StewartBannatyne
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I have to agree with those who say proper transition and pivot.
The hardest things to learn or DO
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tongzilla
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Getting the ball in the hole is the easy part. Getting in as few number of strokes as possible is harder.
"No amount of ignorance about the technique can, alone, prevent players from completing the trip from Tee to Cup."
-- Homer Kelly
Brian Manzella
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Brian! Don't leave me hanging! I have a HUGE hit impulse that I can't get rid of and it's even worse when I get on the course (compared to practicing). What's the drill...video or not, I don't care.
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Gorufubaka
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I agree with this. Even when you know what to do, a deeply ingrained habit can prevent you from being able to actually do it. My clubs have been in the closet for the last several months for precisely this reason.
Perfect Impact
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A drill or exercise I use to remove the hit impulse is as follows: line up a bunch of whiffle balls in a row in your back yard.
Make some dry swings a couple inches "south" of the first ball in the grass at ball height CONTINUOUSLY WITHOUT A BREAK IN THE MOVEMENT TO AND FRO. When you are comfortable SWINGING THE CLUB with rhythm and ease - not hard swings - inch over on your NEXT forward swing and MAKE YOUR DRY PRACTICE SWING MOTION THROUGH THAT BALL PLACE IDENTICAL TO WHAT YOU DID when you were not trying to hit anything at all. ANYone can see if your motion is different from swing to swing: the idea is to make NO change at all when the ball is there vs. when it is not.
You will find that WHIFFLE balls, having no noticeable feeling of being struck, do not trigger a reaction for the collision: there is no shock; but more than that, without that anticipated shock you can really focus on the FEELING OF THE SWING, not on impact itself.
If you can't do this successfully, make the swings slower, shorter, and easier; AT SOME point you will be able to find a motion that does not change from practice swing to 'there's a ball there' swing.
Build gradually on this.
If you aren't willing to do this, you will have to live with your hit impulse. So much of golf involves not ABILITY but DECISION. And decision means CHANGE. Which is inside us, requiring that we extend ourselves....
Make some dry swings a couple inches "south" of the first ball in the grass at ball height CONTINUOUSLY WITHOUT A BREAK IN THE MOVEMENT TO AND FRO. When you are comfortable SWINGING THE CLUB with rhythm and ease - not hard swings - inch over on your NEXT forward swing and MAKE YOUR DRY PRACTICE SWING MOTION THROUGH THAT BALL PLACE IDENTICAL TO WHAT YOU DID when you were not trying to hit anything at all. ANYone can see if your motion is different from swing to swing: the idea is to make NO change at all when the ball is there vs. when it is not.
You will find that WHIFFLE balls, having no noticeable feeling of being struck, do not trigger a reaction for the collision: there is no shock; but more than that, without that anticipated shock you can really focus on the FEELING OF THE SWING, not on impact itself.
If you can't do this successfully, make the swings slower, shorter, and easier; AT SOME point you will be able to find a motion that does not change from practice swing to 'there's a ball there' swing.
Build gradually on this.
If you aren't willing to do this, you will have to live with your hit impulse. So much of golf involves not ABILITY but DECISION. And decision means CHANGE. Which is inside us, requiring that we extend ourselves....
Mr Inconsistent
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Why is clubface control under pressure so hard though. I mean, I understand that under pressure the game is harder (in most cases) but why clubface control over other things?
Tom Bartlett
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With a gun to your head, would it be easier to kick a ball or play pick up sticks?
Mr Inconsistent
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Yeah, I buy that. Although my fault under pressure is usually slowing down my body from rotating like it normally does out of fear of being too aggressive. So I guess for me kicking a ball is no small trick either.
Perfect Impact
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My answer is: to accept your own limitations, and to fit your swing to the body you came in. The seduction of trying to imitate "ideals" or models destroys the confidence and trust that IT IS OK TO BE YOURSELF, that your body IS unique and you not only should not try to copy the appearance of a model: if you do it might well PREVENT your success.
It is the nagging psychological pressure of what is perceived to be a lack or deficiency that interferes with building what truly fits YOU.
Actually, once someone truly relaxes, gets comfortable and balanced at setup without reaching or bending or otherwise compromising a truly relaxed position, "doing" isn't so hard. It is just SPECIFIC. Of course, disregarding certain details in the rush to start hitting golf balls before knowing AND DOING what is necessary is another psychological hurdle/battle.
Take your pick. a, b, or all of the above...
It is the nagging psychological pressure of what is perceived to be a lack or deficiency that interferes with building what truly fits YOU.
Actually, once someone truly relaxes, gets comfortable and balanced at setup without reaching or bending or otherwise compromising a truly relaxed position, "doing" isn't so hard. It is just SPECIFIC. Of course, disregarding certain details in the rush to start hitting golf balls before knowing AND DOING what is necessary is another psychological hurdle/battle.
Take your pick. a, b, or all of the above...
birdie_man
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Ya that's a good drill w/o the wiffle balls even G. (eorge)
I used to work at an indoor driving range.....we'd hit the balls to the back every night then pick em up with the cart......
....and u could get a pretty good groove goin swinging like u describe (back and fourth without stopping)......like honestly....astoundingly good.....there were nights where I prolly hit 20 pure ones in a row.
Broke a couple clubs (rentals) hittin basically off concrete...but it was fun.
Mr Inconsistent
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A thing I think is really hard to do is monitor your entire game to the point where you're consistent for a long period of time, or hopefully, improving for a long period of time. A lot of times when a couple improvements are made, a couple other things you were already doing well slip by you and get worse, whether it be something in your actual golf swing, or just alignment, or a mental thing, etc. I think this is the reason there are a lot of guys you hear about on tour for a few years and then all the sudden they drop off the face of the earth. Like how the heck was Johnny Miller so good for a few years and then nothing else. Just looking at Q School this year you got guys like Carlos Franco, Chris Riley, Grant Waite, Len Mattiace, Blaine McCallister, Jim Gallagher Jr. not making it by a mile and Lee Janzen, Duffy Waldorf, and Paul Stankowski are fighting to get their cards. Not too long ago it would seem as though staying on tour is not a problem at all for these guys.
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