Have you ever heard of people practicing and practicing and want to get good at golf but no matter they just don't get to the level they want, they want it bad, real bad and they take lessons from every top teacher, they have all the books ,all the dvd's ,all the golf training aids, all the blood sweat and tears but just can't quite get there.
They troll the golf forums hoping for some kind of key, something , they never give up , they improve but never to their satisfaction, why, oh why can't they do it, what's missing?
I mean they would give their first born away if only they could just be really good, not asking too much just single digit hdcp. or maybe scratch, maybe it's not that easy,maybe just putting their mind to it and every thing else isn't enough, maybe their talent level isn't enough, who knows.
Sometimes you just can't be that guy from Pebble Beach and become a head pro but you can still enjoy a great game, not everyone can reach their goals, some fail but that doesn't mean you can't try , who knows, you just might get there. You might even find a teacher like Brian if your lucky.
That is interesting I think. Why, despite efforts (towards what exactly I guess though), do some people, seemingly with the ability to get what they want (seemingly as much as "X Pro Guy"), not get what they want?
A lot can go wrong I would presume. Why? Dunno.
A lot of people are after instant gratification it seems.
But I have to assume there are people who aren't, yet still fall short. Or run out of gas/interest...or however to put it.
There is lots "to" anything, if you really look into it, I guess.
Providing you know the basics (and that is a massive, most don't ), You need to get out in your back yard, with a window (mirror), a video camera, NO BALL (very important) , and get those fingers blistered to shreds and FIND that \ your swing. And it takes HARD work , and time.
No teacher has the magic, not even Brian Manzella, but can help. And you can trawl every forum going.
If your fingers, palms don't have warts and blisters you haven't worked hard enough , PERIOD. There are no shortcuts.
aHHH.
Charlie didn't get much USO. He was dug in too deep or moving too fast.
His idea of great R&R was cold rice and a little rat meat. He had
only two ways home: death, or victory.
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Figurative blisters and warts??
Ya working hard is important. No ball, + video??
What if they have a good swing and shoot in the seventies and have good instruction and work till they have warts on their ass, but they want more ,they want to shoot in the sixties and be on tour and win majors and be #1 in the world, is it possible that they might not do any of those thing's? is there just a slight possibility that they can't achieve their goals, what's the problem then? what excuse can you come up with for them?
Can you always get what you want, even if you do everything right, can you? Is that realistic, it's not about quitting or not trying hard enough or all those other excuses it's just the way life is, not "everyone" can achieve their goals period, but you can still try and you can still achieve but that does not mean you will.
You will learn a lot of good stuff along the way.
I always think...even if I had retained every single thing I ever learned in school...perfect retention, learning.....what use would most of it be?
Why couldn't I do (more of) something I like instead?
Or is it about mental stimulation/practice?
OK. I get that. I even get having to overcome things you don't like to do...(but of course "how?")...
How about I do something that I am interested in, that I find much MORE mentally stimulating?
Find something you like and you have a reason to improve everything about you...because everything counts if you want to get as good as you can get.
Even if I get better at brushing my teeth in the morning, it makes me a better golfer/painter/martial artist/whatever...because...
...because I am happier...my teeth are nicer...I smile more now...people like me more...girls like me more!...it saves me time having to learn it in the future...it saves me dental visits/bills...I got fulfillment out of learning something...etc. etc.
"I am better at whatever I am into because I am happier because I am better at something else."
Pretty abstract, and open to opinion and variability...but the gist is there.
