For those of you that are A.I.'s, or those wanting to become an A.I., or a golf instructor,
do you or will you tell your students what they are doing wrong, and tell them how to do
correctly using TGM terms?
If you do, will they understand you? If they don't understand you, is it their fault or yours?
What makes a person a GREAT teacher? Is it because they know all their is about the subject, or they can quickly figure out problems and find a solution?
Or is it they can COMMUNICATE it so the person they are talking to understand and GETS it?
Lets say YOU need a lesson, you have 1 problem that you can't get solved on your own or the people you have seen so far can't help you with it, but there is this 1 person that has the answer, so you go to him and show him your swing, he smiles knowing he can help you, so he tells you exactly what your doing wrong and why, and even how to fix it, only problem is, he tells you in a foreign language, is it your job as the student to go get a book and try to figure out what the guys you just went to for help just told you??
TGM gets a bad rap for this very reason. Did Homer write the book for the avg weekend golfer? Does Homer say in the book its the job of the A.I. to communicate to their students
using TGM terms only? I don't think he did. Most people study the book for years and still have tons of question about the meaning.
If it wasn't Homer's wish then why is it done all the time on these golf discussion boards most of the time??
Someone comes to the boards for advice and they are given an answer that they can't understand. WHY?
I've seen it done dozens and dozens of times, a person asks a question, and they are given a line directly out of the book, thats great, except the person probably wont understand it, so then it's meaningless.
Those of us that come here, and to the TGM boards are FAR FAR from the norm, we do it because we have a drive to understand, and hell, we want to become as good as possible.
For those that come to see you or ask your advice that are just casual golfers, just wanting to make contact with the ball and when they do not have it curve off the planet, would it have been Homer's intention for you to try to completely try to rebuild Joe duffer's swing, or give him simple advice , maybe 1 or 2 changes to give Joe a chance? After all as WE all know Joe probably WON't practice what he is gonna be taught very much, or at all.
The reason for the rant (it had been building) is someone came in with a question for OUR (the people posting here) help, the person was told he had an inferior procedure and it was ok to use it, but don't expect to get anywhere with it, and he was told this using TGM terms......if TGM'ers want to get more accepted, they need to realize they are cutting their own throats so to speak, speak so Joe duffer can understand, and don't be so high and mighty
saying this way is the only way, after all, how many ways did HOMER give us in that little yellow book????
do you or will you tell your students what they are doing wrong, and tell them how to do
correctly using TGM terms?
If you do, will they understand you? If they don't understand you, is it their fault or yours?
What makes a person a GREAT teacher? Is it because they know all their is about the subject, or they can quickly figure out problems and find a solution?
Or is it they can COMMUNICATE it so the person they are talking to understand and GETS it?
Lets say YOU need a lesson, you have 1 problem that you can't get solved on your own or the people you have seen so far can't help you with it, but there is this 1 person that has the answer, so you go to him and show him your swing, he smiles knowing he can help you, so he tells you exactly what your doing wrong and why, and even how to fix it, only problem is, he tells you in a foreign language, is it your job as the student to go get a book and try to figure out what the guys you just went to for help just told you??
TGM gets a bad rap for this very reason. Did Homer write the book for the avg weekend golfer? Does Homer say in the book its the job of the A.I. to communicate to their students
using TGM terms only? I don't think he did. Most people study the book for years and still have tons of question about the meaning.
If it wasn't Homer's wish then why is it done all the time on these golf discussion boards most of the time??
Someone comes to the boards for advice and they are given an answer that they can't understand. WHY?
I've seen it done dozens and dozens of times, a person asks a question, and they are given a line directly out of the book, thats great, except the person probably wont understand it, so then it's meaningless.
Those of us that come here, and to the TGM boards are FAR FAR from the norm, we do it because we have a drive to understand, and hell, we want to become as good as possible.
For those that come to see you or ask your advice that are just casual golfers, just wanting to make contact with the ball and when they do not have it curve off the planet, would it have been Homer's intention for you to try to completely try to rebuild Joe duffer's swing, or give him simple advice , maybe 1 or 2 changes to give Joe a chance? After all as WE all know Joe probably WON't practice what he is gonna be taught very much, or at all.
The reason for the rant (it had been building) is someone came in with a question for OUR (the people posting here) help, the person was told he had an inferior procedure and it was ok to use it, but don't expect to get anywhere with it, and he was told this using TGM terms......if TGM'ers want to get more accepted, they need to realize they are cutting their own throats so to speak, speak so Joe duffer can understand, and don't be so high and mighty
saying this way is the only way, after all, how many ways did HOMER give us in that little yellow book????