art mentioned the 'Inner game of golf' by Timothy W Gallwey in another thread. I downloaded the book onto my kindle and started reading. Basically his idea is if you get your Self1 as he calls it (the part of you that wants to tell the other part Self2 what to do in a swing, critisizes it etc) to concentrate on something Self2 can execute the swing without interference of Self1 (leading to better strikes). He suggests that you concentrate on your swing and say a sound (like 'da') at the beginning of the takeway, at the top of the backswing, at impact and when the swing is finished. This isn't supposed to be a command but just a reaction to your swing.
Has anyone got experience with this approach? Does it work?
This should give you more awareness of where your clubhead is and I thought this could help me shorten my backswing (Got too much shoulder turn of about 120 degree and getting my hands too much behind me etc) as well.
What do you think? Any other good ideas on reducing shoulder turn and avoiding a too long backswing? I am hoping that working on timing and trying to sense the position of the clubhead will help.
Regards
ParHunter
Has anyone got experience with this approach? Does it work?
This should give you more awareness of where your clubhead is and I thought this could help me shorten my backswing (Got too much shoulder turn of about 120 degree and getting my hands too much behind me etc) as well.
What do you think? Any other good ideas on reducing shoulder turn and avoiding a too long backswing? I am hoping that working on timing and trying to sense the position of the clubhead will help.
Regards
ParHunter