Ok, you spend time on the range, you subscribe to all of the golf magazines, your golf library fills up the entire bookcase, you go to your local golf pro once a month or more, and you still can’t find any consistency with your golf game.
What is your problem?
You are being bombarded with too much information. You have 15 swing thoughts and your brain just can’t process all of them.
Let’s face it. There are many ways to swing a golf club. Turn on the tournament this weekend and count how many successful professionals DON’T swing the club the way you are being taught.
What is the golf swing? It’s hitting a little white ball with a club. Do you really need page after page and hour after hour of complicated instruction? The short answer…..no!
I will admit. After playing many of the popular sports for years, golf is definitely the hardest. Two swings that feel exactly the same can produce entirely different results. A good shot is usually followed by “Wow, what did I do there?” The last few years, I have been on a quest to improve my swing. Many say I have a nice looking swing, yet I routinely shoot in the 80s and 90s, sometimes close to a 100. My mind is filled with thoughts about my stance, my grip, my swing plane, my weight shift, my……ARGH!
I used to have a couple basic thoughts when playing golf.
Keep my head level (not completely still, just don’t stand up taller or dip down).
Let my weight transfer to my right leg (I am right handed) but bend that leg and let the tension build and go into the ground, not get on the outside.
Make solid contact. That’s it.
Years after changing my swing I can still revert back to my old technique. It is far from perfect, but produces a solidly struck golf ball and ok scores, without all of the stress.
So the question…….am I going to abandon all of the work over the last 5 years and go back to the old swing? No. But……..I am going to change my thought process. Most people who spend quite a bit of time playing golf know how to swing the club, and nobody knows your swing better than you do.
So my advice….Pick 1 or 2 things to think about when swinging the club. These thoughts don’t even have to be about anything specifically related to the swing, just something to keep you focused on the task at hand……..making good contact with the golf ball.
Don’t fill your mind with too much garbage. You have swung the club thousands of times. Your body knows what to do so let it….AND….when things go bad, just let it go. Don’t forget…golf is a game and meant to be fun.
By: Marty Calloway
About the Author:
I have finally found it! A simple way to swing the golf club. Go check out http://www.fourmagicmoves.net for a free video.
