Feeling it
Feeling it
I once found a valuable tool that taught me how to feel what my body is doing, and I discovered it while lying on my new hammock. I had just put it up and wanted to make sure it was level and would swing evenly. I lay down and swung it. It felt like it was swinging pretty evenly and after awhile I shut my eyes and just kept swinging it.
Soon I noticed that my head and feet were swinging unevenly. I discovered that when my eyes were shut all I experienced was what my body felt. This is a great way to self check yourself when you are working on a swing change.
When you have accomplished a change in your swing it is because your body feels it. Remember you make a swing change with mechanics but you play with feel.
When I give my students certain drills I want them to perform in order to make an improvement, I first make sure they are clear on how to do the drill, and then I want them to do it with their eyes shut to feel it working. This doesn’t happen right away. Even when I do it myself it takes me from three to ten swings before I do feel my body doing what I want it to do. But once I do I now have a feel ‘model’ to fall back on during a practice session. This is the best way to be your own golf coach unless you want to pay me to watch you every time you practice.
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