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willimatic

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This will probably sound like a dumb question and it's probably been asked a lot. But what do you better golfers do to become more consistent? I'm an ex college golfer, still play well enough, but I've always struggled it seems with being consistent.

Even in the years when I played 6-7 days a week, practiced a ton I felt like it was the inconsistent shot that held me back. I know everyone hits bad shots, but everyone knows someone who's misses you'd die for.

I realize there are tour guys who hit wildly off shots and can make it happen, but for the most part I'd say they are pretty damn consistent.

Would love to hear form the Bmanz and his crew, all others welcome of course!
 
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I'm not an expert but I will take a shot and I imagine you are talking about being a consistently good striker of the ball with control. I'd say after a decent set-up, I'd be making sure you are swinging on plane, have club face control, understanding what your angle of attack needs to be to create the shot pattern you would like, being in balance, and swinging with good rhythm and a synchronisation of body turn and arm swing.

Then it would be a matter of diligent regular practice and at times paying a visit to Brian or staff/expert in your area to make sure you're on the right track. I would also add to read many of the threads on this website to increase your knowledge on whats right and wrong.
 
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Kevin Shields said:
Work on ball position, aim, grip and address angles.

...........and then never get underplane
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Seems I keep coming back to the underplane thing. Tubmle Tumble Tumble!!

Speaking of tumble, do you think it is more important for a vertical hand path or the steepening of the shaft, if that makes sense? I've read the sergio thread, I know both things have been discussed but it can be a long thread to go through :eek:
 
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Jim Kobylinski

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I have thought about this recently and i think Golf is nothing but a grinders game (duh?). The more consistent players simply know how to grind through the "off" times better than most others. I've noticed that is what happens to me, i have figured out what some players refer to as "peaking." It's a time when i'm not grinding through anything and everything is just flowing well. This has all happened in the last few weeks i went through a "peak" area when i played fantastic golf and then my feels changed and my swing changed a bit and i had to "grind it out" until i found some new feels and got it back to a "peak" area again.

So for me, it's just about noticing when i'm in that "peak" stage and to play as much golf as i can because i will score the best and have the most fun (generally). Then when i'm grinding through until i get to another peak i just go back to fundamentals and tweak slightly.
 
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In my experience the players who hit the wildest, worst misses (in general):

-Have a high rate of closure of the clubface post impact, often raising the handle
-Have pushed against their hand pressure points hard enough to lose them OR pivoted in some manner (stall) so as to lose the hand pressure
 
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Kevin Shields

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willimatic said:
Seems I keep coming back to the underplane thing. Tubmle Tumble Tumble!!

Speaking of tumble, do you think it is more important for a vertical hand path or the steepening of the shaft, if that makes sense? I've read the sergio thread, I know both things have been discussed but it can be a long thread to go through :eek:
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Depends on shaft alignment at the top. If its good, one will cause the other
 
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