| If you are new to the game of golf you may not | | | | saying golfers should not try to improve your |
| have experienced this yet but if you play for any | | | | swing mechanics if they want improvement |
| length of time, you will. If you have been playing a | | | | through that method. Understand that working on |
| while, perhaps years, then you will have already | | | | mechanics can be a frustrating time and your |
| had the displeasure of having to endure what I | | | | game may well suffer for a while and make sure |
| am about to describe. | | | | you are working with a good coach. |
| You know when you start thinking about how to | | | | Make the decision to work slowly and methodically |
| swing, properly I mean, or at least properly | | | | on your swing over a long period of time. Having |
| according to someone else. Could be you've had a | | | | one or two half hour lessons is pretty much a |
| lesson from a Pro or maybe you are following the | | | | complete waste of time and money. You just will |
| advice of a friend or another amateur, which is | | | | not have installed any meaningful long term neural |
| generally a seriously bad idea. | | | | pathways in such a short period of time and |
| Anyway you get to thinking and next thing you | | | | within a few weeks or months you will be back |
| know you're consciously trying to control the way | | | | to your old ways. |
| your body moves and pretty much doing a poor | | | | Working with a coach consistently, perhaps a |
| job of it. Ironically the more you try to control | | | | twelve month program with one or two lessons a |
| your swing, with the noble intention of improving, | | | | month is definitely the way to go. You can set |
| the more the swing breaks down and the worse | | | | and achieve meaningful goals in that time and it is |
| you get. It's paralysis by analysis. | | | | long enough to work slowly and methodically on |
| The more swing thoughts you have, the worse it | | | | long term change rather than trying to build Rome |
| gets. You try one or two things and that doesn't | | | | in a day. |
| seem to work so you try another little move and | | | | Know this. You will never perfect your golf swing |
| then you get told that X isn't right either so you | | | | and you are well advised not to ever both trying |
| try and change that too. Pretty soon you are | | | | to get perfect. It's unachievable in golf and will |
| keeping this arm straight while that one bends, | | | | just cause you misery and frustration, the reason |
| but the elbow is in while at the same time the hip | | | | many a golfer has quit the great game. |
| goes that way and the left knee does this and... | | | | Want a way to improve without having to do the |
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