[12 piece bucket]

LOL. I teach and use LBG exclusively. Stationary Pivot, MacDonald Exercises, RFT, Aiming Point, Imperatives and Essentials. YODA's swing is my model. Preaching to the choir.

However, I'm smart enough to know Mr. Doyle can teach circles around me, and Verplank could give me 4 a side and throttle me. Lot's of ways to play if you believe in it.

I believe in the stationary pivot. I have proven it to be the most effective for my swing, and it is how I help my students improve the fastest. I'm comfortable enough in my techniques, all learned here, that I can focus on the positives without having to dismiss what others do. Live and let live!

Kevin

I'm with you HOWEVER . . . I'll say this . . . people have assumed that the snap release is somehow "superior" . . . and that it goes farther . . . I ain't buying it. At least not this version of it . . . Plus lots of people equate everything that Doyle teaches as THE representation of the Machine. We all know that just ain't so . . . We got Chapter 10 . . . components gotta fit together.

Then Verplank's stroke gets trotted out as a model for the Snap after all this discussion of a smaller wheel is gonna "out-drive all your playing partners" post 37 . . . Verplank don't seem to be out-driving many of his partners unless he's paired with the bottom 3 every time . . . Sticking your head over your right foot and moving backward and having a sexy angle don't equate to far . . . but he's got diabetes . . . so I got a bogus argument . . just sayin'.