Trying and not trying - follow through
 

Hello, I have a incubator question. I have found that my game have two different qualitys. One is when everything just falls together and there is no effort, the lines, the plane, the pressurepoints feelings and the :confused1 wrists are perfect. The other one is where I can´t find my plane, the line is off, I can´t feel my pressure points etc. I have found that the worst scenarios comes when I try to incorporate a conscious follow through. It seems that I´m falling out of my system and the smootheness falls apart. When I´m playing good I don´t think about follow through at all and the club goes to how far after inpact as it wants to go.

Anyone out there who has a similar experience and who can give me some advise.:confused1

Hans

It is as easy as 1...2...3!
 

Hans,

I do not think there is one golfer out there that cannot relate to your experience. The idea is to program the proper mechanics with their correct associative feels into computer reliability! Tall order, I know! What helps me immensly is to compartmentalize my golfing process. I ONLY work on my mechanics using: mirrors, dowels, impact bags, a PVC "low bench", a weighted club, a length of nylon rope (extensor action!), laser pointers i.e. drills where mechanics can be isolated. Most of this is done indoors. I will hit basic and acquired motion shots on the range, but I am doing less and less of that. Why? Stage II for me is actually hitting balls on the range (where many golf games are neglected for the sake of golf swings. I try to play golf shots as opposed to working on my mechanics. Otherwise your range practice has zero resemblance to golf! Stage III is actual play. other than selecting a target...seeing a straight plane line...fixing my impact alignment...I try to think about NOTHING else! You can practice mechanics...but you have to play by feel. Perhaps when you have your off days you are succumbing to the temptation to play by mechanics. Your undivided attention should be on shot value and targeting.

The key to my golfing potential is the proper (and personal) blend of the three stages. Stage one is heavily dependent on correct information i.e. The Golfing Machine. Stage II for me is dependent on my true intent i.e. do I really want to shoot lower scores or just "pound seeds?" Stage III is about capturing the essence of the game. To me that is all shots are equal...get the damn ball in the hole!

Try this out . . . . make some swings and feel like you swing your arms really fast PAST the ball. Then make some swings where you feel like you are COMPLETELY DONE with speed at Impact. Then try some where you are DONE BEFORE Impact.

Sometimes I find I hit the ball much better if I feel like I spent everything just at or prior to impact. I think it's because the feeling like everything stops at impact actually gets my arms going FASTER. Plus it's easier to control your finish.

hansli,

You might find that it helps if you can just ignore impact and focus on driving the club head down and out to low point, whilst trying to achieve maximum club head speed beyond that point. The follow through should then take care of itself.

Setting yourself up for, and then "manufacturing," an aesthetic follow through as your primary objective can actually be detrimental to the process of hitting the ball.

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Tnak you very much, Okie, 12PB and Burner. Every impuls for the hatchery is velcome. Just asking this question led me to a couple of more insights which led me to read the book one more time (i´ve read it numeral times) and a lot of deeper levels of understanding where waiting for me. Now I understand mor deeply a lot of things, among other the following: Fanning the forearm, the frozen rear wrist, the feeling of a turning wheel rim of the hands, stationary head, all of it nessesary for coming right in the follow through. I think that my former question was a bit premature but for me important in that it lead me further in my quest.

This is really a fantastic travel in learning :eyes: , I´m learning a lot about learning as a sideeffect.

Hans