When does a particular swing cue or thought become unnecessary, or possibly detrimental? For example, if one is TRYING to do something they are ALREADY doing... they may not need to think about or monitor that particular thing.
Once you learn how to dance, type, play an instrument, etc.... you don't have to think about it much, or at all. Learning golf swing mechanics should be similar.
True.
Yet, the problem is to deal with the situation affecting the execution of the swing mechanics. It's like dancing in front of different crows on different stages, typing with different typewriters, playing an instrument indoor or out on the street.......
There is rarely identical playing condition among golf shots. I found the best way to deal with it is to "execute like a machine", which does only what the "program/intention" (after "thinking as a golfer") says.
__________________ Yani Tseng, Go! Go! Go! Yani Tseng Did It Again! YOU load and sustain the "LAG", during which the "LAW" releases it, ideally beyond impact.
"Sustain (Yang/陽) the lag (Yin/陰)" is "the unification of Ying and Yang" (陰陽合一).
The "LAW" creates the "effect", which is the "motion" or "feel", with the "cause", which is the "intent" or "command".
"Lag" is the secret of golf, passion is the secret of life.
Think as a golfer, execute like a robot.
Rotate, twist, spin, turn. Bend the shaft.
Feel does not monitor mechanics. Feel only represents a mechanical movement. Mastering a mechanical movement into feel requires that you monitor the mechanical-feel translation (during practice). Without revisiting the translation, the crisp mechanically correct movement that the feel had once represented becomes vague. Ballet dancers practice mechanics endlessly under a critical and watchful eye to only perform for a few hours using feel alone.
Something about golf unlike other arts is that a few components done very well can compensate for a component done not very well. That go-to swing is a matter of emphasizing those few found components which can be reproduced very well while de-emphasizing those which are not. Educated hands can sometimes make up for a bad pivot. For example, that sculled shot may not have reached the green, but it still remained straight and the ball is within up-and-down range.
I once had a round of golf in which my feel was so good that I was able to focus on the game itself and not at all on mechanics. I thought to myself “what an enjoyable round of golf”.
Feel does not monitor mechanics. Feel only represents a mechanical movement. Mastering a mechanical movement into feel requires that you monitor the mechanical-feel translation (during practice). Without revisiting the translation, the crisp mechanically correct movement that the feel had once represented becomes vague. Ballet dancers practice mechanics endlessly under a critical and watchful eye to only perform for a few hours using feel alone.
Something about golf unlike other arts is that a few components done very well can compensate for a component done not very well. That go-to swing is a matter of emphasizing those few found components which can be reproduced very well while de-emphasizing those which are not. Educated hands can sometimes make up for a bad pivot. For example, that sculled shot may not have reached the green, but it still remained straight and the ball is within up-and-down range.
I once had a round of golf in which my feel was so good that I was able to focus on the game itself and not at all on mechanics. I thought to myself “what an enjoyable round of golf”.
I highly recommend the extensor action drill that Tomasello demonstrates in his Australia video chapter series...do, 5 swings with the extensor action drill then put a club in your hands, do five regular swings...then repeat the process. It's definitely a great mechanics to feel type of drill.
Hybrid Mode
