I know for a fact that the current G.S.E.B. program equates geometry equal to motion, because I wrote the slide on which it is presented. From an educational point of view that message was delivered so that the students would equate geometry to motion.
I sincerely believe that students -- especially those new to The Golfing Machine -- are far better served by thinking of geometry as relating to the alignments of G.O.L.F. than as its "motion." Once they understand that there are a multitude of straight-line reference points available for precision golf, they should be encouraged to make their Motion -- Basic, Acquired, and Total per 12-5 -- in conformance with those points. Where to start? Maintain the Flat Left Wrist and trace the Straight Plane Line.
And three final thoughts:
1. The Twelve Sections of Chapter 8 -- taken as a whole and thought ofas a 'flip' book of moving pictures -- constitute 'Geometry in Motion.' Permanentimprovement in the alignments and relationships in any one Section results in apermanent improvement in the player's Total Motion.
2. Per 12-0, next to last sentence:
"In executing your Stroke Pattern,remember it is not Component location or position but the alignments andrelationships of their Motions and Actions that are central to thisSystem, and those who fail to squelch any compulsion to have it otherwiseare thereby simply excluded, because this System is based on Law, and laws donot bend to fit intentions.
and per Chapter 14:
"Alignments (relationships) areGeometry.
Work is Physics.
Together they constitute Mechanics -- structurally 'fixed' geometry andphysics."
3. The front cover of The Golfing Machine refers to Geometric Golfand its text is replete with what the author terms "AlignmentProcedures." Nowhere in the text do we see G.O.L.F. referred to as"Motion Golf."
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