bdcrowe
ST Homeland Security
- Aug 30, 2004
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My golf has been wicked bad the past month or so. I've gone from mid-80s to whatever! My swing has actually improved; I know this from the practice tee. But any more, when I hit the course, my mentality melts-- I mean absolutely melts!
I am the personality type that learns by reading, doing, analysis. I learned to program so long ago by reading the languages and then writing code. I learned my swing by reading everything, taking some lessons and doing it repeatedly. That gave me a pretty good swing. Cool.
Now, how do I learn to take myself out of the shot? If I learn by analyzing, how do I learn not to analyze my swing while I'm swinging? This is driving me NUTS!
I think my lessons with my buddy started something huge, and not so good for me. I got all the swing changes going, started analyzing and that started the ball rolling. Bad enough. But to top that off, the changes gave me a brief stint of unconrollability with my swing, which injected fear over the ball. Now, even though my swing has improved, my mentality on the course is heinous. I'm terrified of every shot, therefor most shots are sh*t, which feeds the cycle.
Sorry to ramble, but I'm dying here. How do I learn to PLAY golf with a clear, target-oriented-non-swing-motivated mind? How do I forget all that stuff and just let my swing do its thing. I know my swing would give me low scores if the grey matter would just get out of the way. Thanks.
I am the personality type that learns by reading, doing, analysis. I learned to program so long ago by reading the languages and then writing code. I learned my swing by reading everything, taking some lessons and doing it repeatedly. That gave me a pretty good swing. Cool.
Now, how do I learn to take myself out of the shot? If I learn by analyzing, how do I learn not to analyze my swing while I'm swinging? This is driving me NUTS!
I think my lessons with my buddy started something huge, and not so good for me. I got all the swing changes going, started analyzing and that started the ball rolling. Bad enough. But to top that off, the changes gave me a brief stint of unconrollability with my swing, which injected fear over the ball. Now, even though my swing has improved, my mentality on the course is heinous. I'm terrified of every shot, therefor most shots are sh*t, which feeds the cycle.
Sorry to ramble, but I'm dying here. How do I learn to PLAY golf with a clear, target-oriented-non-swing-motivated mind? How do I forget all that stuff and just let my swing do its thing. I know my swing would give me low scores if the grey matter would just get out of the way. Thanks.