[Mike O]

Yoda, Bambam, Mike O, 12 Piece,
I don't know how to thank you guys enough. All this feedback is incredible. I do feel like I hit the golf instruction lottery, as 12 Piece said. You're not kidding Denny, that was definitely worth some money. Mike, you're absolutely right, my swing has always been about hitting the ball as far as I can, even when I've tried to force myself to swing more under control. Yoda, I thought last night after watching my swing that I had that loop, but I wasn't sure I was seeing things quite right. Thanks for confirming my suspicion. I was also pretty sure I was lost in that scary nether world of switting, but I've thought that for a while. Mike, thanks for the huge response. I completely overlooked the fact that I was standing up and losing my spine angle. Also, you made me realize something else. I've been an athlete my whole life and I think sometimes I think too much and make things harder than they need to be. One other thing, I am more than willing to give up some of that power I crave if I can get it back and become much more accurate and consistent in the process. I am very driven to get better and I don't really care what it takes right now, I just want to be damn good at this game. I'm going back to the range in the morning and hope to have more video posted by tomorrow night. Thanks again for everything guys!
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Funny - in regards to thinking- I thought before I posted that it was somewhat odd- or not quite the norm - that an athlete such as yourself would be drawn to TGM- normally you guys just do it (No I'm not talking NIKE here!)

Here is my additional advice to your follow-up post. While you might think that - "Hey! All this thinking is just holding back my natural ability- therefore let's not think so much"- nothing could be further from the truth. Although, believe me I understand the feeling. In fact, you may have already gone back and forth on those two philosophys many times in your golfing career. Certainly if you're at a fork in the road and you've got to decide- "Do I go down the left hand road and just use my athletic ability" or "do I go down the right hand road and try to figure out and consciously apply movement concepts to swing a golf club"- You know the left hand road will look the easiest and in fact when you're on it it'll seem the easiest- but then at some point when you don't get better you've got to apply some knowledge- anotherwords you need to get back on that other road. When you start to think and apply knowledge and you don't get any better then after some time on that road you're thinking "This isn't helping - I need to get back on the other road"-The Athlete Road- "why am I mentally and physically "forcing" myself to do this when I'm getting worse or not getting better!" So you switch back over to the athlete non-thinking road. Well you get the picture. In summary- my advice- "struggle my friend!" - Take the road less traveled~!