Interesting perspective on learning, to a degree I'd agree that you have to know how to fail in a task or activity in order to progress towards consistent success (a simplification of what you said).

The strange thing with the OTT move though is that to a large extent I'm through that learning curve except with the damned wood in my hand.

If I'm on the tee with say a 6I I know how far I can hit a ball and since its not 200+yards I (mostly) just swing; with a wood something (subconscious?) take over and I HEAVE THOSE SHOULDERS.

The "tilting change" at the range probably just distracted me from thinking about hitting the ball long enough for me to just swing.

Perhaps I should have posted this on the psychology forum so that some one can sugegst a way to repeat the trick.

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