Originally Posted by Christian (Post 78076)

Tried to order the PBS. Unfortunatley, they only seem to ship to c
Canada, and US.

I'm going to check out some reviews on the Taly, and how to use it in practice.

Has anyone that lives outside US and Canada bought the PBS? In that case, how did you manage to get it shipped there?

Originally Posted by 12 piece bucket (Post 77999)

First thing I would suggest is . . . DEFINE YOUR MISSION . . .

Is your intent to "learn the dang book"?

Is your intent to "be a better golfer"?

Or both?

I'd say the DVD's are probably the best approach. You need to understand the CORE concepts. Once you understand the core concepts then you will really start to see how things work . . . you'll appreciate how brilliant Homer was. But some of the things in the book I'd have hard time thinking anybody could get without some handholding. For example the Flying Wedges. Defined in Chapter 6 . . . but without someone/video SHOWING you . . . I don't see how many people could just flesh it out on his description.

If I had to say how to approach it . . . wear those dvd's out . . . read the book in small bursts while you're on the can or whatever . . . I read it from cover to cover generally. The critical stuff to understand first is . . .

Plane and Circle Geometry . . . there are some great pics out here of Lynn's ground school papers on yellow legal pad paper . . amazing stuff. Absolutely KEY concepts. Learn about the importance of the clubFACE and the path's relation to the clubface . . . and how the ball flies . . .what causes the axis that the ball spins on to tilt and thus curve.


Learn about the Flail . . . the Flail is HUGE . . . Rhythm . . . surface speed via EXTENSION of the primary lever . . . ON PLANE HAMMERING . . . no garbage about "holding angles" . . . hinge at the left wrist or strap hinge . . . no rusty hinges . . . freakin' well oiled hinges that let the club FLY OUT . . Sling OUT down out and forward on plane . . . SLUNG out by the pivot (massive rotor) . . . DRIVEN OUT by the right arm . . . EXTEND THAT RADIUS IN RHYTHM!!! All the speed of the extension of the lever transferred into the ball via the #3 accumulator.

Understand the hand motions and wrist motions . . . feed your mind what your hands have to do . . . to make the club move on plane . . . down out and forward . . . slowly . . . define this in your mind . . . but don't make the mistake of making it your "procedure" . . . a sequenced release is a DESCRIPTION OF THE PROCEDURE . . . not the procedure itself . . not your procedure. Learn how it works . . but learning HOW is different from applying. You can't be playing golf thinking "now I'm uncocking . . . now I'm rolling" . . . too fast. But it will help your mind to know it.

Apply these concepts to the associated planes . . . hold the club on a horizontal plane . . .what do your hands have to do to hold the shaft on that horizontal plane . . . get the feel slow . . . swing it fast . . . two hands . . right hand only . . . left hand only. hammer on a vertical plane . . . lever extension is a vertical motion . . . #2 uncocked via cf/pivot or right triceps extending the right elbow . . . but it still works like a flail regardless of the mechanism that extends it. The loading is entirely different. Learn about how your flail has to work with your particular grip type (vertical left hand or turned left hand) . . .

The Endless Belt . . the physics of the hand path and delivery path . . . great stuff . . .

The entire length of the clubshaft lays on the inclined plane . . . where does the club "enter" your body on the way down . . .where does it "exit" your body on the way thru? Are you matching "on plane" . . have you shifted? . . . this is what it means to have a simple and efficient golf swing . . this is how you look at a whacko motion furyk/trevino/hoch/freddy and appreciate what is going on.

You have a guide book and a catalog . . . it's not easy . . . really understand the dvd stuff and the book will come to life . . .

Originally Posted by O.B.Left (Post 78126)

Christian if I were to start all over again , there is one thing Id do first and foremost.

Id cut the spine off my brand new yellow book, lay down a giant mass of glue and then seal it all up again.

To my mind the books only fault is that while it holds up to todays scientific insight it doesnt hold up in a literal sense, glue wise. I suspect I am not the only person with this problem. Having read a few of Daryls recent posts I suspect he's missing a few pages........whole chapters maybe.

Originally Posted by O.B.Left (Post 78126)

Christian if I were to start all over again , there is one thing Id do first and foremost.

Id cut the spine off my brand new yellow book, lay down a giant mass of glue and then seal it all up again.

To my mind the books only fault is that while it holds up to todays scientific insight it doesnt hold up in a literal sense, glue wise. I suspect I am not the only person with this problem. Having read a few of Daryls recent posts I suspect he's missing a few pages........whole chapters maybe.

Originally Posted by O.B.Left (Post 78126)

Christian if I were to start all over again , there is one thing Id do first and foremost.

Id cut the spine off my brand new yellow book, lay down a giant mass of glue and then seal it all up again.

To my mind the books only fault is that while it holds up to todays scientific insight it doesnt hold up in a literal sense, glue wise. I suspect I am not the only person with this problem. Having read a few of Daryls recent posts I suspect he's missing a few pages........whole chapters maybe.