[solarbear]

Thought I would share my struggles in golf with you guys and see what you thought.

Basically, I struggle with this myself. I live hours from my golf pro and can only get down to see him every 3-4 months. I struggled for a long while with my practice, not really understanding the concept of discipline. I had to work out some way so that I could see the transition from basic to acquired motion. To be disciplined I came up with this system I only take 5 balls with me.

Basically,
1 shortest basic motion
2 longer basic motion
3 1/4 swing acquired motion

I have to hit 2 perfect shots from each of the chip shots... all 4 chips have to be perfect before I allow myself to attempt the acquired motion. If I screw a chip up I miss out on getting to hit the acquired motion.

I like this because I can see the progression from that basic motion and its alignments to the acquired motion. When I go to a range I do the same thing but put balls in groups of 7's and hit 2 perfect acquired motions before trying a full shot.

I have come to view basic and acquired motion as productive practice and wailing balls in my net as just exercise.

Its the only way I could discipline myself to persist with the basic motion because I could see the connectedness.