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The golf swing does contain 24 areas of action and according to the dictionary various is defined as different kinds, as two or more things; differing one from another. I will list the component or area or action and then a sample of the variations.

1) Grip (hand to hand)- overlapping, interlocking or baseball.

2) Grip (hands to plane) - strong single action, strong double action, weak single action, weak double action.

3) Elbow position - it can be at the side, in front of the hip or away from the body.

4) accumulator combinations - single, double, triple or four barrel.

5) Plane line - square/square, square/open, square/closed.

6) Basic plane - hand, elbow, squares shoulder, turned shoulder, turning shoulder.

7) Plane angle - zero, single, double, triple shift.

8) Address fix - standard, special, half and half.

9) address position - standard, impact, special.

10) Hinge action - vertical, angled, horizontal.

11) Pressure points - #1, #2, 3, #4.

12) Pivot - standard, short, delayed, zero.

13) Shoulder turn - standard, flat, rotated.

14) Hip turn - standard, slide, shiftless.

15) Hip action - standard, delayed, short, zero.

16) Knee action - standard, right anchor, left anchor, double anchor.

17) Foot action - standard, flat, zero.

18) Left wrist action - single, double, cut shot, special, zero.

19) Lag loading - drive, drag, float.

20) Trigger type - hand, right arm, shoulder, delivery path, wrist.

21) Assembly point - top, side, end.

22) Loading action - full sweep, random sweep, snap.

23) Delivery path - straight, angles line, circle.

24) Release - non auto random sweep, auto random sweep, snap, flip.

Mixing and matching the variations from each of the components gives you over 1 million possible ways to swing a club. This is what gives TGM it's greatest strength, a swing can be assembled to fit the golfers abilities, limitations or handicaps. It does not force the golfer into one swing which may or may not fit him and his abilities.

There is one element in the Norwood swing that has me confused and I hope you can clarify it for me.
Joe Norwood stressed to keep an extended left arm, in fact he wanted you to extend it further from your left shoulder. However he also believed and you advocate, and I quote from your message "Backswing follows your waist, elbow never leaves the waist.". You are talking about the right elbow. How can I fully extend my left arm if my right elbow never leaves my waist acting like a leash that prevents the left arm from being extended? In fact the closer the right elbow is to your waist the more it pulls in your right hand shortening the left arm radius. You can only get full left arm extension if the right elbow is allowed to be as far away from the body as necessary for full left arm extension. This seems to be a biomechanical contradiction in the Norwood swing. I would be interested in hearing your take on this.