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A Bad Golfer & Comon Mistake You Will Find Every Time
Fascinatingly enough most bad golfers are consistent enough with their consistent mistakes and poor play. Actually most of them ignore or are unaware of what has to be the single most important aspect of the golf swing. This is the setup or...
Experiment with a Weak Grip
In my experience, a weaker grip adds power and height to the average golfer's shot. I recommend at least experimenting with this grip. When you take your grip, V's should be created between the thumb and pointer finger of your right and left hand....
Golf is Simple!
Have you ever taken a time-out to think about how easy it could
be to lower your golf score? When you really break it down, all
you would need to do to significantly improve your game would be
to shoot one less shot every third hole. If you could...
Strengthening Your Golf Swing Muscles Will Greatly Improve Your Golf Game
Golf swing muscles? Is there such a thing? You didn't think they were important or existed did you? But I'm sure when you've gone home after a round of golf with a sore back you were reminded very quickly, you do in fact have golf swing muscles....
Why A Consistent Professional Golf Swing Is So Elusive
It is the dream and deep desire of every golfer to be able to consistently execute a professional golf swing every time they play almost at will. Indeed many spend a lot of time practicing hours on end to perfect their professional golf swing....
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Golf And Zen - Chapter 3
About Golfing Zen: This is the third in a continuing series of
short essays dealing with the application of Eastern spiritual
philosophy to your golf game.
The surface intent is that, as you apply the ideas, your golf
and your enjoyment of the game will grow. However there is also
an underlying motive: as you are able to see gains on the
course, you'll then be moved to alter your approach to life as
well.
Today's Topic: You Already Know
The fundamental objective of Eastern spiritualism is
"enlightenment," a complex idea, sometimes referred to as
"waking up," or "recovering from" the illusion.
The illusion --again simplifying -- is the illusion of
separation, of being something or someone distinct from,
separate from, everything else that we see and experience.
Remember, Easterners see reality as being one universal entity
out of which everything emerges.
We are born into the illusion, and the search is to recover what
we always knew: our true nature as an integral part of the
universal consciousness. We already knew it... we're trying to
remember!
So... how does that relate to golf?
I would maintain that in a very similar way we already know what
we need to know about golf. We simply forget... or we refuse to
acknowledge the facts that are there, right in front of us.
How can I say that? How can I suggest that a 20-handicapper
knows? Isn't golf this terribly difficult and subtle game? Isn't
it beyond most of us... at least beyond our ability to excel?
That would certainly seem to be the case. Statistics -- year
after year -- show that 90% of us have handicaps over 10, and a
whopping 60% are over 18. The numbers don't lie... clearly we
don't know. Or is really that we don't remember? That we don't
act on what we know? I maintain the latter, and here's why...
Golf is not a hand-eye coordination game. Games where the ball
and/or the player are moving -- tennis, baseball, ping-pong,
etc. -- are hand-eye games. Golf, on the other hand, is
a
repetition game: the ability to repeat a specific motion,
reliably and under pressure.
Said even more strongly, golf is not a skill game. After all, it
doesn't take any great skill to hold the club correctly, to
stand up to the ball with correct posture and alignment. All it
takes is paying attention, paying attention to what we already
know (as anyone who has played for any time at all has read or
been told the basic fundamentals). Further, if we know how to
hold the club and stand up to the ball, is it a difficult and
illusive task to move smoothly to the top-of-the-backswing
position? Given that one doesn't have a physical handicap of
some type, the answer is obviously a resounding "no." It's
inescapable... we must obviously choose not to do so.
Here's the most obvious example. We all know that balance is
part of the game; that being able to swing to a balanced finish
position on our front (leading) leg is a fundamental. If we open
our eyes at all, we see that every skilled player -- 100% --
does that every single swing.
But go to any golf course or driving range and watch. True to
the single-digit statistic quoted above, you'll see that 90% of
us don't hold a balanced finish, and most of us are falling
backwards. How do we expect to move the ball forward when we're
falling back?
The conclusions are inescapable: the fundamentals of golf are
right in front of us; the skills required are well within most
or all of us. We know, but we don't do. We forget to remember!
Worse, we choose to forget.
If true --and it is -- it begs a simple question:
Why?
For more information, check our podcasts, found at www.golfingzen.blogspot
.com.
Next Time: Choosing To Remember.
About the author:
Wayne Smith is a golfer, close-up magician, zen student and
author. His golf/zen novel, "The Hole of the Third Eye," and his
podcast series can be found at his golf web log:
http://www.golfingzen.blogspot.com
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