[david sandridge]

Thanks to Jeff and Yoda for clearing up mistatements. I saw Tommy a number of times over the years and I appreciate and respect what he did for TGM. However I find his videos only interesting but not helpful. Lynn is so precise in his explanation and understanding of Homer Kelley's work I will cast my lot with him. Golf is an entertainment for a lifetime. The human body is very complex, I spent my entire life studying its functions. There are many things yet to be discovered about it. If the golf swing was so easy we wouldn't be on this forum discusing it. We must all realize our perceptions of what we do are just not reliable. Our brains and senses are just not trustworthy. The forearm is truly magical. When we trace the plane line all of the muscles proximal to the elbow are working in concert as well as some in the shoulder girdle and don't forget if we are pivoting the core muscles. Now if your abs are weak you use other muscles in a compensatory manner to perform the same function. If you have no buns you have to find alternative ways to move. Since I am a physcian, I tried to understand the specific muscles involved but finally gave up. I think it is much better to study the images, swing keys, golf thoughts and drills used by successful golfers. I feel many of these are universal. Our brain can take one of these thoughts(Ben Doyle called them "golf thoughts") and perform the appropriate function without much thought about the mechanics involved. MacDonald's exercises is one example of a solid pivot motion drill. It seems to me that in swinging any thought about doing anything with the forearm will not be helpful. It should be passive, soft, free of tension so that it can be thrown out. Since it is controlled by proximal muscles, that means the muscles in the upper arm need to be relaxed and allow the action to occur. They have to stay out of the way. If centrifugal force is causing the action, then the triggers have to allow it to happen rather than making it happen. We just need just enough fine motor control to accomplish tracing