Post by dubiousgolfer on Jul 4, 2019 7:30:36 GMT -5
Dr Mann
After many previous years listening/reading golf instruction and trying to apply them to my own game , I have decided that 'external focus' techniques work better than 'ingraining' theoretical optimal biomechanics by repetition.
Have you ever experimented with these 'focus' techniques in your own golf swing?
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For example :
I hadn't played golf or gone to the range since Aug 2018 , but played for the first time 6 weeks ago and hit an 85 ( could have been a lot better too except for a few course mismanagement mistakes).
I then took another break from golf and played yesterday and hit an 87 (again it could have been far better).
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Normally I manage between 92-95 and that usually means going to the range once a week during the summer months and hitting hundreds of balls. But for the last year I changed my approach and all I did was practice in my home using external focus techniques . I basically started hitting plastic balls using a relaxed free moving 'triangle relationship between 'arms/club/shoulders' through the 'impact zone' (similar to Charlie Hoffmann image below but obviously not a full swing).
I just spent a few mins every week at home externally focusing on throwing the clubface over an intermediate target (or to a distal target within my capabilities) in a free 'perpetual motion' action back and forth keeping the 'impact triangle' intact through the impact zone (but in a relaxed way).
I think TGM use a similar teaching method but without any external focus by learning something called 'Basic Motion'.
It seems to have worked and I must admit that I felt almost 'meditative' during both my golf rounds. Maybe external focus techniques are superior than internal focus when trying to learn and improve ones motor skills.
DG
After many previous years listening/reading golf instruction and trying to apply them to my own game , I have decided that 'external focus' techniques work better than 'ingraining' theoretical optimal biomechanics by repetition.
Have you ever experimented with these 'focus' techniques in your own golf swing?
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For example :
I hadn't played golf or gone to the range since Aug 2018 , but played for the first time 6 weeks ago and hit an 85 ( could have been a lot better too except for a few course mismanagement mistakes).
I then took another break from golf and played yesterday and hit an 87 (again it could have been far better).
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Normally I manage between 92-95 and that usually means going to the range once a week during the summer months and hitting hundreds of balls. But for the last year I changed my approach and all I did was practice in my home using external focus techniques . I basically started hitting plastic balls using a relaxed free moving 'triangle relationship between 'arms/club/shoulders' through the 'impact zone' (similar to Charlie Hoffmann image below but obviously not a full swing).
I just spent a few mins every week at home externally focusing on throwing the clubface over an intermediate target (or to a distal target within my capabilities) in a free 'perpetual motion' action back and forth keeping the 'impact triangle' intact through the impact zone (but in a relaxed way).
I think TGM use a similar teaching method but without any external focus by learning something called 'Basic Motion'.
It seems to have worked and I must admit that I felt almost 'meditative' during both my golf rounds. Maybe external focus techniques are superior than internal focus when trying to learn and improve ones motor skills.
DG