Heads in general, and certainly MY head. You want to put your mind in your hands, remember?
Too much analysis while standing over the ball can ruin a shot. I'm an expert. Think I've turned into an artform
I have a tendency to start improvising a low pull draw or push fade or perhaps try a little something that worked really well two years ago and suddenly surfaced at the top of my mind. In other words: Change my intentions after I've addressed the ball. It workes quite often, but it is hardly the receipt for consistent golf.
Also, very often, I can't help but trying to shape the shot even though I deep down know that a standard stroke will probably give a better result. And certainly a better score after 18 holes. But after all it's just a game
Heads in general, and certainly MY head. You want to put your mind in your hands, remember?
Too much analysis while standing over the ball can ruin a shot. I'm an expert. Think I've turned into an artform
I have a tendency to start improvising a low pull draw or push fade or perhaps try a little something that worked really well two years ago and suddenly surfaced at the top of my mind. In other words: Change my intentions after I've addressed the ball. It workes quite often, but it is hardly the receipt for consistent golf.
Also, very often, I can't help but trying to shape the shot even though I deep down know that a standard stroke will probably give a better result. And certainly a better score after 18 holes. But after all it's just a game
Almost sounds like Bubba Watson. Do you hit it a mile as well?
One of my students of many years, Jim Renner now a new member of the PGA Tour, came to me this spring to work on his pre-shot routine or we have come to know as Preliminary Address (8-1). When he asked me what I do, I explained to him about Alignment and how I always used the same ideas used by Jack Nicklaus. He looked at me puzzled as if he never heard of such a thing. When I pressed him on how he aligns himself to the target he said, “I just look out there and hit it". This immediately brought Fred couple to mind. "Why didn't we ever go over this before," he asked. To which I replied, "We never had to."
I guess it's a good thing when elements/alignments of the golf swing occur naturally, but I would think it's also easy to get lost, when things go wrong, when you don't know what you are doing?
I guess it's a good thing when elements/alignments of the golf swing occur naturally, but I would think it's also easy to get lost, when things go wrong, when you don't know what you are doing?
I think it is particalurly easy to get lost for us who picked up golf as adults and don't have a god given talent for the game.
I think you need to be able to feel the difference between good and bad.
But at the same time it is very difficult to feel what's causing trouble when things aren't right. So you need a geometrical approach with good routines, keys and check points etc to get in the ball park. Then you can use feel for the fine tuning, IMO.
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