrist, theNo. 3 Pressure Point and the On-Plane angled dowel extension -- straight up offthe table? Do this five times, Monitoring your Right Elbow Bending Actionintensely.

On each repetition, Monitor carefully the 'Feel' of having maintained thestructural integrity -- the precision alignments -- of your Right Forearm FlyingWedge. Also, be intensely aware of the 'Feel' of Elbow, Forearm, Wrist, No. 3Pressure Point and dowel all continuing to lie in the same Plane. Even thoughthat Plane is now different than the 'resting' Plane, the 'On-Plane Feel'should be unmistakable.

Now position your Right Forearm Flying Wedge to your right and repeat theexercise five times. And then to your left and repeat five times.

By now, you should have little problem assembling your Right Forearm FlyingWedge with each of its precision alignments. You can also hold the entireassembly effortlessly in the same Plane. And, you can recite each precisionalignment from memory as you verify each visually and executeeach totally by Feel. We're making serious progress!

Okay. It's time to figure out where the nearest full length mirror or otherreflecting glass is, 'cause that's where we're headed tomorrow night in theremaining Steps III, IV and V.