"Your Mind is in Your Hands......" PLEASE Explain
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earlydoucet
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"I have trained my hands. But when I'm playing, my mind is on the clubhead." -Mark Evershed
EdStraker
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I don't know if having your mind on the clubhead would be a good idea. The hands are easier to monitor because they are moving much slower than the clubhead. A few people I know are from the Swing the Clubhead methodology and most of them cast the club; by the time they hit the ball, they have bent left wrist along with a straight right wrist.
earlydoucet
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there's no way to know exactly where the clubhead is by just monitoring your hands.
old drill:
open you palm flat out, facing the sky.
put the butt of your driver (or even your baseball bat) into the palm of your hand, so that it stands vertically.
Now, concentrate on the top of the clubhead, and try to balance it. Were you successful?
Now, try it but only look and think of your hands. You will have a hard time keeping the club balanced because your attention isn't on the clubhead, but just on what your hands are doing.
Now, what does this mean? You have to train your hands. But, when you're actually swinging, you better have your mind on what the clubhead is doing otherwise it won't be exactly where you need it to be.
old drill:
open you palm flat out, facing the sky.
put the butt of your driver (or even your baseball bat) into the palm of your hand, so that it stands vertically.
Now, concentrate on the top of the clubhead, and try to balance it. Were you successful?
Now, try it but only look and think of your hands. You will have a hard time keeping the club balanced because your attention isn't on the clubhead, but just on what your hands are doing.
Now, what does this mean? You have to train your hands. But, when you're actually swinging, you better have your mind on what the clubhead is doing otherwise it won't be exactly where you need it to be.
Brian Manzella
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early...& I really wish you would use any other screen name (please)...
you are mistaken.
It is FAR easier to do anything by monitoring your hands, ask a baseball playerL hands INSIDE the ball/get your hands to the ball,etc.
Are you a teacher? Believe me you would be convinced if you had some real world experience watching Ben Doyle or Myself...
but I will let you respond....
PS DO you realize MOST people do the OPPOSITE???
you are mistaken.
It is FAR easier to do anything by monitoring your hands, ask a baseball playerL hands INSIDE the ball/get your hands to the ball,etc.
Are you a teacher? Believe me you would be convinced if you had some real world experience watching Ben Doyle or Myself...
but I will let you respond....
PS DO you realize MOST people do the OPPOSITE???
Brian,
I've tried the above "test" by early, and when I looked at the clubhead, I was able to keep it balanced. However, when I looked at my hands, the clubshaft started falling all over the place.
In this "test," I had to look at my clubhead (MGJordan, my mind was on the clubhead, and my hands were automatic)....but does this test have anything to do with the golf swing?
I've tried the above "test" by early, and when I looked at the clubhead, I was able to keep it balanced. However, when I looked at my hands, the clubshaft started falling all over the place.
In this "test," I had to look at my clubhead (MGJordan, my mind was on the clubhead, and my hands were automatic)....but does this test have anything to do with the golf swing?
benhogan54
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Your mind might have been on the clubhead, but you feel the clubhead with your hands. Therefore, the mind is in the hands because that is where the sense of the clubhead is.
So, I'm basically "thinking about the clubhead" but my "mind is on the hands."
I'm not trying to be a pest, the topic is "Your Mind....."
but when good golfers say that their mind is on the target and not on the ball (when they're on the course) then are they also "mistaken?" Are they actually thinking about the ball and not the target?
Is this just a question of wording?
I'm not trying to be a pest, the topic is "Your Mind....."
but when good golfers say that their mind is on the target and not on the ball (when they're on the course) then are they also "mistaken?" Are they actually thinking about the ball and not the target?
Is this just a question of wording?
benhogan54
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You are feeling the clubhead, but you can only feel the clubhead through your hands. The only way to actually feel the clubhead is to physically touch it. You may be sensing the clubhead, but you are feeling it in you hands. "Keep the feel of the clubhead throughout the stroke" is keeping the hands in your mind because all club information is transfered by your brain to the hands.
"good golfers say that their mind is on the target and not on the ball (when they're on the course) then are they also "mistaken?" Are they actually thinking about the ball and not the target?"
I don't know what other people are thinking, I can only tell you what I am thinking. I know that when I lose sense of the club, I hit bad shots. I can only sense the club with my hands. I guess you could keep your mind on the target and keep the feel of your hands, but it just adds complication.
"good golfers say that their mind is on the target and not on the ball (when they're on the course) then are they also "mistaken?" Are they actually thinking about the ball and not the target?"
I don't know what other people are thinking, I can only tell you what I am thinking. I know that when I lose sense of the club, I hit bad shots. I can only sense the club with my hands. I guess you could keep your mind on the target and keep the feel of your hands, but it just adds complication.
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