Geeez Joe....with that much background....I would think we should be getting some insight from you? I would rather listen to someone with first hand knowledge.
To my mind, there are Three Stages to Mastery of any subject. These are encapsulated in the following quote:
"Reading makes a learned man.
Conversation makes a ready man.
Writing makes a precise man."
-- Sir Francis Bacon
To my mind, Joe Curtis is referring to Bacon's first phase of mastery, that is, getting a grasp of the basic facts. If you want to 'play marbles', you've got to get some marbles to shoot! However, that phase of the journey soon ends . . .
To really 'hammer down' the basics, you must interact with others. It's not enough just to have a bag of marbles, you must kneel down, draw the circle and play the game! This jousting of ideas back and forth yields its own fruit -- new insights and a deeper appreciation of the fundamental issues -- but still permits a certain laxity of expression ('wiggle room'). In other words, you can be a little looser 'just talking' than when you know you will be held accountable. Finally, though, comes the day when all preparatory efforts end and your solo challenge of the summit begins . . .
You enter this rarified atmosphere when you take pen in hand and crystalize your thoughts by writing. Here, in the crucible of solitude, you become The Master, a true champion. Here, there can be no substitute for concentrated thought. Here, there is no reprieve from ill-conceived ideas: They have been commited to paper and are there for all to see, measure and judge.
These Forums foster this three-stage discipline and thus provide a true path to individual mastery. The textual nature of our medium demands that we write to 'speak', so posting serves both as 'conversation' and 'crystalized thought'. I invite and encourage members to participate according to their own levels of understanding. In so doing, you will 'connect the dots' of your own fragmented ideas and one day join those who have sought and won the 'pearl of great price' . . .
This is as precise as it gets on the subject. Mark Evershed and Tom Tomasello taught/teach the same motion for swinging with the right arm. Now Tommy might have taught two different variations per 10-20. 10-20-B with only the right forearm and 10-20-D with both forearms per 7-3 and 6-B-2-0. But the right elbow and forearm have to work the same way for both procedures to be generating longitudinal acceleration (Swinging). It's a throw from the top with the right forearm. As Tommy said, it's one smooth motion. No hit!!! It's a free wheeling action as Tommy said in his 1987 video giving instruction by himself with just a video camera. Not be confused with other recordings.
When you get this action down....you'll discover the right elbow wants to start unfolding on it's own at startdown. You're just triggering it's natural movement with the muscles of the right forearm. That's the revelation. It's Magic!!! Sorry I can't find a light bulb icon!!!
As Tommy said, "Sorry for the simplicity".
DG
Last edited by Delaware Golf : 05-26-2008 at 05:27 PM.
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