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Welcome to the forum x-man.

You are on the right track building up your motion from the short shots to the longer ones, and the information in the dvd's is as good as you will find anywhere. If you haven't already looked through them, there are some outstanding videos in the gallery section that are well worth the time to view.

Yes agreed and welcome X-man. You're building yourself a Machine in the right order. Its the best way to do it, for sure.

If you have the book read up on the Minor Basic Strokes and the Major Basic Strokes. There are options. I mention this because when I went from a Hitting Basic Motion to Total Motion I was at first working under an assumption that was incorrect. While in Basic Motion I was using Push Basic, a pure inline thrust of the right arm as demonstrated by VJ in the discs. A great and simple option but not a thing to employ in a Hitting Major Basic Stroke. There you need a Punch Elbow. Not a pure linear thrusting of the right arm more of a throwing motion with the Right Elbow leading the hands towards Release.

Something to think about as you work your way from Basic to Acquired to Total Motion if your Hitting. Good luck with it, its a great way to learn control and it'll revolutionize your short game when you start to move the ball around and employ different Hinge Actions.