Book Errors

[drewitgolf]

2-K #4, 2-K#5, the pin (bolt) is missing from the Golfer's Flail; if needed reference your 6th edition for correct placement...man, do I need to get as life.

[12 piece bucket]

2-K #4, 2-K#5, the pin (bolt) is missing from the Golfer's Flail; if needed reference your 6th edition for correct placement...man, do I need to get as life.

No sir! That's a MAJOR fuuubar. Remember Homer thought that everyone could just figure out 1-L by putting the drawing up there . . . not good. Good eye.

[Mike O]

2-K #4, 2-K#5, the pin (bolt) is missing from the Golfer's Flail; if needed reference your 6th edition for correct placement...man, do I need to get as life.

I just thought I would give everyone an update. Drewitgolf was up on the
6th floor tonight- it took 3 guards and 3 orderlies to get him strapped to the gurney. As usual he was muttering something about missing hinge pin. Usually when something like that happens - it'll be a long time before we see him again.

Holy Crap! Gotta go- Bucket just threw applesauce in Yoda's face - all started when Yoda said he had throwaway - this is a crazy place.

[12 piece bucket]

I just thought I would give everyone an update. Drewitgolf was up on the
6th floor tonight- it took 3 guards and 3 orderlies to get him strapped to the gurney. As usual he was muttering something about missing hinge pin. Usually when something like that happens - it'll be a long time before we see him again.

Holy Crap! Gotta go- Bucket just threw applesauce in Yoda's face - all started when Yoda said he had throwaway - this is a crazy place.

That wasn't applesauce . . .

[drewitgolf]

I just thought I would give everyone an update. Drewitgolf was up on the
6th floor tonight- it took 3 guards and 3 orderlies to get him strapped to the gurney. As usual he was muttering something about missing hinge pin. Usually when something like that happens - it'll be a long time before we see him again.

Found the missing hinge pin and picked the lock to the cell door.

[Mike O]

Found the missing hinge pin and picked the lock to the cell door.

Damn it 12 Piece! Can't you do anything right! HOW DID DREWITGOLF MAKE IT PAST YOUR SECURITY SYSTEM????

[YodasLuke]

This doesn't affect the subject matter, but in interest of proper credit:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venturi_effect

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnus_effect

Also, the credit for finding this error goes to Henning Lundström, not me.

[Kumabjorn]

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.

[Mike O]

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.

Welcome to the world of an inventor who can't afford an editor and in addition writes a book in a manner where an editor wouldn't even know where to begin.

However, you've just touched on the tip of the iceberg. Try figuring out what Basic Motion is and Total Motion is? Hint: If you have one answer for each then you've got the wrong answer. You should have three for Basic and two for Total. (Except for Bucket who has 17 for Basic and 22 for Total - that's right you greasy chicken!)

[Yoda]

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."