Masterpiece
 

Tom Tomasello called the book "a masterpiece", but even he admitted that without the help of an A.I. that it would most likely not make much sense.

The book sales are probably better than they used to be... but if the book was made more readable, it would probably sell quite well... maybe even be a BEST SELLING golf instruction book.

The influence of TGM is starting to become more obvious to the public. Lynn now has a tour winner, and others that are doing very well. It is also becoming known that the Stack and Tilt teachers believe in the value of TGM. Other teachers are now giving TGM some credit as a valuable tool. At the last P.G.A. Teaching and Coaching Summit I attended, several of the presenters mentioned TGM and Ben Doyle in a positive manner. Of course Mr. O'Grady also got much of his information from TGM.

I wonder if any of you think as I do regarding AI's straying from the path. I've found that any lack of perfectly clear understanding of TGM concepts causes one to search elsewhere for rationalization and solutions.

I couldn't pick O'Grady from a police line-up, but I would assume 'misunderstanding' of anyone finding so much wrong with the Yellow Book. So many think they understand the constructs. Just like Bucket, who thinks he understands the concept of the “Endless Belt”, yet totally abuses and exploits its application. Who would think? :laughing9 Even more alarming is that the current owners of the 7th edition may possibly misunderstand it too. :laughing9 :laughing9 :crybaby: :naughty:

" some (homer) will be born posthumously "
 

i agree

yes, all three. a great intellectual achievement !!

yes he achieved his goal of brevity. but i wouldn't try and rewrite it. and i don't think that you can read the book enough.

i think lynnblakegolf is bringing organization to his work. i love your idea of multimedia but it could cause deep divisions over the presentation of the material and/or the interpretation of it.

Mathew Boyd -- TGM Multimedia Pioneer
 

Mathew's animations in our Gallery represent the promise of those future multimedia presentations. He and I collaborated as LBG was getting underway. I had long dreamed of seeing Hinge Action (and the Geometry of the Circle and the Plane and a number of other things!) as an animated presentation. When he produced his 3-D animation -- he is not a professional and taught himself to use the software -- I was astonished. My posts introducing the Hinge Action Animation reflected my admiration for his creativity and conviction that it was nothing less than historic work.

Mathew had made it happen!

No big deal? I beg to differ. As few as four years ago, only a handful of people in the world (amateur or Authorized Instructor) truly understood Hinge Action. Fewer still could correctly articulate and demonstrate it. And then, via Mathew's inspiration and perspiration . . .

There it was!

Hinge Action visually presented so simply everyone could understand. For the human application, see my Hinge Action Videos #1 and #2 here: http://www.lynnblakegolf.com/gallery...ry.php?cat=517

I was grateful to Mathew then.

We should all be grateful to him now.

:salut:

Beavis . . . Please school me on how I have missed the boat on Endless Belt . . . I'm sure you'll have your opportunity to pick people out of police line up at the big throwdown in October when you and Mike O shack up in a hotel room/van.

Waiting patiently on your Endless Belt analysis . . . start another thread . . . game on.

Just think if there were a CD that contained the text from each edition in different colors or something . .. with supporting audio of Homer's classes for each section (I know of a certain mongoloid who may just be anal enough to do something like that) and supporting video demonstrating the text or virtual stuff as Yoda pointed out that Mathew expertly did.

Yoda does a 4 minute video on wedges and people go absolutely ape shizzle because of how much they learned . . . just imagine if the whole book were supported with a cd or something that actually fleshed the deal out with video and Homer rappin'.

It COULD BE amazing . . . instead we just get "Homer's science sux." Let's do another AI class. Great . .. thanks for that. When they gonna take it to the street??? Quarter'til never.

It’s not a “How-to” Book.
 

Not arguing that it IS a how to book . . . We are talking about materials to SUPPLEMENT the book, make it more accessable and understandable to people who would probably run from it after reading chapter 2.

The information in that book COULD if properly organized and presented with all the available technology change EVERYTHING.

When do we fight about the Endless Belt?

Agree with you bucket, leave the book alone, no 8th edition needed....

William Shakespeare is dead, nobody should write a sequel to Macbeth...but you can happily write books that make the great writers books easier to understand...like this one

http://www.amazon.com/Macbeth-Pengui.../dp/0140770089

This is the kind of book that needs to be written, it could stand alone with references to TGM .... or be part of a multimedia version of TGM.

Is there any copyright reasoning whicj prohibits an author not part of TGM writing a "passnotes" style book to explain TGM ??

Law and orders
 

Hope you have a good lawyer. The home office is very protective of their business and anything to do with Mr. Kelley and TGM.