[BerntR]

The master move the 25th component in TGM. It ties everything together in a very neat and foolproof way so that you don't have to think about all the nitty gritty details. But Homer left it out of the book because he was planning to file a patent. That's why we're all still searching for the holy grail. All except Yoda. But Yoda is bound by an NDA that he had to sign before Homer could share his big secret.

Seriously; I think the master move is to put your mind in your hands and have your main focus on what you're trying to do with the club, the ball and the hands at a very high level. Your ball striking intentions should adjust the components and bring the puzzle together through mental background processes. When golf is simple you can just take aim and fire at as many cylinders as you want to. And the components will deliver according to the plan.

This requires components that are well learned and organised to comply with what your hands need to do. Unfortunately, this organisation tends to drift constantly.

The golfing machinery doesn't have the mechanical and structural rigidity that other machines do. It is basically in the process of falling apart all the time. Preventive maintenance and good monitoring skills is required to keep the machine functioning well enough to det the job done. The minute you start believing that you've "got it" and shut down your monitors, that's when you're heading for problems. Feeling what's going on in the stroke is incredible important. Monitoring skills.

When you put your mind on one single component (like the shoulder turn or foot action or whatever) there is a tendency that all the other components disappear from the radar. And before you know it you've completely lost sight of your ball striking and have no idea where the ball is going to go.

And I guess, also a stable mindset is part of the receipt for success. But that's a part I know very little about, really. Cause my mindset tends to be drifting all the time. If I play well I get more ambitious and creative for each shot. If I struggle I am just too keen on fixing whatever problem there may be even though I am able to keep the ball in play.

We all want to play excellent golf, and how well we play makes a big difference to how we think and feel out on the course. The irony of it is that we would probably play better with a quiet mind that just repeated the same thinking over and over and were unaffected by the quality of ball striking and the score.