The Boy Scout motto applies to every aspect of life. Without preparedness, we’re lost. Even on the golf course.
Let me relate a short tale of unpreparedness that bit me on Saturday.
I went out Saturday afternoon fresh off of a couple of swing changes and some serious mental game improvement work. To me, it felt like I was hitting the ball poorly but as I came to the 9th hole, I did some quick arithmetic and discovered that [...]
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Sunday, I got back on the course for the first time in almost three weeks and shot a 46. For 18 holes. OK, that’s ridiculous, it was nine holes.
It’s been a long time since I was satisfied with a 46. Given where I’ve been, though, I’ll take it. It’s like someone tied me down and was burning me with a branding iron and then decided to stop and just slap me in the face a few [...]
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Yesterday, while discussing my faulty release at impact, I mentioned another tip that I got that put me back on track.
As I was practicing with a little bit lighter grip pressure, the head pro at my course was walking up and down the range and I had a conversation with him where I whined for a while about my swing issues of late and how I got a tip that was getting me back on track.
I went back to hitting [...]
posted in Ball Striking Tips, My Progress •
Early this week I talked about conceding defeat (in the sense of trying to diagnose and fix my own swing) and also about how swing changes take a long time to ingrain. You might remember that I’ve been fading the ball on good shots and slicing or blocking it on bad shots.
My initial plan was to go back to the fundamentals: grip, alignment, stance, posture. I felt like it was working for me. And while it [...]
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Sometimes we just need to step back and acknowledge that something is broken.
I’ve been working on getting my game back this year and trying to take it to a much higher level. But the last few weeks have been simply brutal. I’ve been having so much trouble with ball striking, that I eventually modified my golf practice plan to make all the rounds optional, with the option being a range session instead.
I’ve been at the range regularly (minus [...]
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