500 swings a night
 

If you really dedicated time to work on your motion and make 500 swings a night, what would be your focus? what things would you work on?

stay awake?

Marching Exercises
 

The MacDonald marching exercises emphasizing a correct setup with Hip and shoulder back and full Pivot back and through with Arrow through the head, or RFT up and then Pivot plus Elbow Plane to Finish for starters.

Oh, and Tylenol. lol

IC T

Setup, start up, stationary head and plenty of start down waggles I think. That is if I can still stand after 500 swings!
Alex

500 swings sounds like a lot. The brain needs time to recover if you're working on technical issues.

I bet you get an equally good result, perhaps better, if you take 50 swings, working on something technical, then watch Two and a half men on TV while the incubator does its thing for the duration of the next 400 swings. Then go out again and take another 50 swings.

If you are talking about practice swings without hitting a ball - I wouldn't do it.

Yes I'm talking about practice swings without a ball. 500 swings not necessarily all in a row maybe a few 2and a half men breaks in between. Should take you about 5 hours

I seem to remember some research from the '80s about two groups practicing free throws. One group actually shot them in the physical world while the other simply mentally "shot" them (perfectly in their minds). I think the results were either both groups became equally proficient or the "mental" group became better.

Anyway, I've at points in my life mentally practiced playing perfect golf as I drifted off to sleep. It helped, and I didn't even know what I know now about the swing thanks to Lynn and you all!

(BTW, flying right over Lynn as I post from an Airtran jet headed back to Ohio from Orlando. Hey, Lynn!)

And I thought one hundred swings was a lot :laughing9 I usually work on the MacDonald Drills, Flying Wedges, Plane Line Tracing, Basic and Acquired Motion, Startdown Waggles, and depending on the time of night (and if the roommates are gone :eyes: ) i'll work with an Impact Bag. I usually do them in sets of twenty and do them until I feel confident with what I'm working on. That could be twenty reps, or a couple hundred on some nights :laughing9

In the foreward, Ben talks about getting Chapters 4,5 into your head as a prerequisite to getting better.

Might be a good place to start, with and without a club.

500 swings sounds excessive, and could lead to failing to get new grip, plane line, proper waggle, ect.

Swing, hold, rest, then back to the beginning of your address routine, even in the house, IMO. Maybe 25 of those, with deep focus, would be better than 500 sloppy ones?