Spring Tune-Up: Better thinking leads to better golf
At Good Thinking Golf, we believe golf is a thinking game, played with a swing and a club. If you’d like better results this season why not skip mechanics and consider your mindset.
At Good Thinking Golf, we believe golf is a thinking game, played with a swing and a club. If you’d like better results this season why not skip mechanics and consider your mindset.
When you raise an axe and let it fall, there’s a natural rhythm to it. Weight shifts. Hands release. Body follows through. You don’t have to think about any of it. It just happens. —Martin Chuck
“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.
Here’s Martin Chuck from Tour Striker Academy with something he learned from George Knudson.
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.
In coaching golf nerds in the mental game or on their golf swings, I find that almost all of them struggle because they hyper focus on technique.
This strategy of working hard to do things the right way had worked in many other areas of my life, but not in golf. What the hell?
A year end report card is a first step in developing a plan for improvement. Your honest assessment should be comprehensive, precise and written down.