“When you rest the club on the ground, you can create too much bend in your arms, waist, etc. And these variables make it hard to get the club back to the ball in a reliable way.” —Martin Chuck
Martin Chuck from the Tour Striker Academy has a drill that can teach you how to make a better backswing.
Whenever you struggle, instead of revisiting your index of swing thoughts, always review your fundamentals, such as alignment, set-up, and ball position. You’ll often sort things out right there.
Here’s Martin Chuck from Tour Striker Academy with something he learned from George Knudson.
The idea of a self-coaching golfer exploring their own experiences runs counter to a golf culture that preaches there are right and wrong ways to swing a golf club.
It’s my strong sense that acceptance is not something you execute like it was a tactic kept in your back pocket in case of an emergency.
This speaks to the brain’s amazing ability to take in millions of bits of data from the environment, adapt, self-organize and hit the shot. All unconsciously.
I used to think awareness was enough. That once we’re aware of the dumb things we do, well, it’s obvious that we’ll change. It makes no sense to do the same stupid nonsense over and over.
Almost every golfer I know swings with some kind of “swing thought,” such as “turn this” or “shift that.” While they swing, their heads are full of mental chatter. You cannot think your way through a golf swing. It’s a recipe for bad golf.
