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Don't know if it is an error per se but most of the time the term is Total Motion, but in one or two places there is talk about Full Motion. Still only on my third reading so I'm not the most confident of contributors, but if Total and Full Motion are the same things, they ough to have one common term, the book is confusing enough as it is. On the other hand, if we are talking about two different concepts, I sure would like to know the difference.

An electronic 'word search' of the book reveals one reference to Full Motion and sixteen references to Total Motion.

The reference to Full Motion describes the motion of Component #12, the Pivot:

"The term Pivot is relative in that it can be classified as anything between Full motion and Zero motion and may include all, part or none of the possible Component Motions and actions."

In contrast, the references to Total Motion are used to describe the Golf Stroke as a whole. For example:

In 3-0:

"Your 'Total Motion' is that Basic Motion plus its Component Variations (Chapter 10) – selected and/or otherwise (Chapter 12)."

"Whatever you are 'working on' must produce a change in Feel because it’s a selected addition to your previous Total Motion Feel – your 'Acquired Feel', the present stage of your Total Motion development."

In 3-B:

"For instance – the first wobbly point in your Total Motion (12-3), not Impact, is where you should be working."

Finally, after similar descriptions in Chapters 9 and 12, we find this in the final Chapter 14:

"Hitting or Swinging and their special Mechanics dictate the individual’s basic TOTAL MOTION."

So, clearly Homer Kelley's preference is for the term Total Motion, and it is exclusively his usage when referring to the Golf Stroke itself. That said, I don't guess we can let him totally -- no pun intended -- off the hook because in 3-F-5 (Pre-Shot Routine), he says,

"Is the Zero Pivot [motion] partial, relative or total?"

Since he was talking about the Pivot here, does consistency demand that he say "...partial, relative or full?" Perhaps: Full Pivot sounds better to my ear than Total Pivot. But here we are talking about a Zero Pivot, not a 'Full' Pivot. So, do we have a "Full Zero Pivot"? Or a "Total Zero Pivot"? Homer made his choice and put it in print. I go with Homer. You be your own judge.

One sentence later, though, he puts the whole matter to rest as he refers once again to the Golf Stroke itself:

"With or without a Pivot, it's the Feel of your Total Motion."