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Here's my latest blog entry:
I had a terrible range session a week or so ago. I was disparately trying to get my free-flowing swing back. Changing stuff, ball position, stance, grip etc etc and getting worse and worse. It got to the point that I couldn't take the club back away from the ball. I was paralyzed. Paralysis by analysis. I went home, upset, worried that all my progress this year has been a flash in the pan. Thinking that rather than risk the sorrow and embarrassment of more rounds above 100 I might put the clubs away and do something else.
Then I came to my senses.
Why was I swinging so well earlier?
I was just letting go and trusting myself to put the clubface on the back of the ball
How did I feel when I was swinging?
Loose, uninhibited, free
What was I thinking about before, during and after my swing?
My target, aligning the clubface, aligning my body and then just let it go
I realized all this grip, stance, arm here, weight there etc was just inhibiting my natural swing.
I went to the range with a fresh mind. Grab a ball, grab a club, pick out a target, go through the preshot routine and fire! No interference from that little voice in my head that says, "Hmmm I saw in an article that if you do this that and the next thing you will have a choke free swing for life".
I felt so free. I just made sure I was aligned properly and let my subconscious take care of the club.
The results? I was striking the ball again with the most unbelievable purity. I was holding my pose after each beautiful swing watching the ball soar and fall and bounce along the range. It felt good to be there holding the pose in perfect balance. I played a little imaginary round in my head using the markers, greens and flags as targets. I must have sent 90-95% of those balls where I was aiming.
The hook was gone (1 hook out of 150 balls)
3 fat shots
2 shanks
2 slices
3 pushes
2 pulls
137 shots worth posing for.
Can't wait to get to the course (my course and range game are identical by the way).
I had a terrible range session a week or so ago. I was disparately trying to get my free-flowing swing back. Changing stuff, ball position, stance, grip etc etc and getting worse and worse. It got to the point that I couldn't take the club back away from the ball. I was paralyzed. Paralysis by analysis. I went home, upset, worried that all my progress this year has been a flash in the pan. Thinking that rather than risk the sorrow and embarrassment of more rounds above 100 I might put the clubs away and do something else.
Then I came to my senses.
Why was I swinging so well earlier?
I was just letting go and trusting myself to put the clubface on the back of the ball
How did I feel when I was swinging?
Loose, uninhibited, free
What was I thinking about before, during and after my swing?
My target, aligning the clubface, aligning my body and then just let it go
I realized all this grip, stance, arm here, weight there etc was just inhibiting my natural swing.
I went to the range with a fresh mind. Grab a ball, grab a club, pick out a target, go through the preshot routine and fire! No interference from that little voice in my head that says, "Hmmm I saw in an article that if you do this that and the next thing you will have a choke free swing for life".
I felt so free. I just made sure I was aligned properly and let my subconscious take care of the club.
The results? I was striking the ball again with the most unbelievable purity. I was holding my pose after each beautiful swing watching the ball soar and fall and bounce along the range. It felt good to be there holding the pose in perfect balance. I played a little imaginary round in my head using the markers, greens and flags as targets. I must have sent 90-95% of those balls where I was aiming.
The hook was gone (1 hook out of 150 balls)
3 fat shots
2 shanks
2 slices
3 pushes
2 pulls
137 shots worth posing for.
Can't wait to get to the course (my course and range game are identical by the way).
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