| Does improving your golf swing without spending | | | | it Apply to Golf? |
| thousands of dollars seem impossible? And is it | | | | Sensory motor learning involves sound scientific |
| painfully obvious that thousands of people claim to | | | | principles from the field of motor learning and |
| know some expensive "secret" for golf swing | | | | human development. It is the most effective way |
| instruction - and yet they have no proof? And | | | | to improve your golf swing and to feel good while |
| you haven't gotten the improvement that you | | | | doing it. It involves feeling, sensing, and learning |
| deserve? | | | | from your own natural movements. Part of the |
| The human body is capable of learning virtually | | | | process is getting yourself into a relaxed and |
| any kind of behavior and movement. But the golf | | | | open state so that you can learn to feel the inner |
| swing seems to be impossible for some to | | | | dynamics of your movement. Once you know |
| master. Golfing actions can be excruciatingly | | | | what you are doing, and once you feel what you |
| awkward for most people to learn (unless, like | | | | are doing, you can build the perfect golf swing |
| Tiger Woods, they have been doing them since | | | | based on your own natural tendencies. |
| early childhood). But you can't go back and change | | | | Where Do You Begin The Process Of Using |
| your childhood to learn to golf, can you? | | | | Sensory-Motor Learning To Improve Your Golf |
| But what if you had a way to make the | | | | Swing? |
| unfamiliar become familiar? What if you could | | | | I am sorry to say, that you can't improve your |
| make golfing feel correct from deep inside the | | | | golf swing by reading about the techniques in |
| core of your movement and your self? And you | | | | some over-priced e-book or DVD series. You will |
| could do this without spending thousands of dollars | | | | actually have to do the techniques and get |
| and breaking the bank? | | | | comfortable with the idea of trying some new |
| Golf Swing Instruction: Imitation Is Not Learning. | | | | and often strange movements. |
| Golf Pros and instructors often teach us the | | | | For instance, what if I had you lie on the floor and |
| game by having us imitate golf mechanics. They | | | | engage in an entire sequence of movements |
| ask us to imitate a "good" swing, a "good" putt, | | | | designed to improve the coordination of your |
| and "good" hand placement. But as you may | | | | head, eyes and neck? What if I told you to keep |
| already know from your lack of desired | | | | your eyes closed the entire time, so that you |
| improvement: When learning golf, imitation can | | | | could have greater focus on yourself and your |
| only take you so far. Have you, or anybody that | | | | body? Would you be willing to do that? If not, you |
| you know, won a golf tournament by imitating | | | | won't be able to benefit from sensor motor |
| Tiger Woods or Jack Nicklaus? Probably not. Why | | | | learning systems. Go spend a $1000 on the latest |
| does imitation of other's golf swing techniques | | | | "miracle" swing technique. However, if you are |
| rarely (if ever) give you the improvement that | | | | willing to explore, you can find a whole wealth of |
| you crave? | | | | new possibilities and golf swing improvement. |
| The reason is that the dynamics of your | | | | The most evolved practitioners of sensory motor |
| movement are greatly different from the | | | | learning are often "alternative health practitioners" |
| dynamics of the person that you are imitating. It's | | | | such as those who do the Feldenkrais Method, |
| a little like putting on some of your old clothing | | | | Alexander Technique, or Rolfing. These |
| from when you were younger. The clothes rarely | | | | practitioners are taught to help you change the |
| fit, and even if they did, they are out-of-date and | | | | inner dynamics of your movement so that you |
| out-of-style. Who needs that? | | | | can evolve your technique on many levels. |
| True improvement in your golf swing, true | | | | The trick is to find a practitioner who understands |
| comfort while playing, and true mastery on the | | | | the needs and desires of golfers. But what if they |
| course, will come from learning the seemingly | | | | do not? Consider that a slight improvement in |
| hidden dynamics of your own movement. This | | | | your ability to sense and feel from your core |
| type of learning, often called "sensory-motor | | | | could unleash a whole new potential in your ability |
| learning", is how you first learned to move as a | | | | to improve your swing. You are smart enough to |
| child. It's less commonly used in adults, but it is still | | | | take those learnings and apply them to your |
| possible to access it. | | | | swing, are you not? |
| What Is Sensory Motor Learning And How Does | | | | |