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Old 07-13-2007, 04:00 PM
Hannu Hannu is offline
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What have I learned?

I started to listen to my body ( or it might be IMO) about one month ago. During this thread I realized it. I have done some exercises like just feeling my hands and wrists during chipping or pitching. During an actual round I have started to notice my end position. My hands might turn the club face closed to prevent a slice - and this is not something I had programed or even thought of.

I think I will build my trust to my game by learning more to feel my swing. I think I need to move before my swing so that my shoulders feel relaxed and I need to feel my body weight as I set up for my swing. To feel me balance and to feel the club is important.

I am not sure what my swing thought should be - if any. Purpose of the swing should be to move the ball with the club face - not to do a swing. (I've been doing a swing, but when putting - my goal has been just to drop the ball in the hole. Maybe my goal from a fairway should be just to move my ball to where I want it to be for the next shot?)

BUT not thinking of where the ball will be - but concentrating on moving the ball. Not being in the future or passed - only purpose to move the ball with my club face.

I don't know if this works, but I'll start by getting a better control/feel for my swing. This will come from relaxed swings and good contact to ball. A lot of shots at the range and also easy - low stress rounds -with lots of good shots.

I also need to practice to handle stress for competition. This should be a separate exercise - but can be during a round. I need to compete against something - like against a course's par - but I need to have something important in stage to build up stress.

So receipt is:
a) easy playing to get self confidence
b) competition and stress to learn to manage it

And this can be done during the same round - I just need to separate them.

Last edited by Hannu; 07-13-2007 at 04:04 PM.
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