| My friend has a golf swing that is fairly | | | | But, put a little pressure on you and BOOM! |
| slow and rhythmical with a good follow | | | | Your nice smooth golf swing goes the way of |
| through. However, his problem is that he has | | | | the dinosaurs - HISTORY! |
| great difficulty in starting his downswing by | | | | |
| moving his hips first, yet I have seen him do | | | | Go to the range and do the following mental |
| a practice swing without the ball there and | | | | drill. Put yourself on your favorite, most |
| it is perfect | | | | memorized golf course. Play an entire round |
| | | | (except for putts). Before you shoot, during |
| Why is it that when the ball is in front of | | | | the practice swing, say in your head (or out |
| him he just seems incapable of hitting it | | | | loud) the word "fluid" during the backswing, |
| with a swing that is as good as the practice | | | | and "swing" on the through-swing. |
| swing? This set me thinking how I could help | | | | |
| him out. | | | | Also do this when you swing with a golf ball |
| | | | in the way. Doing this will DISTRACT YOUR |
| Here's what I think. If you have a nice | | | | CONSCIOUS MIND so your subconscious can take |
| smooth practice swing, and everything goes to | | | | over and swing like it knows you can swing. |
| hell in a handbasket with a ball there. There | | | | I've done this many times just to get myself |
| is only one explanation. It's all in your | | | | out of thinking about mechanics when I swing. |
| head. At this point, it's a mental thing that | | | | It works, or at least it works for me. |
| you have to overcome. | | | | |
| | | | One more thing...you should think of your |
| ALL of your energy and thought is focused | | | | swing as a means to an end. By doing this, |
| solely on the OUTCOME of the swing instead of | | | | you'll have less pressure on yourself. In |
| the swing itself and where the ball ends up | | | | addition, before you swing, use the |
| after the fact. You're putting too much | | | | visualisation that the top golf pros use. In |
| pressure on yourself and its killing your | | | | your mind, have the golf ball ALREADY on the |
| smooth swing. Now don't get me wrong. I'm not | | | | target. Have it there in your mind before you |
| saying that you should be over thinking the | | | | even set up. This will increase your |
| mechanics either. I know some golf practice | | | | confidence and help you to swing smoother. |
| drills in that help conquer that issue. | | | | |
| | | | And what's more, I told all this to my friend |
| However, when you have total confidence that | | | | and now his hips move the same when the ball |
| you'll hit your target, you'll nail it most | | | | is there as on the practice swing. He said |
| every time. You see, there is nothing on the | | | | that the most helpful thing was using the |
| line when you practice your golf swing so | | | | words which took his mind off the ball - the |
| everything moves like a well-oiled machine. | | | | practice swing became the real swing! |