Adam Pettman
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There are many different ways to get someone to swing a golf club, if WBL feels he needs to wear ice skates I say we should let him.
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hey wbl, how bout ya stop being so preachy without any evidence? post some up bud.
Sandpiper3
There are many different ways to get someone to swing a golf club, if WBL feels he needs to wear ice skates I say we should let him.
Adam Pettman
Yes but trying to improve your swing using a proper technique and some practice is one thing,trying to use the occult and magic spells is another
Stop thinking and just hit the damn ball.
picked up a club and just went up and hit the ball well. The golf swing can be simplified, but it is still a fairly complicated thing to do. You have to have an idea about what you are doing, and good instruction really has no substitute. From there you still have some "digging in the dirt" to find your game.
Second: No one ever did very well at golf who takes forever to figure out what they are going to do, and then stands over the ball for ever with all that stuff running through their minds. I get tension right now just thinking about some of the people I know who fit this category. I can fully understand why someone might advise these folks to "just hit the %#@#@#$@#@ ball!"
A good instructor is a great starting point to become good at this game. Ask this instructor what books would give you a fuller understanding of his golf philosophy, especially concerning the swing. Next, get his input on what equipment would be best for you, and then go to a competent club fitter. Next, practice on a regular basis in a very purposeful manner. When you go to the course, learn to play without thinking about all the many things you have practiced. Go through a systematic evaluation of the shot, do your pre-shot routine, address the ball and pull the trigger.
Cypressperch
(Geesh. Buy some drivers and get blasted. Try to improve my swing and get blasted. I can't win in here...
about these things. At sometime, you have to study and learn about what to do, then you practice until it becomes natural, then on the course you just do it.
But there is still something else to consider a bit. I have been playing golf for over fifty years. You would think by now that I would have figured out how I am going to swing the club, play the course, etc, etc. That is not the case, and fairly recently I wrote about going through a sort of improvement program. Why? Well, we read golf books, watch Golf Channel, read GD and other stuff, and we get new ideas. Along with this, we probably have not got a good as we would like to be, so the question is always popping up, "Could I improve if I incorporated some of this new stuff in my game?" The answer is quite often, "Yes." And now, if we are not careful, we find ourselves on the course with thoughts in our heads that really belong on the range.
I sincerely believe that the best rounds we can have are when we find ourselves in such a state of mind that we go around the course picking targets and hitting at them with little or no other concerns. Look at the shot, pre-shot routine, address ball, swing at the target. Go to the next shot and repeat the process. After the round, total the score and be both amazed and delighted.
Sincerely, Cypressperch