Lifter, answer me this. In one thought JM says Tour players are usually just freak athletes who can do incredible stuff and have no idea what they're doing and are mostly just born. Then, you guys spend all your time studying what is optimal by looking at these very Tour players trying to implement moves that you say players are born with. Do you see the dichotomy? What do you think can be taught and implemented to be made natural and instinctive? Do you think it may be more productive for a chop like Jeffy to examine some people who hit it on a scratch handicap level and try that first?
Just playing devils advocate
This is a fair point. For a lot of people, you'll save more strokes by working on short game and putting than spending time on the range. That could be true in my case. But trying to hit the ball farther is more fun.
I think JM's response would be yeah, these guys were born with these moves. But no one has ever tried to actually teach them before. It's possible for them to be learned. And by looking at before and afters on video, I believe they can be learned.
There may be diminishing returns, though, and I think that's the point you're making. Heck, when I originally learned how to kill my slice and consistently hit low push-draws, I made great strides toward swinging more like the "elite athletes." It could be that the farther and farther one goes down the road, the harder and harder it is to hit the ball any farther and straighter. Diminishing returns. Fair point.
